Lola T600

Toyota GT-One
	Eric Hélary; Ralf Kelleners; Thierry Boutsen; Vincenzo Sospiri
Debut	1998 24 Hours of Le Mans
Last season	1999

The Lola T600 was a

carbon fiber

.

Due to unique innovations, the T600s out performed several established competitors to win several events in both the World Endurance Championship and Camel GT Championship in the first years of use. The T600 was eventually usurped by newer prototypes which furthered the development of ground effects, such as the Porsche 956 and Lola's own T610.

Development

In the early 1980s, at a time when the

Group 5 and IMSA GTX classes in an attempt to attract more manufacturers to the sport to combat Porsche

's silhouette cars.

Combining the elements of an existing closed-cockpit GTP class with the open-cockpit Group 6 category that had been phased out several years ago, a new class of custom-built

kilometers

. For IMSA, a similar class known as GTP was announced. Similar to Group C, the new rules lacked the fuel requirements, but created a weight scale dependent upon the size of the engine used in an attempt to equalize the field.

With the announcement of these two new classes for 1982, several manufacturers announced their interest in creating designs: BMW partnered with March Engineering to develop an IMSA GTP car, while Ford Motor Company and Zakspeed began development on the C100, and Porsche planned the 935's replacement, the 956. In the United States, driver Brian Redman and team owner Carl Haas sought the aid of Lola Cars International in launching an IMSA GTP team for 1981. Haas and Redman, official importers of Lola cars to the United States, believed that not only could an existing Lola design such as the T70 be updated and used successfully in the new category, but that they could sell these cars onto further customers.

Upon meeting with Lola owner

ground effects

had been developed to the point of winning the World Championship by 1979. With the gracious rules of the new GTP and Group C classes, sports cars could be built large enough and with sufficient bodywork to make ground effects successful, something which the production-based shape of the Group 5 cars did not allow. Lola's new car would therefore attempt to make use of the first ground effects in a full bodywork design.

Lacking the

aerodynamic

understanding and tools to properly develop the shape of the new car, Lola turned to aerodynamicist Max Sardou to aid design. The shape of the new car, termed the T600, would involve the use of two large tunnels on the bottom of the car which would wrap around the cockpit, engine, and transmission while also squeezing between the rear tires. The air entering these tunnels came from ducts located under the nose of the car as well as in the front wheel wells. The tunnels would shrink in size towards the middle of the car before expanding up and out underneath the rear wing at the tail end of the car, helping to create the ground effects necessary.

The shape of the tunnels led to the overall shape of the rest of the car, with a long flat nose dominating the design. A central NACA duct was integrated into the nose, while two more ducts were placed on the side of the bodywork to feed the T600's radiators. Air for the engine was fed through an intake built onto the side of the cockpit, immediately behind one of the cockpit doors. At the rear of the car, although the wing was mounted on central struts attached to the gearbox, the sides of the wing were also attached to the rear bodywork pontoons. Aerodynamic covers were developed to fit over the rear wheels when necessary in order to aid the car's top speed.

Mechnically, the T600 was specifically designed to be able to use a variety of engines for both IMSA and FIA use.

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by year

HU1
1981 - Cooke-Woods Racing (Chevrolet)
1982 - Cooke Racing (Chevrolet)
1983 -
1984 - Electrodyne (Cheverolet)

HU2
1981 - Cooke-Woods Racing (Porsche)

HU3
1981 - Banco Occidental-Ultramar/Grid Team Lola (Ford)

HU4
1981 - Team JLP (Chevrolet)
1982 -
1983 - Team JLP/John Kalagian Racing
1984 - John Kalagian Racing/Boand-Wolf Racing
1985 - Boand-Wolf Racing
1986 -

HU5
1981 - Chris Cord Racing (Chevrolet)
1982 -
1983 -
1984 - Kendall Racing (Chevrolet)
1985 -
1987 -

HU6
1981 - Interscope Racing (Chevrolet)
1982 -
1983 -

HU7
1982 - Interscope Racing (Chevrolet)
1983 -

HU8
1983 - Bruce Levin/Bayside Disposal (Porsche)
1984 - Taco Almeida/Hi-Tech Racing (Porsche)
1985 -
1986 -

HU9
1983 - Interscope Racing (Chevrolet)

HU10 (GM)

HU11
1983 - Conte Racing (Chevrolet)
1984 -

HU12
1982 - Karl-Heinz Becker (BMW)
1983 -
1984 -
1985 -
1986 -
1987 -
1988 -
1989 -
1990 -
1991 -
1992 -
1993 - (BMW/Ford Cosworth)

Toyota GT-One

The Toyota GT-One (also known as the Toyota TS020) was a series of

Toyota Team Europe (TTE) for use in endurance racing. Development of the car began in 1996 with its competition debut in 1998. A single street-legal variant was also built solely for the purpose of complying with the grand tourer regulations to which the GT-One was originally built. The GT-Ones were designed with radical interpretations of the regulations in the pursuit of higher performance and showed high potential speeds by earning pole positions and fastest laps throughout its career. Despite leading in all three races in which it participated, the GT-Ones failed to achieve victory; second place at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans was their best result. The GT-One project was abandoned in 2000 as Toyota and TTE moved into Formula One

.

Notes

References

Category:Le Mans Prototypes Category:Grand tourer racing cars Category:24 Hours of Le Mans race cars GT-One Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles

GT1/GT2

GT1 1995-1998
Homologation	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
GT1-1	McLaren	F1 GTR
GT1-2	Jaguar	XJ220 GT
GT1-3	Porsche	911 GT1	Includes 911 GT1 Evo
GT1-4	Panoz	GTR-1
GT1-5	Mercedes-Benz	CLK GTR
GT1-6	Lotus	Elise GT1
GT1-7	?	?
GT1-8	Lamborghini	Diablo 132 GT1
GT1-9	Porsche	911 GT1-98
GT1-10	?	?
GT1-11	Mercedes-Benz	CLK LM

GT2 1995-1999 GT 2000-2004
Homologation	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
GT2-1	?	?
GT2-2	Porsche	911 Carrera RS 3.8	964 generation
GT2-3	Porsche	911 GT2
GT2-4	Porsche	911 Carrera RS 3.8	993 generation
GT2-5	Chrysler	Viper GTS-R
GT2-6	Saleen	Mustang SR
GT2-7	Renault	Spider
GT2-8 GT-008	Lister	Storm GT
GT2-9 GT-009	Porsche	911 GT3 Cup
GT2-10 GT-010	Marcos	Mantara LM600
GT2-11 GT-011	Ferrari	F50
GT-012	Maserati	3200GT
GT-013	Saleen	S7-R
GT-014	Ferrari	575-GTC
GT-015	Lamborghini	Murciélago R-GT
GT-016	Aston Martin	DBR9
GT-017	Maserati	MC12 GT1

GT1 2005-2011
Homologation	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
GT1-001	Saleen	S7R	Based on S7 Twin Turbo
GT1-002	Chevrolet	Corvette C6.R
GT1-003	Nissan	GT-R GT1	2009 model
GT1-101	Nissan	GT-R GT1	2010 model
GT1-102	Lamborghini	Murciélago LP670 R-SV
GT1-103	Ford	GT GT1

N-GT 2000-2004
Homologation	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
NGT-1	Ferrari	360 N-GT
NGT-2	Porsche	911 GT3
NGT-3	Mazda	MX-5
NGT-4	Maserati	Trofeo
NGT-5	Nissan	350Z
NGT-6	Morgan	Aero 8R
NGT-7	Ferrari	360 GTC
NGT-8	Porsche	911 GT3-RS

GT2 2005-2011
Homologation	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
GT2-001	Maserati	Coupé Grand Sport
GT2-002	Lotus	Exige 300RR
GT2-003	Porsche	911 GT3-RSR	997 generation
GT2-004	?	?
GT2-005	Aston Martin	V8 Vantage GT2
GT2-006	Lamborghini	Gallardo LP560 GT2

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