Category | Le Mans Prototype (LMP1) | ||||||
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Constructor | Lotus (Kodewa) | ||||||
Designer(s) | Paul White (chief designer)[1] | ||||||
Successor | Vanwall Vandervell 680 | ||||||
Technical specifications[2][3] | |||||||
Chassis | Carbon fibre composite monocoque | ||||||
Suspension (front) | Independent double wishbones with adjustable dampers | ||||||
Suspension (rear) | Independent double wishbones with adjustable dampers | ||||||
Wheelbase | 13 in × 18 in (330.2 mm × 457.2 mm) | ||||||
Engine | Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 Naturally Aspirated
AER P60 2.4L V6 Twin-Turbocharged | ||||||
Transmission | X-Trac 7-speed sequential manual | ||||||
Power | 600 bhp (608 PS; 447 kW) | ||||||
Weight | 850 kg | ||||||
Fuel | Shell | ||||||
Lubricants | Various | ||||||
Brakes | Carbon Ceramic Discs | ||||||
Tyres | Michelin (previously Dunlop) | ||||||
Competition history | |||||||
Notable entrants | ByKolles Racing Lotus | ||||||
Notable drivers | Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer James Rossiter Oliver Webb Christophe Bouchut Lucas Auer Nathanaël Berthon Christian Klien Tiago Monteiro Vitantonio Liuzzi Dominik Kraihamer Marco Bonanomi René Binder Tom Dillmann Paolo Ruberti Bruno Spengler | ||||||
Debut | 2014 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas | ||||||
Last event | 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans | ||||||
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Teams' Championships | 0 | ||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The CLM P1/01, renamed ENSO CLM P1/01 in 2017, is a sports prototype racing car built for Lotus Racing in 2014. The Lotus team entered the last five rounds of the World Endurance championship in 2014, but later took name as the Austrian based team ByKolles Racing. It is designed to meet the 2014 LMP1-L regulations for Le Mans Prototypes in the FIA World Endurance Championship as well as at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The P1/01 debuted at the 2014 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship.