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333SP- Could a privateer run a new one today in Le Mans?

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  1. robert_c

    robert_c F1 Rookie

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    Or any Ferrari prototype, take your pick.

    Could a non-factory team build a new car for Le Mans (or any similar series) and use as many Ferrari parts as possible and call it a Ferrari P?

    Does Jim's P4/5 fit the regulations for a Le Mans class? That would be cool.
     
  2. b-mak

    b-mak F1 Veteran

    No.

    No.

    Someone else can explain.
     
  3. ProCoach

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    Simple answer, nope!

    The 333 is nearly 15 years old and was built to ACO (LeMans sanctioning body) rules that don't exist anymore. Weight, width height, side impact and overhang, not to mention engine capacity don't meet those rules.

    While "non-factory" teams can and have assembled cars for the current LMP1 and LMP2 prototype classes, no company other than Ferrari can assemble a car even using Ferrari components and call it a Ferrari.

    Creation, Dome, Zytek and Pescarolo are all examples of "independents" that have assembled cars, albeit without F-car components and have run them with varying degrees of success.

    As far as adding an F car motor, not sure any are competitive at the moment, as all of Ferraris efforts are focused on the GT (430) efforts. The factory has expressed no interest in building or supplying constructors for a prototype effort. The downside is too great.

    Jim's car is really cool, but it ain't no racecar! :)
     
  4. Texas Forever

    Texas Forever Eight Time F1 World Champ
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    This is the real answer, as explained to me by one of those slide rule types. Believe it or not, the Enzo subframe is not stiff enough to be competitive at Le Mans. Even a full on production car such as Jim's P 4/5 is full of compromises. A race car is not. It only has to last 24 hours and 1 minute of the full tilt boogie. Such is the way of the world.

    Dale
     

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