Hope PoleVision's green future

 

After the warmup,Jean-Marie Brulhart and Benoît Morand owners of the Hope PoleVision team held a press conference to announce their future program in LM P1.

For both partners, the future of motor sport has to go through a development of green technologies to promote an environmentally responsible attitude.

Jean-Marie Brulhart: "In my opinion being eco-responsible is to search for sustainable solutions, which will drive a global advance in what is a vital area for future generations. As I see it, it's not a question of killing the spirit of innovation, but rather looking deep inside ourselves to find the solutions, and create the right framework to achieve these aims while taking the current restrictions into account."

The Hope PoleVision Racing team has been competing in Formula Le Mans for 2 years, and next year it will also enter an LM P1 hybrid. The car based on an Oreca chassis will be powered by an engine developed in collaboration with the famous tuner, Lehmann from Triesen. This engine will have hybrid technology designed by the Flybird Company by which a carbon disc stocks the kinetic energy generated under braking, and releases it as the car accelerates out of the corner. This system developed for the F1 Honda F1 will soon be adapted to the everyday motor car, in particular the future road-going Jaguars.

The 2-litre turbo engine is on the test bed, and will be installed in the Oreca chassis between now and the start of 2011. The Swiss team is determined to combine the best there is in the world of motor sport. In addition, to Oreca, Lehmann and Flybird, Hope PoleVision Racing will use an X-Trac gearbox with the gear change mounted on the steering wheel. The rollout of the prototype will take place in February on the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit.

Benoît Morand: "It's a huge challenge that awaits us as we'll be the first private team to race an LM P1 hybrid in 2011! We've chosen competent, experienced people in each of the sectors of the car. Our no. 1 aim is reliability, which is of primordial importance. We want to be in a position to run just behind the works teams, to stand out and catch the eye of a manufacturer in view of 2012. To aim for outright victory, we'll need the resources of a factory squad to be able to take the fight to the front-runners!"

The Hope PoleVision Racing team's hybrid will be entered for the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with the Le Mans 24 Hours on 11th/12th June as the high point of the season. Drivers and sponsors will be announced in the near future.

Photo: ZHUHAI (China), 1000 KM OF ZHUHAI, Nov. 7, 2010. Team Hope PoleVision present their project with the benevolence of 

 Pierre Fillon, Vice President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest.

From team press release.