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Originally Posted by miatanut
I would think this is how you would do it.
Most of the discussion has been that it's really a front-mid concept.
Innovation comes from a willingness to go down what most people think are blind alleys and pass by. Occasionally they turn out to NOT be a blind alley, and then you've gained a considerable advantage over the competition.
Given the people involved and that Nissan has been behind it from the start, I expect the initial CFD showed a major advantage to the concept, to the point they could lose some advantage as some packaging compromises occurred while doing the detailed design, and still have an advantage. Without that, they probably wouldn't have gotten the go-ahead from the Nissan Board of Directors.
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You are absolutely right and I like to see any guys to try to go a different route. I was a fan of the Panoz LMP07 and also of the Lister Storm LMP and why? Because they tried a very different layout.
So I would like to see Nissan with a front engined car if they think there is an advantage.
On the other side both designers who have ever tried a front engined prototype told me a closed front-engined LMP1 is not the way to match its rivals. So don't they know from what they are speaking. I think not.
( We are talking about Nigel Stroud ( Panoz GTR-1) and Andy Thorby (Panoz LMP07)