RML Group
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Ray Mallock Ltd., also known as RML Group, is a
Early history
Ray Mallock began building racing cars, alongside his brother Richard, as an assistant to his father, Major Arthur Mallock, who created the Mallock U2 chassis for
Sports car racing
Ray Mallock, a driver for Viscount Downe Racing, helped develop the privateer
In 1987, RML returned to the main class by developing the
In 1999, RML returned sportscars by producing the RML Mallock P20 Supersports Car, in association with Mallock Sports his brother Richard's company. The car won the National Supersports championships in 1999 and in 2000, when it was driven by Michael Mallock.
In 2000, RML created the
Also in 2004, RML ran an
The team's car was further upgraded for the
In 2009, the team turned to the
RML competed in the Le Mans Series in 2011 with a
In 2012, RML developed a new engine on behalf of Nissan for the unique Nissan DeltaWing RML, as Nissans Motorsport Partner ran the car and provided engineering and technical support at Le Mans 24 hours and Petit Le Mans where it finished 5th overall.
For 2014, RML were engaged to design and build the Nissan ZEOD RC, an innovative racing car designed to run in Le Mans Garage 56. The car was the first to switch between Electric and Petrol powered Propulsion. RML were responsible for the whole vehicle, including developing a high performance lightweight powertrain. The engine was a new RML design, a 3-cylinder 1.5 litre weighing only 40 kg and producing over 400 bhp. The ZOED RC suffered a gearbox failure due to a new part with a material defect early in the 24 hour race, however in practice had achieved the first ever all electric lap of Le Mans and over 300 km/h on in Electric mode.
Touring car racing
British Touring Car Championship
Vauxhall (1992–1996)
Taking advantage of its relationship to
RML built its first ground up Super touring car the Vauxhall Cavalier RML P7 in 1993, it took RML's maiden BTCC victory with David Leslie at the wheel at Thruxton.
Due to the team's success, RML was awarded with the works Vauxhall contract in
Nissan (1997–1999)
RML's association with Nissan in touring car racing began with the design of South African Touring car championship Sentra RML P8 in 1993. It grew in 1997 moving on from Vauxhall to become the works partner for Nissan in Super Touring, being responsible for the build, development and operation of the BTCC cars as well as the build of the cars for the German and Japanese series.
The team won the BTCC manufacturers' and teams' titles in 1998 & 1999 with RML project numbers P17 & P18 respectively and the drivers' championship in
SEAT (2004)
In
Chevrolet (2009–2011)
RML re-entered the BTCC in
World Touring Car Championship
Chevrolet (2005–2012)
RML won the contract to build, develop and run the works
Independent entry (2013)
On 4 March 2013, RML announced they would enter the WTCC in 2013 as an independent two-car entry with Chevrolet Cruzes run for Yvan Muller and new recruit from the closed down Team Aon team, Tom Chilton.[5] Muller will win the 2013 WTCC championship & Chilton finishes 5th overall.
Since 2014, RML develops the Chevrolet Cruze to the new 2014 TC1 specs for various teams, but did not field a team.
South African Touring Car Championship
RML built the works Nissan Sentra for the South African Touring Car Championship.
Rallying
At the end of 1997, Opel decided to cut down its involvement in touring cars, and contracted RML to the develop the Opel Astra Kit-car for the Formula 2 regulations for them in the World Rally Championship and several national rallying championships in Europe. In 1999, the RML Astra won titles in Germany, Norway and Sweden.
In late 2000 Opel assigned RML to design and build the
During this period RML were responsible for the build, development and customer support of all Opel Astra and Corsa Rally cars.
Formula One
RML considered lodging an entry for the
Other series
In 2002, RML entered the British
Road cars
RML's engineering skills were used in road-going cars for the first time in 1990, when the company built a small number of Ford GT40 replicas. In 1994, RML created several concept sketches for an undisclosed Japanese manufacturer.
In 1999, RML returned with two different projects, the Opel Astra Concept DTM, a road-going prototype based on the Opel Astra Coupé the German company would debut the following year, and the ground up design of the Saleen S7.[7]
In 2003, Nissan ordered a prototype based on the new
In 2011, RML showcased the Nissan Juke-R with Nissan announcing a limited production run of 'the worlds fastest crossover' in 2012.
In 2014, RML developed and built the Q50 Eau Rouge concept on behalf of Infiniti Motor Co.
RML Group produced a road-legal converted version of the Aston Martin Vulcan some time before 2018.[8][9]
In 2021, RML showcased the Short Wheelbase, essentially a modern classic inspired by the famed Ferrari 250 GT SWB.[10] Only a few months later, more details surrounding it have been released. As such, only 30 units will be made and will go on sale at the end of 2021.[11]
References
- ^ "RML moving to Lola Coupé as of Silverstone 1000km". Planet Le Mans. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
- ^ "Une HPD ARX-01d pour RML !". Endurance-Info. 15 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "RML Motorsport News - RML Group - from Concept to Reality". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Chevrolet to leave the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the 2012 season". gm.com. 4 July 2012.
- ^ "RML Chevrolets for Muller and Chilton". WTCC. Eurosport. 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "RML decides against 2010 F1 entry". Autosport. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "StackPath". www.machinedesign.com.
- ^ Lovecars (26 December 2017), ONLY Road Legal Aston Martin Vulcan in the world, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 30 December 2017
- ^ King, Alanis. "What It Takes To Make An Aston Martin Vulcan Road Legal". Jalopnik. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ May 16, Semi-Valueon; Pm, 2021 at 12:34 (12 May 2021). "2021 RML Short Wheelbase - modern classic inspired by Ferrari 250 GT SWB with 5.5L NA Ferrari V12 engine - paultan.org".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "RML Short Wheelbase - Ferrari 5.5L V12 mill detailed - paultan.org". 19 August 2021.
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