Ford To Unveil GT Race Car At 2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans: Report

New Ford GT, 2015 Detroit Automobile ShowEnlarge PhotoThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] lately began public street trials of its own new GT supercar that's likely to sail into showrooms late next year, as a 2017 version. Nevertheless, Ford can also be believed to be planning a racing variant that people previously reported will challenge both the United sports-car Championship as well as the World Endurance Championship in the various GTLM and GTE types intended for production-based vehicles.
While the Ford GT is not anticipated to begin racing until the 2016 motor sport time, to coincide with a simplified GT racing format being released for important contests including the USCC and WEC, we might get our first-look at the racing edition of the super-car as early as next month's 2 4 Hrs of Lemans.
The advice comes from Motor Sport, which likewise reports an initial shake-down test of the newest race vehicle took place earlier this month in the Calabogie Motorsports Park in Ontario, with Scott Maxwell of racecar constructor Multimatic Motorsports the first to push it. Multimatic is operating closely with Ford on several its own motorsport jobs, for instance, new GT racecar.
The specs of the GT racecar is going to be related to the street-going model. Power is likely to come from a 3.5-liter Eco Boost motor comparable to the one in the Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype that won this year's Daytona 24 Hrs. This motor is going to be paired using a new Ricardo-developed and assembled gear box and spin the rear wheels only.
This year's 2 4 Hrs of Lemans takes place the weekend beginning June 13. Interestingly, Ford might not be the sole automaker declaring a Lemans return. McLaren, which this year is observing the 20th anniversary of its own outright Le Mans triumph using the F 1 GT-R, is rumored to be declaring its own Lemans return having a race car depending on its 650S super-car. Like Ford, McLaren would contend in the generation-based GTE group, rising against the kind of Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Ferrari and Porsche.

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28.05.2015
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