 The Mercedes-Benz CLK LM at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed | |||||||||
| Category | GT1 | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Mercedes-AMG | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Gerhard Ungar[1] | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | ||||||||
| Successor | Mercedes-Benz CLR Mercedes-AMG One (Straßenversion) | ||||||||
| Technical specifications[2] | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon-fibre monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension | Double wishbone suspension with pull-rod actuated coil springs over dampers | ||||||||
| Length | 4,900 mm (192.9 in) | ||||||||
| Width | 1,999 mm (78.7 in) | ||||||||
| Height | 1,112 mm (43.8 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,670 mm (105.1 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Mercedes-Benz GT108B 4,986 cc (304.3 cu in) V8 naturally aspirated, mid engined | ||||||||
| Transmission | 6-speed sequential | ||||||||
| Power | 600 PS (441 kW; 592 hp) | ||||||||
| Weight | 940 kg (2,072 lb) | ||||||||
| Fuel | Mobil | ||||||||
| Lubricants | Mobil | ||||||||
| Brakes | AP Racing ventilated steel calipers | ||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Competition | FIA GT Championship | ||||||||
| Notable entrants | Mercedes-AMG | ||||||||
| Notable drivers | |||||||||
| Debut | 1998 FIA GT Hockenheim 500 km | ||||||||
| Last event | 1998 FIA GT Laguna Seca 500 km | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 1 (1998 FIA GT) | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (1998 FIA GT) | ||||||||
The Mercedes-Benz CLK LM (chassis code C298) was a Group GT1 sports car designed and built by Mercedes-Benz in partnership with AMG to compete in the FIA GT Championship. To satisfy the requirements of competing in the FIA GT Championship, a road-legal version had to be built to homologate the car. That car was known as the Mercedes-Benz CLK LM Straßenversion, and Mercedes-Benz assembled two chassis, one of which was destroyed for crash-testing. The CLK LM went on to win every single championship event in the 1998 FIA GT season, retiring only at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was a non-championship event.[3][4] The removal of the GT1 class from the FIA GT Championship due to the lack of entrants and rising costs meant that Mercedes' GT1 program was brought to a close at the end of 1998. Mercedes instead focussed their efforts on the newly introduced LMGTP class for the 1999 season, which produced the Mercedes-Benz CLR.
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