29-459: Gibson Technology is an automotive and motorsport company based at Repton , Derbyshire, England. It was founded by Bill Gibson and Brian Mason as Zytek Engineering in 1981. In 1981 Gibson and Mason founded the Zytek Group with two main divisions: Zytek Automotive , based at Fradley , Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, based at Repton, Derbyshire. In 2000, Motorola procured 19% of
58-690: A 3-4 finish (1-2 among privateer teams) at Le Mans, behind the Toyota TS050 Hybrids . In February 2019, ByKolles Racing announced that they would be switching to the Gibson GL458, dropping the Nissan Nismo VRX30A 3.0 litre twin-turbo V6, for their CLM P1/01 . Zytek Automotive is a specialist powertrain and vehicle engineering enterprise, which has been part of Continental AG , a German engineering company, since 2014. It designs, develops, and integrates electric motors into
87-672: A motorsports team in 2004 when the company entered the Le Mans Endurance Series with their first sports car, the Zytek 04S , which was able to finish second in the team championship in 2005 due to two overall victories. Zytek Engineering continues to campaign in the Le Mans Series as well as in the American Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2002, Zytek bought some of the remains of
116-614: A name submitted through a contest won by Louis Satterlee of Florida, a racer in the Florida Karting Championship Series. On August 9, 2013, Fox Sports 1 announced it had signed a TV contract with IMSA to televise the entire USCC season between 2014 and 2018. Later, on September 12, 2013, Tudor was announced as the title sponsor for the series, which was named the United SportsCar Championship. On August 8, 2015, WeatherTech
145-547: A range of cars and commercial vehicles. Gordon Murray Design and Zytek Automotive developed an all-electric three-seater city car , the T.27, made possible through a £4.5 million ( US$ 7.2 million in June 2010) investment from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board . Automotive Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
174-589: The European Le Mans Series , FIA World Endurance Championship and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . Two of the many LMP2 cars powered by Gibson engines finished on the overall podium, and one had led the race overall for some time until a recovering factory Porsche reclaimed the lead. In 2018, Gibson's new LMP1 engine, the 4.5 litre naturally aspirated GL458, was installed into Rebellion Racing 's pair of Rebellion R13s and DragonSpeeds BR Engineering BR1 . The engine brought Rebellion's R13s to
203-614: The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It is a result of a merger between two existing North American sports car racing series, the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series . At its inception, the name was United SportsCar Championship , which subsequently changed to IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016. Rolex SA 's Tudor brand was the championship's title sponsor in 2014 and 2015, and since 2016 WeatherTech has served as title sponsor. The season begins with its premier race,
232-833: The Rolex 24 at Daytona , the last weekend of January and ends with the Petit Le Mans , another North American Endurance Cup race, in early October. On September 5, 2012, it was announced that the Grand-Am Road Racing sanctioning body would merge with the Braselton -based International Motor Sports Association , and as such, both bodies would merge their premiere sports car series, the Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series respectively, with plans to debut in 2014. On November 20, 2012,
261-643: The United SportsCar Championship after the merger and is somewhat comparable to the old Trans Am Series . There are four classes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship series, featuring two sports prototype categories and two grand tourer classes. Some races may only use selected classes of cars, for example: Any class car may be permitted entry at Daytona , while at the Northeast Grand Prix only
290-498: The Zytek Automotive and in 2006 this passed to Continental AG , a German engineering company, who purchased all of Motorola's automotive divisions & subsequently started raising their stock-holding of Zytek Automotive to 50%. Since 2014, Zytek Automotive has been part of Continental AG after they purchased the whole business. Zytek Engineering, the other part of the Zytek Group, remained under Gibson's leadership and
319-714: The 2017 Le Mans Prototype LMP2 cars. Previously, the DPi's had competed against their base LMP2 counterparts in the Prototype class from 2017 to 2018. Starting in 2019 the LMP2 cars were split into a separate class. The Prototype class had originally consisted of Grand-Am 's Daytona Prototypes with the American Le Mans Series LMP2 prototypes , and the DeltaWing , before the original Daytona Prototypes, and
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#1732780163851348-572: The American Le Mans Series would continue as is, although the cars were to switch to Grand-Am's Continental Tires . The GT class of the American Le Mans Series would remain unchanged, while Grand-Am's GT class will form another GT class, and be combined with the American Le Mans GTC category. The only category of cars not represented in the new series is the American Le Mans Series' P1 category. The reveal date for
377-578: The DPi class (2019–2022), it features pro-am driver lineups. The class features cars built by Automobile Club de l'Ouest 's (ACO) 4 licensed manufacturers ( Riley - Multimatic , Ligier , Oreca and Dallara ) to the specifications of the FIA /ACO 2017 Global LMP2 regulations. A class that utilizes the FIA GT3 specifications that replaced the GTLM class starting in the 2022 Season. No driver class restriction in
406-748: The DeltaWing were phased out of competition at the end of 2016, and replaced by the new DPi cars. Starting in 2023, the DPi class was replaced by the Grand Touring Prototype ( GTP ) class in an effort to further improve the racing in the Prototype class, as well as create a closer bond to the FIA World Endurance Championship . The former flagship class of the championship from 2014 to 2018 before splitting into two separate classes in 2019, featuring cars built to which included classes of prototypes carried over from
435-528: The Driver's Championship with Miguel Amaral and Olivier Pla . In 2009 Zytek Engineering became the first manufacturer to score a podium with a hybrid LMP. The car, run by Corsa Motorsports, finished on the podium on its debut at Lime Rock. The Zytek Q10 Hybrid is a non-invasive parallel hybrid system, consisting of a motor-generator, battery and inverter. Its purpose is to recover energy normally wasted during deceleration and subsequently use this energy to assist
464-539: The GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro) and GT Daytona (GTD) are entered. Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) classes are compatible with regulations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans . The flagship class of the championship that replaced the DPi (Daytona Prototype International) class starting in 2023, featuring cars built to IMSA's LMDh and Automobile Club de l'Ouest 's Le Mans Hypercar regulations. A class introduced since 2019 after being split from
493-579: The GTD Pro class. A class since 2016 that uses same specification cars as GTD Pro, but at least 1 silver or bronze driver must be in a team. And more than 1 platinum driver in a team is prohibited. There were five classes formerly used in the IMSA SportsCar Championship series, featuring four sports prototype categories and one grand tourer class. The former flagship class of the championship from 2019 to 2022, featuring cars built to IMSA's Daytona Prototype International regulations, which are based upon
522-634: The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, this class of prototypes features cars built according to ACO's 2020 LMP3 Generation II ruleset specifications from manufacturers such as Ligier , ADESS , Ginetta & Duqueine Engineering. The class was removed after the 2023 season due to the growth in grid sizes. A continuation of the ALMS GT class, it consisted of cars matching the ACO's GTE specification and competed in
551-691: The cable home to the series. Originally based on a Canadian series before being acquired by Grand-Am, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (originally known as Grand-Am Cup) is a production-based touring car series. The series is split into two classes known as Grand Sport (GS), intended for large capacity GT-style cars, and Street Tuner (ST), consisting of smaller sedans and coupes, some of which are front-wheel drive . The IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge until 2013 supported some Rolex Series races but also headlined some of its own dates. This series continued with
580-477: The defunct Reynard Motorsport from International Racing Management (IRM). These assets included the rights to the Reynard 02S Le Mans Prototype , of which only one had been completed since the company's demise. Zytek already supplied an engine to the existing chassis, and would therefore built further copies under the name Zytek 04S, offering both the chassis and engine as a complete package. Due to changes in
609-601: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 203364095 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:49:23 GMT WeatherTech SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship , currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by
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#1732780163851638-479: The following season in 2019. This was a one-make spec class in which all cars that drivers and teams used were Oreca FLM09 LMPC's powered by 6.2L Chevrolet V8 engines which made 430 hp each. This class would be used from the 2014 season until the end of the 2017 season. Introduced in the 2021 season, having been in the IMSA Prototype Challenge category as one of the feeder series to
667-540: The internal combustion engine during acceleration. The Z11SN has also won the LMP2 category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 2011 and 2014 , and the Le Mans Series in 2011 , in the hands of Greaves Motorsport (2011) and Team Jota (2014). In 2017 the rebranded company became the supplier of a 4.2-litre, naturally-aspirated V8 engine , producing approximately 600 hp, for the LMP2 Class for
696-471: The merger committee announced that SME Branding were selected to develop the name, logo and identity of the new series. On January 8, 2013, the two series' announced a preliminary class structure for the new merged series. Grand-Am's Daytona Prototype category and IMSA's P2 would combine into a single-prototype class, with allowances for the unique DeltaWing to also compete in the new class. The Le Mans Prototype Challenge class of single spec cars from
725-528: The new series was March 14, 2013 at the Chateau Élan Hotel and Conference Center at Sebring International Raceway , two days before the 12 Hours of Sebring . American Le Mans CEO Scott Atherton announced the new sanctioning body would remain IMSA while Ed Bennett revealed the new titles for the series' five classes. SME Branding Senior Partner Ed O'Hara then announced the new United SportsCar Racing title and logo,
754-628: The previous motorsport category series of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series . These cars were Daytona Prototypes , LMP2 prototypes & the Nissan DeltaWing . Starting in 2017 the original Daytona Prototypes, and the DeltaWing were phased out of competition, and replaced by the new DPi cars. At the end of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season this class would be split into two separate classes, DPi & LMP2 for
783-637: The prototype regulations in 2006, Zytek upgraded one of their existing 04S chassis while building a third all-new car, named the 06S. Further regulation changes in 2007 required the team to build an entirely new car, the Zytek-07s , which campaigned in both the LMP1 and LMP2 classes of the Le Mans Series . Zytek's GZ09S proved an immediate success in 2009, taking the LMP2 Le Mans Series Team Championship with Quifel-ASM and
812-710: Was announced as the new title sponsor for the series, renaming the series to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, starting with the 2016 season. Beginning with the 2019 season, the series is covered exclusively by NBC Sports in the United States. The NBC broadcast network will air nine hours of coverage annually, with the majority of the coverage airing on NBCSN . CNBC and the NBC Sports app will provide supplemental coverage. Beginning with 2022, USA Network replaced NBCSN as
841-706: Was renamed Gibson Technology on 1 October 2014. Zytek Motorsport is the brand name used for the Zytek Groups motorsport product range and applications. In 1987, Zytek bought the British Alan Smith Racing outfit in order to expand its motorsports involvement. The team initially supported the Jordan Grand Prix team in Formula 3000 before the team eventually chose to concentrate on engine development. Zytek would return to running
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