CLM P1 / 01

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The ENSO CLM P1 / 01, in 2017, at Silverstone.
The ENSO CLM P1 / 01, in 2017, at Silverstone.
CLM P1 / 01
Production period: 2014-2019
Class : race car
Body versions : Coupe
Engines: Petrol engine : 4.5 liters (515 kW / 700 PS)
Length: 4650 mm
Width: 1900 mm
Height: 1050 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight : 850 kg

The CLM P1 / 01 is a sports car prototype that was developed and built by the ByKolles Racing Team in accordance with LMP1 regulations . With a few changes, the car will take part in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2014 until today .

development

The last engine used in the CLM P1 / 01: A Gibson GL458

For the FIA World Endurance Championship 2013 , the Kodewa team was able to obtain the license rights to operate an LMP2 prototype under the team name Lotus. The Lotus T128 was developed by Kodewa and Adess AG back in 2012. This year, the team announced that they would also develop an LMP1 prototype, the Lotus T129, for the 2014 season.

The vehicle was supposed to have a 4.0 liter naturally aspirated Audi V8 engine from Neil Brown Engineering, but Neil Brown canceled in December 2013 because he could not deliver the engine. This led to a sudden change in the engine supplier. AER was announced as the new engine supplier with a 2.4-liter V6 turbo engine. The designer of the vehicle was the engineer Paul White. A monocoque made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic was created as the chassis for the prototype . The six-speed gearbox comes from the British manufacturer Hewland. The steering wheel is an in-house construction with components from an electronics partner. A reversing camera is installed for a better view of the driver to the rear.

Originally, the LMP1 racing car was supposed to make its debut at the 6-hour race at Silverstone. Due to the sudden cancellation of Neil Brown Engineering, however, the vehicle could not be converted to the new AER engine in time. Participation in the pre-test at Le Mans and in the race itself failed because the FIA ​​deadline for homologation of the vehicle was not met. However, the car was presented to the public with the new vehicle designation “Lotus P1 / 01” as part of the 2014 Le Mans 24-hour race. The prototype made its racing debut at the 2014 6 Hours of Austin .

Before the start of the 2015 season it was said that the LMP1 prototype team would no longer compete as Lotus, but under the name ByKolles. The rear axle of the prototype was completely redesigned, and because of permanent problems with the transmission, a six-speed transmission from Xtrac Limited was used .

There were some changes to the CLM P1 / 01 for 2016. The body of the vehicle was heavily modified to improve the aerodynamics. The six-speed transmission from Xtrac was also exchanged for a seven-speed transmission.

After various difficulties with the drive unit, the ByKolles team switched to Nissan as an engine supplier in 2017 and used a 3.0-liter V6 engine called "Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6" and an output of 370 kW (503 PS). The vehicle was launched this year under the name "ENSO CLM P1 / 01". Contrary to the original plan, the ByKolles team did not use the vehicle for the entire season, but only until the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring. The rest of the year was spent developing the vehicle for the 2018/2019 season, when there was new private competition in the LMP1 class. Before the penultimate race in Spa-Francochamps, the engine supplier changed again, this time to Gibson . The same engine was used as the private competition from Rebellion Racing and Dragonspeed, the "Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8".

Races

Burning Lotus P1 / 01 in Fuji 2014
The CLM P1 / 01, in 2015, on the Circuit de la Sarthe
ENSO CLM P1 / 01, at the 6-hour race at Silverstone 2018

2014

In its racing debut at the Circuit of The Americas , the prototype reached 18th overall position. At the 6-hour race in Fuji , the car caught fire after 181 laps due to a defective fuel line. Christophe Bouchut , who was at the wheel at the moment, escaped the vehicle. The vehicle could be reconditioned for the following 6-hour race in Shanghai and finished 15th overall. In the last two races of the season the prototype failed due to technical defects.

2015

When the team changed its name in 2015, the design of the vehicle changed from the classic Lotus black and gold to a dark gray paint job. At the 24-hour race at Le Mans, the CLM P1 / 01 was not rated due to the driver's too low body weight. The vehicle stood in the pits for repairs for around seven hours; ten petrol pumps were worn out during the race. The first two victories in the private LMP1 classification came on the Nürburgring and on the Circuit of the Americas.

2016

In 2016, the ByKolles team changed tire partners, instead of Michelin tires, Dunlop tires were now used. At the beginning of the season, the car repeatedly had technical problems, which resulted in the last positions in the private LMP1 classification at Silverstone and Spa. The prototype caught fire again at the 24-hour race at Le Mans and at the Nürburgring. At the race in Shanghai, the CLM P1 / 01 achieved the only class win this season.

2017

The ByKolles team only contested the first four races of the season with the ENSO CLM P1 / 01 in 2017. After the Rebellion Racing Team withdrew from the LMP1 class, ByKolles was the only private team this season. In the 6-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps they could achieve eighth place overall, in all other 6-hour races the car was not rated due to technical defects. In qualifying for the Le Mans 24-hour race, the vehicle was able to achieve the fastest recorded lap time of a private LMP1 team, but in the early stages of the race the vehicle failed due to a technical defect.

2018/2019

At the season opener of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 , the ByKolles team achieved the best position in a race to date with fourth place overall. In the 2018 Le Mans 24-hour race, Dominik Kraihamer collided with another vehicle and the ByKolles vehicle was unable to restart the race.

2019/2020

After the FIA ​​and the ACO announced the new hypercar regulations for the 2020/2021 WEC season at the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours , ByKolles announced that the CLM P1 would be used during the 2019/2020 season / 01 will forego all races in order to develop a hypercar for the 2020/2021 season. However, they want to compete again with the CLM P1 / 01 in the 6 hours of Spa-Francochamps 2020 and the 24-hour race of Le Mans 2020.

Web links

Commons : CLM P1 / 01  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  7. ↑ New engine: LMP1-Team ByKolles changes to Nissan. In: motorsport-total.com. January 25, 2017, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Registration list for the 2017 season ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Gary Watkins, Jamie Klein: WEC-Aus 2017 for ByKolles to Nürburgring? In: de.motorsport.com. June 2, 2017, accessed December 27, 2019 .
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  12. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: Tires: ByKolles also relies on Dunlop in the 2016 season. In: motorsport-total.com. February 5, 2016, accessed July 15, 2020 .
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