With all but one major manufacturer having pulled
out of the class, LMP1 racing this year will come down mostly to the
independents. Like this one, for example.
Revealed at the Autosport International racing car
show in Birmingham, England, is the new Ginetta G60-LT-P1 – made by one of the
UK's best-established racing car constructors and deriving its name from the
60th anniversary the company celebrates this year.
The debut car wears the livery of the TRS Manor team
that is set to field two of them in the full the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance
Championship “super season” that encompasses the Spa and the 24 Hours of Le
Mans at both ends, where other teams are set to follow as well.
There it'll have to compete with the Toyota TS050,
which will remain the only major manufacturer entry in the class. But the
Ginetta does without the complicated hybrid powertrain. Instead it packs a
3.4-liter V6 sourced from French supplier Mecachrome, producing some 650
horsepower to drive it to a top speed of 225 mph.
