Nissan GT-R LM Nismo (front-engined LMP1 race car)

This week, Nissan has unveiled their all new car LMP1 for this seasons FIA World Endurance Championship season, and it will race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans later this season, and their first LMP1 race car since 1998. Their 2015 race car will be the all new Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, which was revealed during the Super Bowl on Sunday (1/2/15). As the GT-R LM Nismo will have mould-breaking front-engined, front-wheel-drive design, the first time that LMP1 had a front engine race car since the Panoz LMP01 Evo back in 2003.



The new car will use Nissan built 3 litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine underneath (claimed to develop about 550bhp), and will use the highest sub-class of hybrid power, eight megajoules to be released over a lap of Le Mans (700 bhp), which gives overall power of the GT-R LM Nismo will have an incredible 1,250 bhp!.



The reason for the front-engined, front-wheel-drive design is according to Nissan the front-engined concept has allowed to move the weight bias forward in order to maximise traction which the 3.0 litre twin-turbo will go down, while the electric motors in the rear will power the rear tyres, which basically means the GT-R LM Nismo is actually a four-wheel-drive race car.



The GT-R LM NISMO will also race on Michelin tyres, 14 inch's wide at the front, and 9 inch's wide tyres at the rear; and according to Nissan 'This is due to the way that mass is distributed in the car'.

The GT-R LM Nismo will make its race debut at the 6 Hours of Silverstone at Silverstone of the FIA World Endurance Championship opener in over two months time.

The only driver that Nissan has been announced so far is Marc Gene, the former Minardi and Williams F1 driver who won at Le Mans with Peugeot back in 2009. He brings much needed experience and a level head for Nissan.

Its a brave decision that Nissan will try front-engined, front-wheel-drive design in their new GT-R LM Nismo race car. Will it succeeded? time will tell for Nissan.



A challenging season ahead for Nissan.

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