Watch Ford's Hypercar V8 Rev Through a Lap of Le Mans on the Dyno

Listen to Ford’s Le Mans V-8 Playing Pretend as It Roars Through a Simulated Lap

The prototype race car doesn't hit the Circuit de la Sarthe for 11 months, but its engine is already getting a virtual taste of the track.

Ford Hypercar Engine Testing

Ford Hypercar Engine Testing

Watch Ford's Hypercar V8 Rev Through a Lap of Le Mans on the Dyno

With loads of data flowing in from Ford Racing's multi-million-dollar simulator, dyno engineers can get to work simulating laps around the Circuit de la Sarthe. The post Watch Ford’s Hypercar V8 Rev Through a Lap of Le Mans on the Dyno appeared first on The Drive.

Hear Ford's Le Mans V8 Deliver An Engine Symphony At 9,000 RPM

Ford Racing is giving us a glimpse at its return to top-level endurance racing by pushing its new 5.4-liter naturally aspirated V8 through a sonorous (simulated) lap of Le Mans on a test dyno. Screaming all the way to 9,000 rpm, the Coyote-based motor will power Ford’s upcoming LMDh prototype, which pairs the muscular ICE with a standardized

Ford Le Mans hypercar sounds amazing during simulated lap testing - The Supercar Blog

Ford is steadily building momentum toward its return to top-tier endurance racing, and the latest glimpse of its upcoming Le Mans hypercar is all about the sound. As development continues ahead of the next FIA World Endurance Championship season, the Ford Le Mans hypercar has now been put through simulated lap testing. Instead of hitting […] The post Ford Le Mans hypercar sounds amazing during simulated lap testing appeared first on The Supercar…

BMW Brought a 1986 Works M5 to Le Mans, and It Never Raced Again

Three weeks after the modern 24 Hours of Le Mans wrapped with BMW M Team WRT taking a Hypercar podium, the circus rolled back into the Circuit de la Sarthe for something entirely different. Le Mans Classic has run every other July since 2002, but starting this year Peter Auto and the ACO split it into two alternating events. Odd years get Le Mans Classic Heritage, for anything that raced before 1975. Even years get Le Mans Classic Legend, which …