Panoz Esperante GT-LM group N-GT (2003)

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9 units built
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Ford Modular 281 DOHC, V8 (90^o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine, located front longitudinally
4.601cc, 90.2 x 90 mm
377.3 kw / 506 bhp @ 5800 rpm
612.83 nm / 452 ft lbs @ 4800 rpm
aluminium alloy block, 227mm height, 100mm cylinder bore spacing, aluminium head
Forged 4340 steel crankshaft with 5 main bearings 67.5mm diameter and 47mm big end journal diameter, Forged 4340 steel connecting rod with 150.7mm distance between centers
DOHC chain driven, 4 valves/cyl - 32 valves total
aspiration, natural with Bosch Motronic MS4.0 multipoint electronic fuel injection
Elan Motorsport Technologies CDI, Distributorless electronic ignition, coil-on-plug, firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
water cooled
dry sump

Ford Modular 305 DOHC M-6007-T50EA by Elan Motorsport, V8 (90^o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine, located front longitudinally
4.997cc, 94.0 x 90.0 mm
373 kw / 500 bhp @ 5800 rpm
610 nm / 450 ft lbs @ 4800 rpm
aluminium alloy block, 227mm height, 100mm cylinder bore spacing, aluminium head
Forged 4340 steel crankshaft with 5 main bearings 67.5mm diameter and 47mm big end journal diameter, Forged 4340 steel connecting rod with 150.7mm distance between centers
DOHC chain driven, 4 valves/cyl - 32 valves total
aspiration, natural with Bosch Motronic MS4.0 multipoint electronic fuel injection
Elan Motorsport Technologies CDI, Distributorless electronic ignition, coil-on-plug, firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
dry sump

Hewland IGTC, 6 speed sequential gearbox
Production: Tremec T45 5-speed manual gearbox
1st: 3.37/1
2nd: 1.99/1
3rd: 1.33/1
4th: 1.00/1
5th: 0.67/1
Rev: 3.22/1
Final: 3.27/1
X-trac Salisbury friction disks limited slip rear differential
extruded aluminum monocoque chassis with Front & Rear Steel Subframes and roll cage. 2 door coupe Carbon composite bodyshell
Front suspension, short-long arm (SLA) double wishbones, coil springs over DSSV adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bar
Rear suspension, double wishbone with horizontally opposed, pushrod-and-rocker activated, coil springs over DSSV adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bar
power assisted rack and pinion steering, 15:1
ventilated steel disks all around, 6/4 piston calipers f/r
Length: 4722 mm (186 in)
Width: 1973 mm (78 in)
Height: 1356 mm (53 in)
Wheelbase: 2692 mm (106 in)
Front track: 1608 mm (63.3 in)
Rear track: 1626 mm (64 in)
front wheels 18 x 12.5 in
rear wheels 18 x 13 in
Front tire: 320/650 - R18
Rear tire: 330/710 - R18
1200kg
fuel tank 100 lt

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Results in FIA GT Championship

2006Season
GT2 classification is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Tourist Trophy	Brno	Oshcels	Spa	Paul Ricard	Dijion	Mugello	Hungar	Adria	Dubai
Team		500km	500km	24h	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km
Team LNT, EGTLM 007	#57, 14th (5th)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/1	1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Team LNT (57)

Drivers	Car number
	Tourist Trophy	Brno	Oshcels	Spa	Paul Ricard	Dijion	Mugello	Hungar	Adria	Dubai
Richard Dean	57
Lawrence Tomlinson	57
Total points 6	6

Results in Endurance races

2003Classification in GT/N-GT cars is noted in brackets

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
Hyper Sport, 1P9PB48343B213014		#03T, in entry list					#04, in entry list
Hyper Sport, 1P9PB68363B213026							#03, acci dent
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/0							1/0

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Hyper Sport Team (03)

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Joe Foster							03
Brad Nyberg							03
Rick Skelton							03

2004Classification in GT cars is noted in brackets

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
Hyper Sport		#04, in entry list					#04, in entry list
Panoz Motor Sports, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003)							#50, 24th (13th)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/1							1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Panoz Motor Sports Team (50)

	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Gunnar Jeannette							50
Marino Franchitti							50
Christophe Tinseau							50

2005Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets

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
Panoz Motor Sports, IP9PB48363B213032 (EGTLM 004)	#50, elec trical		#77, eng ine				#50, OTL
Panoz Motor Sports, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003)	#51, 20th (7th)		#78, drive train				#51, 21st (7th)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/2	2/1		2/0				2/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Panoz Motor Sports Team

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Bill Auberlen	50		77				50
Emanuele Naspetti	50
Scott Maxwell	51		77				50
Bryan Sellers	51		78				51
Gunnar Jeannette	51						51
Robin Liddell			77				50
Marino Franchitti			78				51
Patrick Bourdais			78
Total points 8	4						4

2006Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets

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
Multimatic Motorsport - Team Panoz, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b)	#50, 9th (1st)			#77, dnf				#50, 16th (3rd)
Multimatic Motorsport - Team Panoz, 1P9PB48363B213032 (EGTLM 004)	#51, drive line							#51, 17th (4th)
Team LNT, EGTLM 007	#80, 14th (5th)
Team LNT, IP9PB88334B213031 (EGTLM 006)		#81, dnf	#81, dnf	#81, 15th (1st)	#81, 27th (9th)	#81, 11th (1st)	#81, 14th (1st)
Team LNT, IP9PB68313B213015 (EGTLM 005)		#82, 15th (3rd)	#82, 16th (2nd)	#82, in entry list	#82, 22nd (6th)	#82, dnf	#82, 18th (4th)
Total points 2	2
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 17/12	3/2	2/1	2/1	2/1	2/2	2/1	2/2	2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Multimatic Motorsport - Team Panoz

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Scott Maxwell	50			77				50
David Brabham	50							50
Sébastien Bourdais	50							50
Gunnar Jeannette	51			77				51
Tom Milner	51			77				51
Bruno Janquiera	51
Andy Lally								51
Total points 25	10							15

+ Show Team LNT (81, 82)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Warren Hughes		81	81		81	81	81
Robert Bell		81	81		81	81	81
Lawrence Tomlinson	80	82	82	81	82	82	82
Richard Dean	80	82	82	81	82	82	82
Tom Kimber-Smith	80		82	81
Marc Hynes					82	82	82
Total points 61		8	9	10	7	10	17

2007Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets

Team entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurburgr	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
Date	17/3	15/4	6/5	17/6	1/7	19/8	16/9	6/10	10/11
Duration	12h	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS	LMS
Panoz Team PTG, 1P9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b)	#21, 26th (11th)							#21, 21st (7th)
Panoz Team PTG, 1P9PB48363B213032 (EGTLM 004)	#22, 27th (12th)							#22, in entry list
Robertson Racing, LLC, 1P9PB88346B213011 (EGTLM 008)	#53, eng ine							#53, mecha nical
Team LNT, IP9PB68313B213015 (EGTLM 005) (Le Mans 4.6 lt)		#81, 17th (4th)	#81, dnf	#81, gear box	#81, dnf	#81, acci dent	#81, in entry list
Team LNT, IP9PB88334B213031 (EGTLM 006) (Le Mans 4.6 lt)		#82, dnf	#82, dnf	#82, 23rd (5th)	#82, 32nd (6th)	#82, broken cam chain	#82, dnf
Chad Peninsula Panoz, IP9PB88376B213018 (EGTLM 009)		#84, 31st (12th)	#84, 30th (9th)	#84, in entry list	#84, OTL	#84, acci dent	#84, 34th (13th)
Total points 0
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 21/9	3/2	3/2	3/1	2/1	3/1	3/0	2/1	2/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Panoz Team PTG (21, 22)

	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
Joey Hand	21							21
Bill Auberlen	21							21
Tom Kimber-Smith	21							21
Scott Maxwell	22
Bryan Sellers	22
Ross Smith	22
Total points 4								4

+ Show Robertson Racing, LLC team (53)

	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
Arie Luyendyk, Jr	53
David Robertson	53							53
Andrea Robertson	53							53
David Murry								53

+ Show Team LNT (81, 82)

	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
Tom Kimber-Smith		81	81	81	81	81	81
Danny Watts		81	81	81	81	81	81
Richard Dean		82	82	82	82	82	82
Lawrence Tomlinson		82		82	82	82	82
Lucas Lasserre		82
Tom Milner			82	81
Robert Bell				82
Total points 18		7		6	5

+ Show Chad Peninsula Panoz team (84)

	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
John Hartshorne		84	84		84	84	84
Sean McInerney		84	84		84	84	84
Michael McInerney		84	84		84		84
Total points 2			2

2008Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Cata lunya	Monza	Spa	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans
Date	15/3	6/4	27/4	11/5	15/6	17/8	14/9	4/10
Duration	12h	1000km	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS	LMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	ALMS
Panoz Team PTG, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b)	#21, mecha nical							#21, 25th (12th)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/1	1/0							1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Panoz Team PTG (21)

	Sebring	Cata lunya	Monza	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans
Tom Milner	21							21
Joey Hand	21							21
Tom Sutherland	21

2009Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Cata lunya	Spa	Le Mans	Algrave	Nurburg	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Okayama
Date	21/3	5/4	10/5	14/6	2/8	23/8	13/9	26/9	1/11
Duration	12h	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km	1000km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS	JLMS
Panoz Team PTG, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b)	#21, 10th (3rd)							#21, 18th (9th)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/2	1/1							1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Panoz Team PTG (21)

	Sebring	Cata lunya	Spa	Le Mans	Algrave	Nurbu rgring	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Okayama
Dominik Farnbacher	21							21
Ian James	21							21
Total points 10	8							2

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