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Pending Nissan announcement
« on: May 22, 2014, 12:23:40 pm »
http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/2014-24-hours-of-le-mans-a-great-meeting-with-nissan-on-may-23_2_2_1746_15331.html

Intriguing - Could it possibly be the worst kept secret, that Nissan are to return to Le Mans with a works team???

 ;D ;D ;D

Judging by their engine involvement in LMP2 this year.......................................

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Re: Pending Nissan announcement
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2014, 12:38:46 pm »
Nissan powers all but four of the nineteen (roughly 80%) of the LM P2 grid, plus the 'Garage 56' entry, so it doesn't stretch the imagination too much to suppose they might make a return to the top proto class.

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Re: Pending Nissan announcement
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2014, 01:08:14 pm »
Didn't they already make a statement about a return to LMP1 in 2015 ?

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Re: Pending Nissan announcement
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2014, 03:22:50 pm »
So the announcement is an LMP1 version of their GTR race car for 2015 - LM and WEC.

No images yet.

Will be interesting to see how close an LMP1 car can be to the original GTR road car heritage. :D
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Re: Pending Nissan announcement
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2014, 03:37:18 pm »
« Last Edit: May 23, 2014, 03:42:09 pm by Dottore »

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Re: Pending Nissan announcement
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2014, 04:16:03 pm »
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Re: Pending Nissan announcement
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2014, 09:44:29 am »

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Will be interesting to see how close an LMP1 car can be to the original GTR road car heritage. :D

Probably... nothing but the name and branding.