Ford GT finishes Second in GTE Pro at Le Mans 24 Hours LE MANS – The No. With a light yet powerful design, this is what true innovation looks like, the GT gives you the purest … Moreover, the GT2 race cars are significantly distant from the production car they have been homologated with. All four Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs to compete at 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours; In 2016 Ford took 1st (#68), 3rd (#69), 4th (#66), and 9th (#67) positions in the Le Mans 24 Hours GTE Pro class, 50 years after a 1-2-3 finish for the Ford GT40 in the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours. I’m really living on the edge here….BoP racing can still be pretty exciting. That’s because Pirelli has made quite conservative tires. And Rosberg can’t even challenge Hamilton any more. Directed by Erich Joiner. They can’t drive fast or they’ll use too much fuel, and can’t corner fast or they’ll ruin their tires.Maybe I’ll have to get into the online TV thing. LE MANS - Joey Hand (US), Sébastien Bourdais (FRA) and Dirk Müller (GER), drivers of the #68 Ford GT who captured a victory here in 2016, returned to the podium with a strong, third-place finish in 86 th running of the world’s toughest endurance sports car race. The Ferrari LM and McLaren F1 GTR were born. Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates I realize that automakers have to call their own interpetation of direct injection and turbocharging something, but something about the “EcoBoost” marketing smacks of effort.But “TwinForce” could not be used in place of EcoBoost on the inline engines since they have only a single turbo.I’d like it better if it were more honest. My understanding they took the 3.5L ecoboost that’s sold in Taurus SHO and trucks, and built a racing version for Daytona Prototypes starting last year. A new halo supercar, and I bet it will be executed a lot better ways than say Acura or Lexus past or future supercars, and unlike Acura or Lexus, Ford is taking it to racing in Le Mans, and that’s actually cool.
So the team that has the chassis with the best development potential may still overcome the BoP “equalization” and come out on top.
I’m not expecting great results in 2016, but I hope they stick with it. You can’t have both simultaneously. Online is way better because no ad breaks!I haven’t paid any attention to Tudor.
LMP1 is not just one of the road-relevant racing series, it is _the_ most road-relevant racing series. The #68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA entry, raced by Sebastien Bourdais, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller, finished fourth, heading a Ford 4-5-6-7 result in the GTE Pro class.However a report from the FIA and ACO Technical Delegates following post-race scrutineering said that the “total on-board fuel volume [was] found to be in excess of the permitted limit".The maximum permitted volume per the Endurance Committee Decision for the car was 97 liters, and scrutineering revealed the #68 Ford’s tank to hold 97.83 liters.According to the ACO/WEC release: “The competitor explained that the team checks the Maximum Onboard Fuel Volume at their facility in the US using the same measurement technique as the Scrutineers.
I still watch F1 races because I find moments where Vettel has to start from the back, like in the last race, or when the Mercedes gang makes a mistake, like in Monaco GP fairly entertaining.The big issue is that Mercedes engine and chassis combo is vastly superior to the competition. So in the races where no unpredictable events happen, like crashes, spins, or strategy mistakes, the cars should always finish in Mercedes-Ferrari-Williams order, which is of course somewhat boring to watch. Come 2016, Ford aims to do the same with the 2017 Ford GT.The 2017 GT will compete in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season in LM GTE Pro, as well as the 2016 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season, where it will make its debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January.The two-team effort will be led by Chip Ganassi Racing, who will campaign four GTs at Le Mans, with Roush Racing responsible for preparing the exotic’s 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 for endurance competition; driver announcements will come later.Our own Ronnie Schreiber will have more on the Ford GT’s return to Le Mans later on; for now, these photos and the promo video will do.It’s a LeMans car painted in livery matching the French flag. Now they are running BoP LM GTE cars for class wins.Ford is interested in selling cars and stealing press. It just seemed so much easier to pay $5 a month for Speed Channel to get Le Mans, MotoGP, and others in HD last year.I guess I’m slow to transition from what’s familiar to me. It’s like an advanced lab for technology development. The Stewards order the forfeiture of any prizes and trophies and that the final classification be amended and the order of the other cars behind the competitor shall be adjusted up.” The team does have a right of appeal.Le Mans was the Ford GT's swansong in the GTE Pro category of the FIA World Endurance Championship, at least in factory team guise.Ford won the class on its return to La Sarthe in 2016, on the 50th anniversary of the Ford GT40's first triumph.Gavin "battling to understand" how Fassler to blame for crash,Keating Ford loses Le Mans GTE Am class win,Live: Follow the Le Mans 24 Hours as it happens,The 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full,DTM future secured with support from Audi and BMW,The races that could fit Red Bull's 'invitational' GP idea,What McLaren's factory sale means for the future of the F1 team,Misano MotoGP: Vinales scores second straight pole,Le Mans 24h, H4: Toyota strengthens 1-2 lead,McLaren: No early driver swap while rivals face "disruption",Le Mans 24h, H1: Conway's Toyota leads, early drama in LMP2,United Autosports “not favourites” despite record LMP2 pace,2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Highlights: 4 hours,24 Hours of Le Mans: Start of a legendary race,2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Highlights: 2 hours,2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Highlights: Starting Grid formation,24 Hours of Le Mans: Three Ferraris in first Le Mans Hyperpole.
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