Ferrari back to LM in 2015?

[gatordad]

...well, aren't you special!  I was at the start/finish line at the first 3-hour Daytona Continental when Dan Gurney bumped the starter to move his car across the line to win...so there...

http://www.sportscardigest.com/happy-40th-anniversary-porsche-917-photo-gallery/?awt_l=MaWBA&awt_m=K510G4EYUus.C0

[BMW_CSL]

...well, aren't you special!  I was at the start/finish line at the first 3-hour Daytona Continental when Dan Gurney bumped the starter to move his car across the line to win...so there...

http://www.sportscardigest.com/happy-40th-anniversary-porsche-917-photo-gallery/?awt_l=MaWBA&awt_m=K510G4EYUus.C0

Quite impressive indeed!
Are you in any of the pictures that show the Gurney car as it sits just in front of the start/finish line? I couldn't make it to that race since I wasn't born till 1963.

To bring it back on topic, it was a thrill for me to see Paul Newman and others drive Ferrari Daytona's, 512BB's,333sp's around the banking and It would be great to see, (though looking very unlikely)  a true factory derived prototype turning laps at Daytona & Sebring.

By the way what was it like to see to the full blown factory battles between Ferrari and Porsche?  I have read stories and talked to my brother who attended the races and it sounds like an amazing time.

[lofty]

Could it be true? I hope so.

[jimclark]

...well, aren't you special!  I was at the start/finish line at the first 3-hour Daytona Continental when Dan Gurney bumped the starter to move his car across the line to win...so there...

Was that the year Niki was at Sebring, mebbe??? 

Also, I spoke to Dan at Sebring in '75 and he said he didn't use the starter; rather, he used the banking to git the car rolling again. 

[Bonio]

Lofty, have you got a link to where the photo originates from. Sure i saw something over on Mulsanne Mike's and that it may be a test bed for their F1 program.

[lofty]

Oi Oi Pat.I just typed ferrari le mans 2015 into Google and Bobs your auntie.LMP1 news i think was the question.

[lofty]

The boss said it was a good way to split the cost of the hybrid system by racing in 2 different series.What was the point in F1 having limited amounts of engines then building a very expensive hybrid system.

[geoffd]

Well, it certainly doesn't conform to current LMP1 regs,  looks more hyper-car'ish to me.

But Ferrari have certainly been using an LMP type car to test their F1 engine and hybrid systems.

I guess they need to get the F1 car sorted before they move on to proper racing 

[enzo]

Those shots are from way the end of last year/start of this year some time there is even youtube footage of it supposedly a test bed for the F1 engine see below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNLQQC_AGU