He has wide knowledge and experience in both controls design and development, as well as rapid prototyping and on-track calibration and testing. Given the rule to produce at least 25 road-going vehicles using … Le Mans Hypercar was born.. Then Dieselgate happened and Nissan’s car was shit. Having been part of the World Endurance Championship's top class since 2014 with the … Peugeot announces a return to endurance racing at Le Mans for 2022 in the new Hypercar class. The engineering process is well underway, with preliminary wind tunnel analysis complete and an extensive wind tunnel testing campaign starting this month. The hypercar name was billed as a working title when ideas for the replacement for LMP1 were first outlined in June 2018, but has now been formally adopted with a decision of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Wednesday.WEC promoter the Automobile Club de l'Ouest had insisted that no decisions had been made about the name of the class and said it would consult fans of the series before making a decision.The rules allow for prototypes that look like hypercars and racing versions of road-going machinery to race together from the start of the 2020/21 WEC next September.The WMSC also revealed a shift in the rules that will mean Le Mans Hypercar competitors "must enter a homologated car under the name of an automotive brand".The rules outlined at the Le Mans 24 Hours this year allowed for independents to enter the category with a prototype car, while the rules for road-going machinery demand a minimum production run of 20 cars within two years of the car beginning racing.The text of the draft rules states that a competitor "may enter the homologated car under the name of a car brand", but it is understood that this wording will be changed to "must" at the next WMSC council in March.It's also understood there will be a teams' title awarded for the Le Mans Hypercar class rather than a manufacturers' crown, despite the wording of the WMSC statement.Restrictions on testing in the top class of the WEC will be removed for the first season of the Le Mans Hypercar category. There will be a limitation, as in LMP1, on the number of personnel allowed by Le Mans Hypercar teams at the race track. It built a new hybrid turbodiesel for the rebirth season of the WEC in 2012, but pulled out of the series ahead of the campaign. Peugeot won Le Mans twice in the Group C era, in 1992 and '93, and again with the LMP1 908 HDi turbodiesel. Prior to this he worked mainly in composite design for Formula One teams including Mercedes, Renault, Caterham, Toyota and McLaren.Mick is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in diverse fields, specialising in motorsport, but also including ocean going yacht racing, aerospace and electric vehicle design.
We will race Le Mans with one of the best cars on the grid. He has held senior positions in many Formula One teams, including McLaren, Toyota, Lotus, Caterham and Renault.
He has an extensive experience in both racing and road vehicles design and development, as well as managing race teams in various series.His collaboration with SCG started in 2011 as battery design leader on P4/5C, race engineer on 003C in 2015, until he took over the role of technical director of 003C program.Today Luca is serving as chief engineer for the 004 program, team principle for Nürburgring VLN and 24H season, team principle for the ‘20/’21 WEC Hypercar program, working side by side with Jim and Jesse.In Podium Advanced Technologies Luca is the Head of both the Automotive Engineering and Motorsport Business Lines, and is leading the team who took up the challenge to race in the top class at Le Mans 2021.Matteo has 25 years of experience in motorsport. An American car hasn’t won First Overall at Le Mans since 1967. These failures also provide lessons to improve.
FIA Mandates Manufacturer-Linked Entries for Hypercar Class. It’s time.3L TT V6 engine developed for and branded Glickenhaus;If it can’t race the 24 Hours of Le Mans, its not that hyper.When the ACO and the FIA published regulations to establish a new top class of endurance racing, SCG saw a magical opportunity. United States. New York 10591, More recently he has also worked on electric storage and electric powertrain projects for both motorsport and advanced automotive applications.Barry is an extremely experienced design engineer who has worked for a great many motorsport teams as well as in general automotive. We started with a blank sheet of paper and our design team lead by Michael Young and Jim Glickenhaus created the design.Given the track record of successes achieved together over the last decade, with eight seasons of 24 hour racing, eight 24 Hour finishes including five First in Class, one Second in Class, and one Third in Class, it is no surprise that SCG decided to partner with Podium Advanced Technologies in this adventure, entrusting them with the task of designing the new car.SCG and Podium have brought together internal resources and world-class partners.