Courage C65 group LMP2 (2003)

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JPX Mader Willman 6, V6 (120°) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
3397 cc
520 bhp / 388 KW @ 9500 rpm
408 Nm / 301 ft lbs @ 7500 rpm
aluminium alloy block and head
DOHC , 4 valves/cylinder - 24 valves total
aspiration, natural with multipoint electronic fuel injection and 44 mm inlet restrictor

Mazda R20B, 3 rotor, 2 stroke, wankel engine

Judd XV675

Analytical specifications and drawings

V8 (90^o) cylinder
3397 cc capacity
DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder
multipoint electronic fuel injection
Power output
540 bhp / 403 KW @ 10500 rpm
475 Nm / 350 ft lbs

AER P07/MG XP20

Analytical specifications and drawings

Rover K, straigh 4 cylinder
1995 cc capacity
DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder
1 x Garrett turbocharger with multipoint electronic fuel injection. 1 x 42mm inlet restrictor
Power output
550 bhp / 410 KW @ 6,700 rpm
600 Nm / 443 ft lbs @ 6,000 rpm

Mecachrome-Ford, V8 (90º), 4 stroke, petrol engine
3398cc
92.0 x 63.9 mm
500 bhp / 373 KW @ 10,000 rpm
370 Nm / 273 ft lbs @ 7,000 rpm
aluminium alloy block and head
DOHC, 4 valves/cyl - 32 valves total
aspiration, natural with multipoint electronic fuel injection

Hewland TLS, 6 speed Sequential gearbox
carbon fibre and aluminum honeycomb monocoque chassis
f/r suspension, double wishbones, pushrods, horizontally located Dynamic coil spring damper units
rack-and-pinion steering, power assisted
ventilated carbon discs, all-round
Length, 4,650 mm (183.1 in)
Width, 1,970 mm (77.6 in)
Wheelbase, 2,790 mm (109.8 in)
Track (fr/r), 1,750 mm (68.9 in) / 1,600 mm (63 in)
rims, Magnesium alloy, Front 11" x 18“, Rear 13” x 18”
760kg
fuel tank, 90 lt

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Results in Endurance races

2003

Team entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Date	2/2	15/3	15/6	22/6	31/8	21/9	18/10
Duration	24h	12h	24h	6h	1000km	6h	1600km
Team\ Championship	GA RR	ALMS		GA RR	FIA SC	GA RR	ALMS
Courage Compétition, C60-6 (JPX)			#31, eng ine
Luc Alphand Aventures, (JPX)			in entry list
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/0			1/0

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Courage Compétition Team

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Philippe Alliot			31
David Hallyday			31
Carl Rosenblad			31

2004

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Date	20/3	9/5	13/6	3/7	14/8	12/9	25/9
Duration	12h	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS
Courage Compétition, C65-7 (JPX)		#33, in entry list	#33, with drawn
Courage Compétition, C65-7 (AER)						#9, in entry list
Courage Compétition, C60-9 (AER)			#31, eng ine	#13, 16th	#13, 7th	#13, 4th
Paul Belmondo Racing, C60-6 (AER)		#26, piston	#37, acci dent	#26, gear box	#26, eng ine	#26, 8th
Epsilon Sport, C60-8 (JPX)			#34, with drawn
Epsilon Sport, C60-2 (Willman)			#35, eng ine
Miracle Motorsports, C60-9 (AER)							#10, elec trics
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 13/4		1/0	5/0	2/1	2/1	2/2	1/0

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Courage Compétition Team

	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Jean-Marc Gounon			31	13	13
Alexander Frei			33	13	13	13
Sam Hancock			31	13	13	13
Jean-Philippe Belloc			33
Marc Goossens			33
Jonathan Cochet						13

+ Show Paul Belmondo Racing Team (26)

	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Paul Belmondo		26	37	26	26	26
Claude-Yves Gosselin		26	37	26	26	26
Marco Saviozzi		26	37	26	26
Wim Eyckmans						26

+ Show Epsilon Sport Team (34, 35)

	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Jesús Diez de Villarroel			34
Gunnar Jeannette			35
Gavin Pickering			35
Renaud Derlot			35

+ Show Miracle Motorsports Team (10)

	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Ian James							10
James Gue							10
John Macaluso							10

2005

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Date	19/3	17/4	19/6	10/7	13/8	4/9	1/10	13/11
Duration	12h	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km	1000km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS	LMS
Miracle Motorsports, Inc, C60-9 (AER)	#10, 12th		#34, disqua lified				#10, gear box
Barazi-Kruse Motorsport, C60-14 (Judd)	#27, eng ine	#30, gear box	#30, 24th	#30, eng ine	#30, 8th			#30, in entry list
Barazi-Kruse Motorsport, C60-14 (AER)							#30, eng ine
Kruse Motorsport, C60-12 (Judd)						#30, gear box		#32, 11th
Noel del Bello, C60-10 (Mechachrome)		#21, gear box		#21, in entry list	#21, in entry list	#21, 22nd
Noel del Bello, C60-8 (Mechachrome)		#31, 7th	#31, gear box	#31, eng ine	#31, eng ine	#31, 25th
Intersport Racing, C60-12 (AER)			#33, suspe nsion
Renstal de Bokkenrijders / G-Force Racing, C60-11 (Judd)		#35, acci dent	#35, acci dent in practice
Renstal de Bokkenrijders / G-Force Racing, C60-16 (Judd)			#35T, gear box	#35, in entry list	#35, 30th	#35, 16th		#35, acci dent
Paul Belmondo Racing, C60-7 (Ford)		#36, 21st	#36, 21st	#36, 4th	#36, 4th	#36, OTL		#36, 20th
Paul Belmondo Racing, C60-6 (Ford)		#37, eng ine	#37, 22nd	#37, fuel	#37, 28th	#37, 13th		#37, acci dent
B-K Motorsports Inc, (Mazda)							#8, 14th
Total points 21		4		7	10
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 32/16	2/1	6/2	8/3	4/3	5/4	6/4	3/1	4/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Miracle Motorsports, Inc Team (10)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Jeff Bucknum	10						10
Chris McMurry	10						10
Ian James	10		34
John Macaluso			34
Andy Lally			34
James Gue							10

+ Show Barazi Kruse-Motorsport Team (30)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Harold Primat	27	30
Phillip Bennett	27	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Ian Mitchell	27		30
Gregor Fisken		30
Tim Mullen			30
Juan Barazi				30	30	30	30	30, 32
Michael Vergers				30	30			30, 32
Elton Julian							30

+ Show Noel del Bello Team (21, 31)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Jean-Philippe Belloc		21		21
Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére		21		21	21	21
Bastien Breire		21		21, 31	31
Christophe Tinseau		31		31	31	31
Christophe Pillon		31	31
Ni Amorim		31	31	31	31	31
Romain Iannetta			31			21
François Jakubowski						21
Loic Deman						31

+ Show Intersport Racing Team

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Sergey Zlobin			33
Juan Barazi			33
Bastien Briere			33

+ Show G-Force Racing Team

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Loic Deman		35		35
Jean-Francois Leroch		35		35	35	35		35
Val Hillebrand		35	35, 35T	35
Gavin Pickering			35, 35T
Frank Hahn			35, 35T		35	35		35
Tim Greaves					35			35
David Hart						35

+ Show Paul Belmondo Racing Team (36, 37)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Vincent Vosse		36		36	36	36		36
Claude-Yves Gosselin		36	36	36	36	36		36
Karim Ojjea		36	36	36	36	36		36
Didier André		37	37			37		37
Paul Belmondo		37	37	37	37	37		37
Romain Iannetta		37
Adam Sharpe			36		37
Rick Sutherland			37
Didier Andre				37	37
Yann Clairay						37
Cemil Cipa								37

+ Show B-K Motorsports Inc Team (8)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
James Bach							8
Guy Cosmo							8
Elliot Forbes-Robinson							8

2006

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Doni ngton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Date	18/3	9/4	14/5	18/6	16/7	27/8	24/9	30/9
Duration	12h	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS
B-K Motorsports, C60-15 (Mazda)	#8, over heating							#8, dnf
Miracle Motorsports, C60-9 (AER)	#10, gear box			#27, 14th
Barazi Epsilon, C60-12 (AER)	#33, 16th	#32, 2nd	#32, 8th	#32, 21st	#32, 25th	#32, 19th	#32, 17th
G-Force Racing, C60-8 (Judd)		#35, 7th		#35, dnf	#35, 33rd
G-Force Racing, C60-11 (Judd)			#35, dnf
Paul Belmondo Racing, C60-7 (Ford-AER)		#36, 19th	#36, 14th	#36, dnf	#36, dnf	#36, dnf	#36, 21st
Paul Belmondo Racing, C60-10 (Ford)		#37, 8th	#37, dnf	#37, dnf	#37, dnf
Kruse Motorsport, C60-14 (Judd)			#44, dns	#40, in entry list		#44, 22nd	#44, 11th
Total points 19		16	3
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 28/16	3/1	4/4	5/2	5/2	4/2	3/2	3/3	1/0

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show B-K Motorsports team (8)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Guy Cosmo	8							8
James Bach	8							8
Raphael Matos	8
Elliot Forbes-Robinson								8

+ Show Miracle Motorsports team

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Andy Lally	10			14
James Gue	10
Andrew Davis	10
John Macaluso				14
Ian James				14

+ Show Barazi Epsilon team (32)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Michael Vergers	33	32	32	32	32	32	32
Juan Barazi	33	32	32	32	32	32	32
Elton Julian	33
Jean-Philippe Belloc		32			32
Davide Valsecchi			32			32	32
Neil Cunningham				32

+ Show G-Force Racing team (35)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Frank Hahn		35		35
Edward Morris		35	35	35
Jean-François Leroch		35	35	35
Stéphane Lemeret			35
Jan-Dirk Lueders					35
Jens Petersen					35
Christopher Bruck					35

+ Show Paul Belmondo Racing team (36, 37)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Claude-Yves Gosselin		36	36	36		36
Karim Ojjea		36	36	36	36	36	36
Pierre Ragues		36	36	36	36	36	36
Didier André		37	37	37	37
Yann Clairay		37	37	37
Paul Belmondo		37					36
Jean-Bernard Bouvet				37	37

+ Show Kruse Motorsport team

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Jens Petersen			44			44	44
Jan-Dirk Lueders			44			44	44
Christopher Bruck			44
Tony Burgess						44
Norbert Siedler							44

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Source
Courage C65 Judd