Lister Storm GT
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The Lister Storm GT was a homologated racing car from the manufacturer Lister Cars from Great Britain .
Development and technology
Its development began in 1993. The Storm used the largest V12 engine at the time, measuring 6996 cm³ , which was installed in a production vehicle after the Second World War . It was a modification of the Jaguar machine that had already been used in the Jaguar XJR sports cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Due to the relatively high price of around 350,000 US dollars only four copies were made before production of the street version was discontinued. Today three of them still exist, but Lister still maintains at least the racing versions.
The drilled out two-valve Lister V12 delivered an output of 407 kW and a torque of 790 Nm. With a front-engine and rear-wheel drive , the vehicle weighed 1664 kg and accelerated from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.1 seconds. For a while, the Storm was considered the fastest four-seater in the world. The CLS- based Brabus Rocket held this title at a speed of 365.7 km / h until this title was awarded to the BMW M 5 Hurricane RS from BMW tuner G-Power with an officially confirmed top speed of 367 on November 12, 2008 , 4 km / h went.
Motorsport
Storm GTS
The Lister Storm GTS debuted at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT1 class as a competitor to cars such as the McLaren F1 , the Ferrari F40 , the Jaguar XJ220 and the Porsche 911 GT2 . The first presentation of the car, driven by Geoff Lees , Rupert Keegan and Dominic Chappell , was not particularly successful because it was canceled after almost 40 laps due to gearshift problems.
In 1996 the team decided to give the Storm a test run before Le Mans and so it took part in the Daytona 24 Hours . The individual Storm did not manage to finish the race here either. Despite this setback, the team dared to advance to Le Mans with the Storm GTS. The car was at least able to improve on the disappointing start, because at least it reached the finish. However, only on a beaten 19th place, 59 laps behind the winner. After Le Mans , Lister decided to start the Storm GTS in the BPR Global GT series , in which it made its debut at the Nürburgring in the fifth race . However, the Storm GTS did not finish in any other race this season.
Storm GTL
For the 1997 season, Lister realized, the Storm GTS would have been far too slow compared to the new competitors in the GT-1 class such as the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR or the Porsche 911 GT1 . It was therefore redesigned and given a longer and more aerodynamic front section. This new version was now called the Storm GTL . It was first used during the Daytona 24 Hours, where it placed 19th overall and fourth in its own class. In the same year two more Storm GTLs were lined up for Le Mans , but neither of them made it past the 77th lap. Also that year a Storm GTL was brought to the United States to take part in the last two races of the FIA GT Championship at Sebring and Laguna Seca . This car was also unable to finish either of the two races.
In 1998 a new attempt was started in Daytona, but again early problems meant the premature end. Due to these difficulties, the team did not make it into the starting field at Le Mans and did not participate in any other races this year. Instead, the focus was on redesigning the Storm.
Storm GT
In 1999 the storm reappeared. He had swapped the aerodynamic body parts of the GTL in favor of a more standard front end. The team announced that they wanted to take part in the entire FIA GT championship season within the framework of the new GT2 class regulations. After a rather bad start to the season, they finished fourth at the Hockenheimring just two laps behind a winning pair of Chrysler Viper GTS-Rs . This was followed by a third place in Zolder and finally a second place in Donington , where the Lister was only 26 seconds behind the victorious Viper. These successes brought Lister a shared fifth place in the overall ranking of the teams at the end of the season.
With the coming year 2000, Lister was much more optimistic about its own possibilities. Chrysler - ORECA had officially bid farewell to the championship, with the last works team leaving the series as a competitor. Only private teams remained as challengers. The Lister team won the first race of the season in Valencia . Four more victories followed during the season, all of which were won by Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter . With these victories, Lister achieved the overall victory in the team classification. At the same time Lister started in the British GT Championship both as a works team and with a customer vehicle for Cirtek Motorsport. Both teams achieved a total of nine wins.
After returning to the FIA GT as the winner, Lister continued the 2001 season with two works cars. Although four wins were achieved, the team was beaten in the team classification by Larbre Competition and Carsport Holland. A similar situation arose in 2002 when the Lister team took three wins and came second overall, again beaten by Larbre.
In 2003, another vehicle from Creation Autosportif joined the Lister FIA GT team. The works team managed only one victory, but still finished the season in second place in the overall standings. Creation was not far behind in fourth place after adding a customer car. At the same time, Lister began work on a new project, the Storm LMP , which was supposed to bring the brand back to Le Mans, thus reducing their involvement as a works team in the FIA GT.
In the 2004 season Creation Autosportif took on the lead role for the series, while the works relay only took part in selected races. Creation only achieved eighth place in the overall standings after the team also decided to start with a Le Mans prototype . The works team, on the other hand, could only score one point. Lister tried again in 2005, but got just enough points for a place as tenth best team. After that season, the GT were officially retired and the manufacturer now focused on the Storm LMP. In the game GTR2 there is Creation and Lister Racing in 2003 and only Creation in 2004.
In 2006 the French relay Red Racing bought a Storm for the FFSA GT Championship . Despite several failures, Iradj Alexander and Gaël Lesoudier finished the race in Pau as winners. Originally, the team also wanted to compete in the FIA GT Championship, but the race on the Circuit Paul Ricard did not get past the seventh lap. Since 2007 there are currently no more storms to be found in a race.
Technical specifications
- Engine: Jaguar V12
- Displacement: 6996 cm³
- Compression: 10.5: 1
- Maximum power: 407 kW at 6100 rpm
- Maximum torque: 790 Nm at 3450 rpm
- Top speed: 335 km / h
- C w value: 0.35
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1993 Lister Storm ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ G-POWER M5 HURRICANE RS official website accessed on January 17, 2011
