7432 view(s) ![]() When a constructor starts talking about a "3 year program"
this can be usually discarded as "PR". Read between the lines
and it means they f***** up, and maybe have 2 more years to fix the
problem.
As the 3rd year of Bentley's LMGTP program coincided with the withdrawal
of Mother Company Audi's works R8 support, many dubbed the 03 Bentley
an "Audi with a roof", but in fact they couldn't have been
more wrong.
For Bentley's 3rd generation LMGTP Chief designer Peter Elleray decided to start with a clean sheet of paper. Work on the 03 car started as early as April 02, Weight distribution, aero concept (and aero map), suspension geometry's, were significantly changed and all at the same time, which is usually a recipe for disaster.
Fortunately it all came together, Bentley dominated the 2003 LM 24hrs in a way previously reserved for the likes of Audi and Porsche. Immediately after the race it became clean that Bentley had been serious about its 3 year program. The green coupes had raced for the last time and would not return.
And thus ended an other chapter in Sportscar history.
Bentley LMGTP (LM 2003):
Length: 4645 mm, Width: 1995 mm, Height: n/a, Wheelbase: 2735 mm,
|
Liveries
Resin Full Curb side kit , su¨perb quality as we have become used to by these French Modellistes