Nissan returns to the premier LM P1 class at the Le Mans
08 Jun 2015|3,136 views
Three Nissan GT-R LM NISMOs will compete at Le Mans on 13th June, marking Nissan's return to the premier LM P1 class at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The #23 Nissan will be raced by ex-F1 star Max Chilton (GB), GT Academy winner and GP3 racer Jann Mardenborough (GB) and sportscar supremo Olivier Pla (FRA).
"It's great to be part of a works team that has come to Le Mans with such a radical concept design," said Chilton. "I think people are giving us credit for trying it and I think with time we can show that people maybe haven't always been doing Le Mans in the right way. The torque is outstanding. More than any other racing car I've driven. I don't think you have to drive it as differently from rear-wheel drive as I expected, but you have to think about your driving in more detail."
The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is still at an early stage of its development, having first hit the track in November 2014. With every test comes progress and this was also the case at last weekend's official Le Mans Test Day. This was the public debut for Nissan's LM P1 car and the three GT-R LM NISMOs completed over 1500km of running, gathering precious data to aid the development of the car.
With Nissan powered cars taking the LM P2 class victory at Le Mans three times in the last four years it is no surprise that the NISMO-tuned Nissan VK45DE V8 engine is still the power plant of choice for the LM P2 teams. 14 of the 19 LM P2 cars at Le Mans are powered by Nissan.
Three Nissan GT-R LM NISMOs will compete at Le Mans on 13th June, marking Nissan's return to the premier LM P1 class at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The #23 Nissan will be raced by ex-F1 star Max Chilton (GB), GT Academy winner and GP3 racer Jann Mardenborough (GB) and sportscar supremo Olivier Pla (FRA).
"It's great to be part of a works team that has come to Le Mans with such a radical concept design," said Chilton. "I think people are giving us credit for trying it and I think with time we can show that people maybe haven't always been doing Le Mans in the right way. The torque is outstanding. More than any other racing car I've driven. I don't think you have to drive it as differently from rear-wheel drive as I expected, but you have to think about your driving in more detail."
The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is still at an early stage of its development, having first hit the track in November 2014. With every test comes progress and this was also the case at last weekend's official Le Mans Test Day. This was the public debut for Nissan's LM P1 car and the three GT-R LM NISMOs completed over 1500km of running, gathering precious data to aid the development of the car.
With Nissan powered cars taking the LM P2 class victory at Le Mans three times in the last four years it is no surprise that the NISMO-tuned Nissan VK45DE V8 engine is still the power plant of choice for the LM P2 teams. 14 of the 19 LM P2 cars at Le Mans are powered by Nissan.
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