With the Porsche 919 Hybrid and the Ligier JS P2, the Nissan ZEOD RC, second occupant of Garage 56 dedicated to innovative prototypes outside of classification, is one of the most anticipated novelties at the 82nd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

0 – Race number of Garage 56's occupant.
2 – The Nissan ZEOD RC is the second car to occupy Garage 56.
2bis – Two drivers from the Nissan GT Academy will be at the wheel of the ZEOD RC: the Spaniard Lucas Ordonez (29 years old) and the Belgian Wolfgang Reip (26 years old).
2ter – Already driver of the Nissan DeltaWing in 2012 along with Marino Franchitti and Michael Krumm, the Japanese Satoshi Motoyama (43 years old) will be in Garage 56 for the second time at the wheel of the ZEOD RC.
4 – It will be at the wheel of the ZEOD RC that Lucas Ordonez will compete in his fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans.
8 – Other than the ZEOD RC, seven other cars will utilize electricity at the 2014 24 Hours: the Audi R18 e-tron quattros (No. 1, 2 and 3), the two Toyota TS040 Hybrids (No. 7 and 8) and the two Porsche 919 Hybrids (No. 14 and 20).
13 – Number of kilometers to travel before completing a lap at the 24 Hours circuit in 100% electric mode, one of the ZEOD RC's objectives.
15 – In all, 15 cars powered by Nissan are entered at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans: the ZEOD RC and 14 prototypes in the LM P2 class, across five marques: Alpine, Ligier, Morgan, Oreca and Zytek.
16 – Number of consecutive Michelin victories in La Sarthe, with a total of 22 successes. The Nissan ZEOD RC's tyre partner is undefeated at Le Mans since 1998.
21 – It was Friday, June 21, 2013 at the 90th anniversary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans that Nissan unveiled the ZEOD RC.

Check out the construction of the Nissan ZEOD RC in the video below.

All videos are available at www.lemans-tv.com.

Jean-Philippe Doret / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO