Aston Martin will return to the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour race in 2011 with a new LMP1 race car designed to compete for top honours.
From press release
The new Gulf Oil liveried car is being designed from the ground up with an Aston Martin open cockpit monocoque chassis and a new purpose-designed race engine.
The new LMP1 will be petrol-powered and designed to make the best use of the ACO’s stringent regulations.
Prodrive will continue to handle the project and will build Aston Martin’s first purpose-built racing chassis and engine for more than 50 years. The car Aston raced in previous year was produced by Lola.
Work on the new chassis and engine has been progressing for several months at Aston Martin Racing’s headquarters in Banbury, UK and the first of a limited number of six cars will run in early 2011.
Aston Martin’s first and only outright victory at Le Mans was in 1959 with the DBR1 of Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby.
From press release
The new Gulf Oil liveried car is being designed from the ground up with an Aston Martin open cockpit monocoque chassis and a new purpose-designed race engine.
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The new LMP1 will be petrol-powered and designed to make the best use of the ACO’s stringent regulations.
Prodrive will continue to handle the project and will build Aston Martin’s first purpose-built racing chassis and engine for more than 50 years. The car Aston raced in previous year was produced by Lola.
Work on the new chassis and engine has been progressing for several months at Aston Martin Racing’s headquarters in Banbury, UK and the first of a limited number of six cars will run in early 2011.
Aston Martin’s first and only outright victory at Le Mans was in 1959 with the DBR1 of Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby.