The renderings of this concept race car have been around for several years. This has supposedly even been in the running as a replacement for the current “Indy” car chassis. Looking more Batmobile, than race car the DeltaWing was revealed today with a 1.6 liter direct injection gasoline, turbocharged Nissan engine.
The cars first official race will be the Le Mans 24 Hour – June 16-17th, but it will make some demonstration laps at Sebring on March 15th.It is a very different looking race car. Its great to see Nissan behind plenty of racing for this year, and hopefully the future.
Nissan DeltaWing experimental racecar to be powered by Nissan
1.6-litre DIG-T engine technology in this generation’s most
revolutionary and exciting motorsport project
- Nissan leads efficiency charge as founding partner of project
- Innovative new racing car to run at Le Mans with Nissan technology
- Nissan DeltaWing will act as test bed for new road car technologies
- Drive for efficiency will see car use half the fuel of its
conventional counterparts, bringing Nissan “PureDrive” principles to the
track- Initial backers include racing legends Dan Gurney and Don Panoz, concept designer Ben Bowlby and Michelin
- Special invitation from ACO to occupy ‘Garage 56′
- Car to wear number ‘0′ and run outside race classification
The Full Press Release and videos:
Nissan is aiming to change the face of endurance racing forever by
becoming a founding partner in the most radical motorsport project of
its time – Nissan DeltaWing.
A highly-advanced and hugely-efficient Nissan engine will power the
remarkable DeltaWing car as it races in anger for the first time at the
legendary Le Mans 24 Hours (16-17 June).
While Nissan DeltaWing will not be classified in the 2012 Le Mans 24
Hours, the Company is looking to showcase the pioneering technology that
will show one potential direction for the future of motorsport and will
feed into the research and development of future technologies, that
filter down to Nissan’s road car product range.
A race-prepared 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine, featuring direct petrol
injection and a turbocharger, will power Nissan DeltaWing, which is half
the weight and has half the aerodynamic drag of a conventional racer.
With innovation at its core, Nissan was a natural partner to be invited
into the DeltaWing family by the existing group of core partners –
US-domiciled British designer Ben Bowlby, American motorsport
entrepreneur Don Panoz, the All-American Racers organization of former
US Formula 1 driver Dan Gurney, Duncan Dayton’s two-time
championship-winning Highcroft Racing team and Michelin Tyres North
America.
The engine, badged DIG-T (Direct Injection Gasoline – Turbocharged), is
expected to produce around 300hp, sufficient to give Nissan DeltaWing
lap times between LMP1 and LMP2 machines at Le Mans, despite having only
half the power of those conventional prototypes. It features the same
technology found in Nissan road cars, such as the range-topping Nissan
Juke DIG-T.
“As motor racing rulebooks have become tighter over time, racing cars
look more and more similar and the technology used has had less and less
relevance to road car development. Nissan DeltaWing aims to change that
and we were an obvious choice to become part of the project,” said Andy
Palmer, Executive Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
“But this is just the start of our involvement. Nissan DeltaWing
embodies a vast number of highly-innovative ideas that we can learn
from. At the same time, our engineering resources and commitment to fuel
efficiency leadership via our PureDrive strategy will help develop
DeltaWing into a testbed of innovation for Nissan”.
“This announcement gives Nissan the opportunity to become part of a
ground-breaking motorsport project and one which could shape the future
of the sport,” he added.
Nissan DeltaWing concept originator and designer, Briton Ben Bowlby,
said: “Nissan has provided us with our first choice engine. It’s a
spectacular piece. We’ve got the engine of our dreams: it’s the right
weight, has the right power and it’s phenomenally efficient.”
Nissan DeltaWing is unlike any other racing car currently on track. The
driver sits well back in the car, almost over the rear axle and looks
ahead down a long, narrow fuselage to narrow twin front tyres, specially
created for the car by tyre partner Michelin. With a rear-mounted
engine, the car has a strong rearward weight bias, which makes it highly
manoeuvrable, while its light weight and slippery shape make it far
more efficient.
Its innovative design and forward-looking technology have encouraged the
Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), the organisers of the famous Le Mans
24 Hours, to invite the car to run in this year’s race from ‘Garage 56′,
the spot in the pitlane reserved for experimental cars. As it doesn’t
conform to any existing championship regulations, Nissan DeltaWing will
not be eligible to challenge for silverware and will carry the race
number ‘0′.
Nissan’s expertise has been applied to the development of the engine, in
order to make it light and efficient enough to prove the philosophy
behind the concept can work in ‘real-world’ motor racing. The Company,
always among the first to embrace such radical ideas and surprising new
performance innovations, has promised to apply key learnings from the
experience to inform strategies for its PureDrive aerodynamics and
efficiency package for road cars, as well as its overall research &
development programmes.
Dan Gurney’s legendary All American Racers organization has built the
DeltaWing. The new car continues the California organisation’s
incredible legacy as a race car constructor which has included 157
different cars built – earning major victories in Formula 1, sportscars
and the Indianapolis 500.
Paul Willcox, Senior Vice President, Nissan in Europe, said: “Nissan is a
very innovative, forward-thinking company prepared to take a risk or
two. And exactly the same applies to Nissan DeltaWing. Our involvement
in the project shows the boldness of Nissan from an engineering and
innovation mindset.”
The first two Nissan DeltaWing drivers to be confirmed are British
Sportscar racer Marino Franchitti and Nissan’s reigning FIA GT1 World
Champion Michael Krumm. The car will make its first public demo laps at
Sebring, Florida, at 12.30pm local time on Thursday, March 15.
Source: Nissan News
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