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British powerhouse RML eyes Le Mans Hypercar likelihood
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British powerhouse RML eyes Le Mans Hypercar likelihood

By Miles Cooper October 30, 2024
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British motorsport powerhouse the RML Group is open to working a Le Mans Hypercar mission if a chance arises to affix the World Endurance Championship grid.

The Wellingborough-based firm is finest recognized for carrying Vauxhall’s and Nissan’s works groups to British Touring Automotive Championship glory throughout the halcyon Nineties Tremendous Touring period and claiming World Touring Automotive Championship crowns for Chevrolet within the twenty first century.

However RML, which this 12 months celebrates its fortieth anniversary, has its origins in sports-prototype endurance racing.

The primary RML mission was the Ecurie Ecosse Group C2 squad that claimed groups’ title glory on the planet sportscar championship in 1986, earlier than the corporate ran the manufacturing facility Aston Martin operation in the primary Group C class in 1989 after which partnered Nissan North America’s 1990 Le Mans 24 Hours assault.

Whereas RML has not had a full race staff because it bowed out of the WTCC when Yvan Muller gained the 2013 title with the Chevrolet Cruze, its chief government Michael Mallock Jr stated when requested by Motorsport.com that that the need is “100%” there to return in that type.

“Hypercar is a improbable idea. The expansion of WEC and IMSA has been unimaginable, and it’s improbable to see so many producers,” he stated.

“It’s a bit irritating that we’re not there truly in quite a lot of methods, however we’d like to be there as a staff.”

In addition to a string of high-performance road-car and record-breaking initiatives, RML provides spec components to the BTCC, and its superior work on battery expertise signifies that it’s now working with undisclosed shoppers not solely in Le Mans Hypercar, but additionally in System 1.

British powerhouse RML eyes Le Mans Hypercar likelihood

RML ran the Nissan Primeras that claimed 1999 BTCC title with Laurent Aiello

Photograph by: Malcolm Griffiths / Motorsport Pictures

The group has additionally revealed a particular version Hypercar-inspired P39 mission, primarily based on the Porsche 992.1 Turbo S and restricted to only 10 examples.

“We’re in Hypercar in unknown methods as properly, with our battery expertise working with an OEM on their subsequent three generations up,” added Mallock Jr.

“The opposite space the place we’re utilizing our battery know-how functionality is within the huge single-seater championship [F1]…”

RML is already lively in decrease echelons of endurance racing by way of its manufacturing of the Lotus Emira GT4 automotive, which follows its work on the Jaguar F-type, and the corporate can also be eager to discover GT3 avenues.

“Endurance racing could be very a lot the core of Mallock and RML,” stated Mallock Jr. “If there was a chance with a well-funded GT staff and OEM, we’d completely be there.

“We’ve bought quite a lot of long-term employees – this 12 months we’ve had three twentieth anniversaries, which is sort of spectacular.

“Regardless that the enterprise has advanced massively, there’s nonetheless quite a lot of the core motorsport love and focus all through the enterprise.

“We wouldn’t wrestle to get assist from inside our enterprise if the suitable motorsport alternative got here up.”

A particular characteristic on RML’s 40 years in motorsport will characteristic on this week’s version of the Autosport Engineering complement, out on 17 October. Click on right here to seek out out extra about Autosport journal.

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