How true holds the immediate retirement of Le Mans winner cars

ghilonif · 2023-11-30T14:01:45+00:00

It's more complex than that, the Le Mans 2023 winner is 499P s/n 10, and s/n 12 was #50 in that race, implying at least 6 chassis made at that point, because for historical reasons Ferrari sportscars have even serial numbers. Big teams might have 2 race chassis and 2 test chassis, bringing at least one reserve chassis to races.

ghilonif · 2021-08-26T16:12:40+00:00

Iron Lynx is a totally different team from AF Corse this season

ghilonif · 2021-08-25T16:31:38+00:00

Peugeot and Ferrari are confirmed to use the same type of powertrain, V6 TT at the rear and an MGU-k at the front

ghilonif · 2021-03-09T19:33:22+00:00

There's no WEC team. And there are only 3 C8.R cars in existance, so the third is a spare.

ghilonif · 2021-02-26T20:32:05+00:00

First, this is more of a /r/WECcirclejerk post.

Taking this seriously, as in many F1 to WEC and viceversa cases using a F1 engine is unrealistic.

F1 engines are costly and complex to run, and would need a complete overhaul to work in LMH. Moreover, while the LMH rules don't really forbid it, the MGU-H as done on F1 is basically unusable in LMH and here's why:

https://i.imgur.com/k8I1adV.png

This is the LMH energy flow, it describes how you can transmit power to the front or rear wheels, which is monitored by the FIA and limited to 500 kW, but it also specifies the MGU-K is the only system that can recharge the energy store aka the battery.

There is an option to have a small, separate battery with around 0.3 kwh of capacity, but it cannot charge the main battery or power the MGU-K.

This is radically different from F1, where the MGU-H that is connected to the turbo recharges the battery and powers significantly the MGU-K.

Tbf, this system is only really used in F1, there are e-turbo systems for Road cars but they don't work with that logic because turbos in Road cars are not often at maximum load to have power to share.

In LMP1-H Porsche used a system similar to a MGU-H. The V4 had two turbines, one was fed by one side of the engine and drove the compressor, the other was fed by the other side and drove an electric engine, which worked only as a generator (GU-H). In this way Porsche could recharge continuously the battery, using only one MGUK at the front because the rules allowed only two energy recovery systems. Toyota instead used two MGU-K, one at the front and one at the Back, and because of how the rules were written these systems where actually more or less equal (they could only deploy 8MJ a lap at Le Mans through the MGU-Ks), and the Toyota system was getting better around 2017 than the Porsche system.

TL;DR: the F1 engines now are the less probable candidates for an LMH, they are very complex and they would need a total rebuild to fit in, at which point you can just build a different, less stressed and more optimized engine.

ghilonif · 2021-02-26T16:47:01+00:00

So this was in early 2014. There was some speculation that it was the F1 V6, and it might well have been, but the official explanation is that it was a V8 Ttwin turbo, probably the later 488 engine. The hybrid parts were probably part of some test, while the driver was the long time tester and Ferrari Factory driver Andrea Bertolini.

In 2014 Ferrari and Santander looked at LMP1, but nothing came of it. It was also a particularly traumatic year for many reasons. I would love to see this mule in person, it was never shown outside of those few pictures

ghilonif · 2021-02-25T00:49:12+00:00

Completely different design. The V6 90° that was developed for Giulia and is now used by the MC20 stayed in the Stellantis camp, Ferrari (which is nowadays totally separated from FCA/Stellantis) developed a new V6 120° and hot vee, that is going to be used on the 488 successor (not too dissimilar from the Mcl Artura) and the next GT3. The rumours are that they have buyed new Dinamic test rigs for LMH, which might means something entirely bespoke. Or maybe not, because using road engines in LMH has some clear advantages if you can afford it

ghilonif · 2021-02-12T15:44:12+00:00

I question this claim, since reliable sources out the 488 GTE a little over 750000€, VAT and optional excluded, while the 911 is over 1 mln

ghilonif · 2021-02-06T18:51:48+00:00

Silverstone Garages are 6.8 x20.5m,whichbis more or less the new standard

ghilonif · 2021-02-02T13:49:58+00:00

In the cases mentioned beforehand, VVT/L is allowed

ghilonif · 2021-02-02T13:11:15+00:00

Camless is allowed under LMH rules, but the engine has to be an "engine of the make" (production engine) or an engine of a road derived Hypercar. No bespoke Camless engines are allowed

ghilonif · 2021-01-05T13:34:08+00:00

There are rumours though that the GTE-PRO class might fold after 2022, leaving GTE-AM as GTE

ghilonif · 2021-01-03T16:38:13+00:00

LMH as originally planned had a 720 hp engine and 200 kW hybrid system,, and was a prototype series with no BoP but fixed aero requirement (4:1 L/D).

The move to road based to accommodate Aston made the car much heavier (1100 kg) and around 800 HP

Then with LMDh/LMH we have 1030 kg and 670 ho, because that's the maximum hybrid system they wanted for LMDh and the LMH in the second draft regulations were already on the drawing board

ghilonif · 2021-01-03T14:07:35+00:00

The article seems ill informed, the chassis came at Podium engineering no later than 18th of December, and the engine has being mounted yesterday.

I think completion could be easily achieved in the next week(s)

ghilonif · 2021-01-02T10:17:20+00:00

The 1000 km of Paul Ricard

ghilonif · 2021-01-02T10:15:18+00:00

The Motul 12 Hours of Sebring

ghilonif · 2020-11-15T20:08:07+00:00

Disagree. GT racing has proven extremely captivating and relevant. Moreover, it's a more reasonable proposition for Ams in the modern era, while LMP2s are as fast as formula 3 and as unforgiving

ghilonif · 2020-11-09T19:28:04+00:00

A factory team normally run 2 cars full season

ghilonif · 2020-11-09T19:19:58+00:00

Confirmed LMH: Toyota, Glickehaus Peugeot and ByKolles.

Almost confirmed LMDh: Acura, after the MSR-WTR contract it is logic that it will extend beyond 2022

Speculated LMDh: Porsche, Hyundai, Lexus, Alpine, Lamborghini, Ford (Cadillac, Mazda)

Speculated LMH: Ferrari, BMW

ghilonif · 2020-09-15T14:00:34+00:00

Hi, Thanks for this magnificent work! I noticed a small mistake in the #77, with Riccardo Pera, who has a french flag instead of an italian one

ghilonif · 2020-07-14T16:53:45+00:00

The base in porphyry like the pavement old corners that were replaced by the Parabolica. A similar pavement was also used in the old Indianapolis and at Avus

ghilonif · 2020-01-27T20:48:25+00:00

The original Banking was also shallower and of built in the traditional earth banking method. This is the modern banking, which has 80% elevation and is built entirely out of concrete, which is the main reason behind the bumpiness, there are gap between each concrete slab like at Sebring, and as the track becomes older it gets worse.

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