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[WEC/IMSA] 2021 - 2024 Hypercars LMH/LMDh (all Hypercar cars untill now)

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Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus owner Jim Glickenhaus has been regularly sharing workshop images as construction of the team’s first 007 LMH Hypercar nears completion, this the first of a planned two-car entry for the 2021 FIA WEC
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Toyota Start The Hypercar Era With GR010 HYBRID
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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has formally unveiled their new for 2021 ‘Hypercar’ The GR010 HYBRID set to contest an all-new top class in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship including the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The reigning World Champions and three-time Le Mans winners will defend those titles against new manufacturer competitors using a racing version of the upcoming hypercar road car, featuring powertrain technology developed in the TS050 HYBRID.

The GR010 HYBRID is a prototype racer developed over the last 18 months in partnership by engineers at the team’s headquarters in Cologne, Germany and the electric hybrid powertrain experts at Higashi-Fuji in Japan.
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GR010 HYBRID Technical Specifications

Bodywork: Carbon fibre composite
Gearbox: Transversal with 7 gears sequential
Driveshafts: Constant velocity tripod plunge-joint driveshafts
Clutch: Multidisc
Differential: Mechanical locking differential
Suspension: Independent front and rear double-wishbone, pushrod-system
Springs: Torsion bars
Anti roll bars: Front and rear
Steering: Hydraulically assisted
Brakes: Akebono mono-block alloy callipers with carbon ventilated discs
Rims: RAYS magnesium alloy, 13 x 18 inch
Tyres: Michelin radial (31/71-18)
Length: 4900 mm
Width: 2000 mm
Height: 1150 mm
Weight: 1040kg
Fuel capacity: 90 litres
Engine: V6 direct injection twin-turbo
Valves: 4 per cylinder
Engine capacity: 3.5 Litre
Fuel: Petrol
Engine power: 500 kW / 680PS
Hybrid power: 200 kW / 272PS
Battery: High-powered TOYOTA lithium-ion battery
Front motor/Inverter: AISIN AW / DENSO
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Glickenhaus on track. Sounds nice. Looks eehhh.
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It feels like the cockpit area is too big for the rest of the car.
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The tweets after the main post is interesting. Many teams are interested in the Glickenhaus car.
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Hopefully Glickenhaus can sort out their tyre issues. Good to see the interest though.
They dont seem to be lacking ambition. Just hope they dont get too carried away with their own hype.

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 2 years ago Just hope they dont get too carried away with their own hype.
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Peugeot Unveils Le Mans Hypercar
The Peugeot 9X8 lives!

6 July 2021, 1:10 PM

Peugeot Sport has shown off its brand new FIA World Endurance Championship-bound Le Mans Hypercar, the 9X8, ahead of its expected race debut during the 2022 season.

The radical-looking car is set to dazzle, with its ‘wing-less’ design, its hybrid-powered rear-mounted, 2.6-litre, bi-turbo, 500kW (680hp), 90-degree V6 engine, front-mounted 200kW motor-generator unit, seven-speed sequential gearbox and battery developed by Peugeot Sport and Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies (formerly TOTAL Motorsport).

The model name 9X8 has been chosen as it combines ‘9’, as a nod to Peugeot’s previous topflight sportscars, ‘X’ which refers to its all-wheel-drive technology and hybrid powertrain and ‘8’, the suffixed used for all of Peugeot’s current models.

Peugeot’s bold statement is clearly the car’s aero, as it believes “there is an opportunity to achieve the required level of performance without a rear wing”.

“The new Le Mans Hypercar regulations were drawn up to level out the importance of conventional performance-boosting systems,” explains Olivier Jansonnie, Peugeot Sport’s WEC Programme Technical Director.

“Designing the 9X8 has been a passionate experience because we had the freedom to invent, innovate and explore off-the-wall ways to optimise the car’s performance, and more especially its aerodynamics. The regulations stipulate that only one adjustable aerodynamic device is permitted, without specifying the rear wing. Our calculation work and simulations revealed that high performance was effectively possible without one.”

“The absence of a rear wing on the Peugeot 9X8 is a major innovative step,” adds Stellantis Motorsport Director Jean-Marc Finot. “We have achieved a degree of aerodynamic efficiency that allows us to do away with this feature. Don’t ask how, though! We have every intention of keeping that a secret as long as we possibly can!”

Peugeot’s design team has also tried to incorporate clear styling cues from the constructor’s branding. The 9X8’s front and rear lights take the form of ‘three claw-like strokes’, linked to Peugeot trademarks, while the brand’s new lion’s head logo features in backlit form at the front and on the sides of the car.

The Selenium Grey and contrasting Kryptonite colour scheme, on display in the cockpit meanwhile, is a nod to the colour scheme chosen for the new Peugeot Sport Engineered line which was introduced with the 508 and 508 SW.

“We wanted to take a special approach to the cockpit which, until now, has tended to be a purely functional and indistinctive aspect of racing cars, with no brand identity whatsoever,” underlines Matthias Hossann. “The combination of our colour scheme and PEUGEOT’s i-Cockpit interior styling signature have provided the 9X8’s cockpit with a distinctive feel and make it immediately identifiable as a Peugeot in on-board camera shots.

“Since the 9X8 is a Peugeot, the original sketch that steered our work portrayed a big cat ready to pounce, a stance which we have suggested by the slightly forward-tilting cockpit”, he continues. “The overall lines of the Peugeot 9X8 express the brand’s styling cues, while its sleek, racy, elegant forms inspire emotion and
dynamism.”

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Class: Le Mans Hypercar (LMH)
Length: 5,000mm
Width: 2,080mm
Height: 1,180mm
Wheelbase: 3,045mm
Powertrain: PEUGEOT HYBRID4 500KW (all-wheel drive)
Rear-drive train: 500kW (680hp), 2.6L twin-turbo, 90-degree V6 petrol internal combustion
engine + seven-speed sequential transmission
Front-drive train: 200kW electric motor-generator + single-speed reducer
Battery: High density, 900-volt battery co-designed by Peugeot Sport, TotalEnergies/Saft
Fuel and lubricants: TotalEnergies
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“The absence of a rear wing on the Peugeot 9X8 is a major innovative step,” adds Stellantis Motorsport Director Jean-Marc Finot. “We have achieved a degree of aerodynamic efficiency that allows us to do away with this feature. Don’t ask how, though! We have every intention of keeping that a secret as long as we possibly can!”
I wonder if the huge front grille gap acts as a secondary source of downforce?

Eg: the top of the front 'bonnet' acts as a wing, and then the big gap above the splitter sufficiently acts as a second wing?

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That Peugeot is fantastic!
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“No Margin for Error” in Peugeot 9X8 Pre-Track Testing Phase

Peugeot working through busy dyno testing phase ahead of planned end-of-year 9X8 rollout…

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The technical director of Peugeot’s LMH program says there is “no margin for error” in the 9X8’s powertrain testing schedule as preparations ramp up for a planned track debut by the end of this year.

Peugeot is currently running powertrain dynamometer tests for its new hybrid-powered prototype, which is due to race in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Technical director Olivier Jansonnie told Sportscar365 that the timing of Peugeot’s December rollout target has made for a busy and challenging pre-track testing phase, but the program remains on schedule.

Peugeot is due to take an “on time” delivery of its first monocoque for the 9X8 midway through next month. The car has been presented publicly in full-scale model form.

“The LMH is a completely new regulation and the time required for the pre-study was huge,” said Jansonnie.

“The pre-concept phase probably makes the difference for the next years.

“Then you have to compact your testing time to the minimum to try to arrive as early as possible on track. So it’s clear there’s no margin for error.

“We have been working on this kind of schedule for the last 18 months: it’s very, very tough. But since the beginning, we have said we will race in 2022.

“To achieve that there was no other solution, basically.”

Peugeot started its 9X8 powertrain testing process in March when it conducted the first dynamometer runs with the 500 kW (=681.2 hp), 2.6-liter twin-turbo V6 internal combustion engine.

It has since moved on to endurance internal combustion engine testing, which is an ongoing stage of the process. Peugeot will continue to add powertrain elements in the coming weeks, including the 200 kW (=272 hp) electric motor, as it builds up the overall hybrid unit.

The so-called ‘Hybrid4′ powertrain will consist of an engine that automatically switches to a lower 300 kW output when the electric motor is in use above 120 km/h, to ensure the car’s overall output does not exceed the 500 kW maximum stated in the LMH rules.

The electric motor is the next part of the validation process and is set to begin testing imminently. Jansonnie noted that Peugeot is using “several engines” and “several dynos”.

“We have [made] evolutions to the engine already, which were planned,” said Jansonnie.

“We are assembling and testing. Now we are starting to assemble the front, so we are receiving the electrical engine and front gearbox, putting them together and testing them together. That’s the next stage.

“Once we do this, we will assemble the gearbox together with the engine and test on the rear powertrain dyno.

“And finally, a few weeks before we start running, we will put the four-wheel-drive system on.

“We are doing it piece after piece, testing each piece separately initially and then putting it together to start testing them as a whole.

“The enduro dyno test is not a complete run without stopping for a few days. Everything is new including the process, the rigs and the dynos. Everything is getting tested and getting up to speed.”

Peugeot is also working with TotalEnergies subsidiary Saft to develop a 900-volt battery that feeds the electric motor and is charged by a kinetic braking energy recovery system.

“Saft is working on the cells, so the cells are ready,” TotalEnergies motorsport technical coordinator Romain Aubry told Sportscar365.

“We are starting the production and now we have to finalize the Battery Management System which is co-designed by Peugeot Sport and TotalEnergies.

“We still have all the green lights so far. The development is going well and we are still on the schedule that we fixed with Peugeot two years ago.”

Peugeot plans to run the internal combustion engine and the front-mounted electric motor together on the dyno at the end of September or early October, according to Jean-Marc Finot who oversees the project as the Head of Stellantis Motorsport.

“Separately we are testing the ICE and the electric motor, and then after we test both of them on our dyno, our bench test,” he said.

“We do all the characterization, measurements and all checking on the bench in order to discover specific information or figures, due to the integration of the system in the car.

“For us it’s the best way to have a short time between the beginning of testing cars to reduce the time of the development program.

“If we have an issue and we have to redesign some parts, this is the reason why we can’t commit right now on the exact date when we will enter the championship.

“It’s due to the specificity of these regulations: as soon as the car is frozen it will be homologated for five years.”

The 2022 WEC season is due to start at Sebring International Raceway on March 18, while the 24 Hours of Le Mans is booked for June 11-12.

Jansonnie explained that dyno testing will continue right up to the moment that the 9X8 appears on track for the first time. The initial rollout is expected to take place in Europe.

“It will probably happen at the same time we begin running the test car,” said Jansonnie.

“Ideally you’re extending your powertrain test – of the whole powertrain and not just the engine – up to the point where you are actually [track] testing because you’re testing the whole system.

“You can actually do it with another engine and gearbox on your dyno as you begin your test car at the same time.”

Simulation testing is also continuing to take place in accordance with the seven contracted Peugeot drivers’ 2021 racing schedules.
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So are all of the new hypercars (Ferrari etc) coming for 2022, or are they staggered over 22 and 23?
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I expect Ferrari in 2023. Some talk about ByKolles and Ginetta, but i don't see that happen. Have not heard anything of these in 5-6 months. The LMDh (read LMP2 2.0) cars enter in 2023 too.

Alpine tries to extend the grandfathered LMP1 car for another year and asked the FIA/ACO for permission.
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