Bentley new LMP2 race car

Bentley is independently concentrating on a completely new racing vehicle that will return the marque to prototype endurance racing the first time since it won Le Men in 2003.

Although Bentley boss Wolfgang Durheimer won’t publically confirm the existence of the programme, he known to it "advisable which we are searching at carefully" just before going onto give specific particulars in regards to the vehicle where it'll race.

No less than initially there is no request the automobile to race at Le Men, whose top LMP1 category Durheimer describes as "too pricey and too complicated." Clearly he may also be conscious that both Porsche and Audi have active LMP1 programmes too as with its current troubled occasions, the Volkswagen group could probably do without three of the brands competing with each other in France.

Rather the automobile will probably be produced towards the completely new LMP2 rules that can come into pressure next season, despite the fact that the automobile might be capable of operate at Le Men, Bentley is satisfied using its good status for never getting became a member of a factory vehicle in to a race it did not have no less than an chance of winning it, which is accurate documentation it seems keen to preserve. Rather the automobile will focus no less than at first on racing in the united states, most especially in the Daytona 24 Several hours and Sebring 12 Several hours, but furthermore in many other models in the Tudor MotorSport Championship, the premiere league of fancy car racing in the usa. The automobile would also be capable of race inside the European Le Men series.

Strangely enough, Durheimer states the programme will probably be run internally, rather than contracted out, as they are on-going GT3 programme would be to Malcolm Wilson’s M-Sport operation or, indeed, like its last Le Men programme where Racing Technology Norfolk designed, built and developed the automobile which was then taken part with the late Richard Lloyd’s Apex Motorsport.

However Bentley will not need to produce the vehicle by yourself since the new rules mandate that teams utilize one of four nominated chassis from respected race vehicle constructors for instance Dallara and Oreca. However while teams racing at FIA occasions will not have say inside the engine in addition to bodywork the automobile uses, you'll find no such restrictions in the usa, and Durheimer has confirmed the Bentley uses a unique engine that "will probably be acquired from what finances.Inch Good guess thus remains is it's a racing progression of some-litre twin turbo V8 already employed by Bentley, the 600bhp it will be needed to develop can be removed.

Durheimer would not be attracted on when the new Bentley racing vehicle can make its debut, aside from to condition that 2019 was "past too farInch. It seems likely so the vehicle could make its debut inside the 2018 season getting a view to winning the title in the united states one year afterwards, is also Bentley’s centenary, even though it reaches least possible the automobile could race next season.

Durheimer has furthermore confirmed that Bentley could make cars available to customer teams, climax not apparent whether they might be permitted to race the cars at Le Men without factory backing.