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ANPAC Start Season Circuito Estoril. Race 2 - CPV Clássicos e Legends

Driver: Bruno Santos

Team: Bruno Santos

Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin has produced truly British luxury sports cars throughout its 100-year history. Founded by Lionel Martin and Richard Bamford in 1913, the company built racing cars and sold road versions in small numbers. It remained little known until 1947, when David Brown bought it along with the Lagonda brand. The combination of a tubular Aston Martin chassis and powerful 6-cylinder Lagonda engines forms the basis for the famous DB series models.

Design Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

In 1959-1960. The Aston Martin team, with the DB4 GT and DB4 GTZ, tried unsuccessfully to compete with the Ferrari 250 in the GT class of the World Sports Car Championship.

Design Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

For the 1962 season, Ferrari prepared its famous 250 GTO, and David Brown could only hope to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where sports prototypes could still compete. For this category, the Aston Martin DP212 (Design Project 212) was developed - a streamlined coupe with a low nose and a long, rounded tail, made from an alloy of aluminum and magnesium (hyduminium).

Design Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

The new body was mounted on a lightweight DB4 GT tubular frame with double wishbone front independent suspension, torsion-bar DeDion rear axle and all-wheel disc brakes. Increased to 3996 cm3, the inline 6-cylinder DOHC engine designed by Tadek Marek developed 327 hp. and was paired with a David Brown 5-speed manual transmission.

Design Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

Driven by Graham Hill and Ricci Ginter, the Aston Martin DP212 raced at Le Mans in 1962, but retired six hours later due to a broken oil pump pipe. During the race, stability problems at high speeds were also discovered, so the car was sent to test in the M.I.R.A. (Motor Industry Research Association).

Design Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

There she received a truncated tail with an integrated spoiler and vertically positioned triple taillights. These changes were also made to the body of the next model, the Aston Martin DP214, along with a redesigned nose, an enlarged oval radiator grille and NACA air intakes in the hood. Two such vehicles were built, and both received a 3.7-liter 6-cylinder engine with 317 hp, homologated for the GT class, as well as a 4-speed gearbox and rear suspension with double wishbones and springs.

Under the hood Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

For the class of sports prototypes, just two months before Le Mans in 1963, the company prepared the Aston Martin DP215. It shared the body and chassis with the DP214, but under the hood was a 4-liter in-line 6-cylinder dry sump engine producing 327 hp. (instead of the planned 5-liter V8 engine, which did not have enough time for revision).

Interior Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

Also, the car was significantly lightened, which gave it an advantage on the straights. Lucien Bianchi and Phill Hill took turns driving the only Aston Martin DP215 built during the 1963 24 Hour Race. They were the first to be able to accelerate to 300 km / h on a straight Mulsanne, and that was not the limit. But more than two hours after the start, having driven 29 laps, Aston Martin DP215 retired due to the failure of a weak 5-speed manual gearbox SG537. The same fate befell the other two crews in the Aston Martin DP214.

Design Aston Martin Project 215

Aston Martin Project 215

After Le Mans, the Aston Martin DP215 raced at 12 o'clock in Reims 1963, and was again let down by the transmission. In the Guards Trophy at the Brands Hatch track, he drove only a demonstration lap, but was unable to take part in the race for financial reasons. At the end of the 1963 season, the company closed its racing division and sold all cars except the DP215.

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Aston Martin Project 215 (DP215/1) '1963

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Maserati Tipo 151

The Maserati Tipo 151 is a racing car manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati for the 1962 LeMans season to compete in the experimental GT car class. Three cars were built in total, one for Johnny Simone of Maserati France (151 002) with a red exterior colour and white tri-stripes whilst two were built for Briggs Cunningham (151 004 and 151 006) for his racing team. These cars had a white body with two blue stripes.

Design Maserati Tipo 151

Maserati Tipo 151

The Tipo 151 marked a return to more traditional concepts of car design and used a frame comprising a trellis of both round and oval large tubes, an independent front suspension and a De Dion axle which was modified to act like a swing-arm axle. The V8 engine was derived from the 450S with a reduced displacement of just under 4.0 litres due to a restriction imposed by the FIA that the participants in the experimental GT cars should have 4-litre engines.

Design Maserati Tipo 151

Maserati Tipo 151

The block featured a smaller bore (91 mm, down from 94 mm) and an even shorter stroke (76 mm instead of 81 mm) along with a compression rato of 9.7:1. Other changes included four gear-driven camshafts, a dry sump lubrication system and four Weber 45 IDMs carburettors. The engine was rated at 360 hp (268 kW).

Design Maserati Tipo 151

Maserati Tipo 151

The aluminium body was designed by Giulio Alfieri and refined using a wind tunnel at Milan University. It was reminiscent of the Frank Costin designed Zagato bodied 450S, but with an accentuated Kamm Tail. The mandatory doors opened halfway up the side due to the longitudinal tubes of the frame and the lateral fuel tanks. The chassis was designed by Giorgio Molinari while the suspension was designed by Gianpaolo Dallara who had recently joined Maserati.

Maserati Tipo 151

Design Maserati Tipo 151

Maserati Tipo 151

Early testing revealed handling problems which were solved by adding a homokinetic joint to the suspension system suggested by Bruce McLaren, one of the drivers of the Cunningham team.

Under the hood Maserati Tipo 151

Maserati Tipo 151

There were also ventilation problems and excessive rear tyre wear which were never resolved because of lack of proper testing due to the cars being completed shortly before the LeMans race.

Interior Maserati Tipo 151

Maserati Tipo 151 The Maserati Tipo 151 is a racing car manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati for the 1962 LeMans season to compete in the experimental GT car class.

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Maserati Tipo 151 '1962

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ANPAC Start Season Circuito Estoril. Race 2 - CPV Clássicos e Legends

Driver: João Cruz

Team: João Cruz

ANPAC Start Season Circuito Estoril. Race 2 - CPV Super Legends.

Driver: Vasco Barros

Team: Lob Motorsport

ANPAC Start Season Circuito Estoril. Qualifying - CPV Clássicos e Legends

Driver: Luís Barros

Team: LOB Motorsport