Nissan GT-R LM NISMO - Jay Leno's Garage
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2015
- Chief engineer Zack Eakin stops by with Nissan’s daring new front-engined LM P1 car. Watch Jann Mardenborough, Nissan GT Academy’s Season 3 winner, take it around the track, just like he’s gonna do at LeMans! Watch more video on NISMO TV’s RUclips channel.
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"You're either going to look like geniuses or idiots.." how right he was.
Andrew Cuthbertson i fellow youtuber with pony power
Yes!........I think it only competed in one race before being retired/axed?.......WTF?
S when you're in the LMP1 class and have trouble keeping pace with the Corvettes and 911s, you're beyond all hope. They were at least smart enough to know that.
So you're saying that this car failed pitifully ? I'm curious about it performs.
It was 20 seconds slower a lap than the leaders, no it wasn't great. It was more of an experiment than anything else, though, so I don't think anyone expected it to be a world beater.
"You're either gonna be geniuses or complete idiots"
WELP
:( sorry jimbo
LM stands for LONGBOI MCGEE
It proved, loosed🤣
20:47 wait.. is that a Fanatec wheel!? Lol 😮
Thomas John Solidum what is Longboi Mcgee?
I love the way Nissan is going lately to Le Mans with different ideas. They might not win, but their innovation is incredible.
oh boy didnt they not do that
"Bring whatever you want. Let's see what happens"
*Group B flashbacks*
Gewel ✔ A G-Wagon with a mini-gun.
@kragseven YEAH WOHOOO!! :D
@kragseven if you ain't first, you're last
GRUPPE B
ITs good to see that the guy actually knows what he is talking about.
he is the chief engineer.....
Thanks for this awesome video! Usually it is the marketing person from a company who shows up and speaks a bunch of marketing jargon that makes me stop watching the video. The passion and ingenuity from an honest engineer interest me far more.
I remember seeing Jay around on TV when I was a kid, I never really had much time for him, but since I have seen a few videos of him talking and finding out how much he loves motors, I could listen to him all day. Top bloke.
This car was a spectacular success, as in it successfully created hype for a poorly engineered vehicle that was never competitive but Nissan got its money’s worth in exposure and advertising.
these past few years, nissan has been doing some really cool stuff with the delta wing and such. I wish other manufactures would try to innovate like nissan is doing. It makes everything much more interesting.
They blatantly copied the Panoz deltawing. They only started working on their own after seeing that the DeltaWing actually had potential.
braveraxeblade the delta wing was neither Nissan's or panoz concept. If you're referring to the lawsuit, it simply a desperate final attempt from panoz to keep the company from going under.
braveraxeblade Panoz was involved in racing the Nissan DeltaWing, it wasn't a separate car.
+rob345
I was wrong about them being seperate cars, but Panoz may be going under, but that doesn't mean Dr. Panoz is anywhere near running out of money. He still has quite a few other businesses that are doing just fine.
braveraxeblade The guy who designed the Deltawing also designed the ZEOD and this GTR LM.
Lift the rotary ban!!!
Michael Theurer maybe when they can pass emissions but that wont happen
joecugo so they can what? Outrun off gas?
joecugo what you said. Im trying to make sence of it
joecugo hahaha that sounds better lol
joecugo i must has been more tired then i thought then
It's so strange seeing this now, all the hopeful comments, and knowing it was a spectacular failure.
George Rosebush I'm glad they innovate, but as soon as I heard about this car, I thought it wouldn't work. FWD in a 1000hp racecar?! That's crazy. No traction, excessive wear and slow corner exits.
But my gawd it was spectacular. I salute the lofty ambition.
The results were lacking but it did alright on the track, just not good enough, and with the margins in racing..
One race is all they got with the car, but still, innovation is usually an itterative process, and they just didn`t get the needed time, and the hybrid system wasn`t implemented by the time the arce was on.
A bit more time for evolution and testing, and it might have been very different.
At least maybe it would be 20 seconds off par hehe..
It Fail cz they put a Legendary nme n d car, d GT-R which wd nvr b a FWD. They hd md it RWD it wdve bn a dif Story. More Lk Panoz , who I Totally hv Respect 4 cz they ddnt Follow Evrybdy else n go mk a DUMB Rear Eng car
@@dezandyram2544 your reply literally gave me dyslexia
What an experience of a lifetime!!! To come in 1st in an academy for a racing game and get to race The 24 Hours of Lemans.
well there was 4 years difference between the two... He won the GT academy comp. The prize for winning was being one of the drivers of a lower tier car at the Dubai 24 hour. Not for Nissan but someone else. He's had to work his way up just like everyone else.
what? no ride around the streets in the beast Jay ? awe
You see Jay fitting in that?
Tokolozi not a fat chance ...
Tokolozi He could fit after a stint with a ketogenic diet.
Ichiban Moto No engine in this example remember?
Ichiban Moto Haha, dem word jokes.
Thank you Jay, and the staff of Jay Leno Garage (JLG), for putting on such a great entertainment and informative show! I'm active duty military in the NC area btw! It's always nice to go back and watch some good JLG when I've missed a new show that's aired while I've been at work. It's a RARE occasion when I get to enjoy a show that's been out for less than one hour. Feels Good Jay!
: )
The Nissan approach to racing will be exiting to watch on TV!
“You’re either gonna be geniuses or complete idiots.”
As it turns out, they were complete idiots.
Remember. Complete idiot's in a good way.
SEXY!!!!z
Great to see Jay featuring some Le Mans cars and the fact that it is an LMP1 AND Nissans mad new entry is really exciting. What a fantastic, passionate team they have, I hope they can get at least one of the cars to the end of the race. Literally counting off the days to race weekend now! It's going to be MEGA!!!
Great episode! Congrats *****!
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this guy really knows his stuff
THis car is literally from the mind of this guy.
Except he doesn't. He managed to create the slowest car by a long way lol.
SUCKER!!!!
I love these videos. Not so much for the cars, but the fact that I can see jay again and hear him talk, be funny and make jokes like he did on TV. He was my fave late night host and prob will always be!
To go from gamer to actual driver was a hell of a journey. Not only to win the competition, but the training he went through was grueling. That wasn't an overnight process.
This was a genuinely good interview. Knowledgeable guest and Jay getting out of the way of the answers. More of this.
Two years later......it didnt work! Nissan pulled the plug, never giving them time to develop. They never did get the flywheel hybrid system to work right (if all), so they were only running FWD with no energy harvesting/storage. Because of this, massive understeer off of courners, unable to power down with FWD with out massive wheel slip. Makes one wonder if it would have worked had they had time to develop and make the hybrid/energy harvesting work, and send power to rear wheels under acceleration.
I love this interviews with the engineers who talk why they did these things.
+CircleofMadness agreed
STUPID!!!!!
Jay,
Your interviews are so well thought out with interesting questions of the particular item.
Congrats to Nissan for the concept.
this is what nissan is : outside of the box thinking. and i aprecciate that. i have a nissan classic myself a Cherry n12
The guy from Nissan did amazingly well. These interviews are more difficult than one may think.
I appreciate Jay featuring this car and Nissan's current Le Mans competitor. I acquired an AWD Nissan Juke this year and talk about unconventional!? Love my Juke and the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO! Mr. Leno's memory must have failed him at the time you filmed this because Nissan has a history of interesting street AND racing cars that began far before the current beloved GT-R -- the 240Z, the 300ZX,Twin Turbo(s) street and IMSA, the R 390 gt1 lm, and beyond,
Thanks Jay, and thanks Nissan!
+Jay Leno's Garage
Mr Leno, I just want to say that its awesome how you started this youtube channel on your own, built it up, and now you have your own show! again lol! Your show has always made my youthful nights a little more bearable.
But does it have an automatic rain sensing wiper?
Neo Smith More importantly, doe it beep if you shut the door with the lights on and no key in it?
13:40 Mercedes f*cked-up Lewis so much in Monaco he is now driving a Nissan.
JAMANB heh, who cares, he'll win the championship either way, at least make it seem like Rosberg has a chance for a bit of excitement.
JAMANB Hehe, I see the resemblance :D
JAMANB hahahahahahaha
JAMANB hahaha . I also felt like I am listening to Lewis .
LOL
SO GLAD I WATCHED THIS. Thanks!
It's always great to see Nissan being productive in racing, and coming up with new engineering methods to gamble for a win. Their history, especially with Datsun in SCCA, is why I have a Datsun Roadster in my garage for a resto-mod!
A car that Jay can't drive in, for reasons.
Karlen Bell Yes,there is a reason for everything. Well done ;)
Karlen Bell One of those reasons being it is a race car which is not street-legal, another reason being that this car is going to be raced in less than two weeks time and if Jay crashes it then the car will lose some very important test sessions. A third reason being that I don't think he is even qualified enough to drive this car - a racing driver needs to have an FIA-certified International A racing license (or greater) to get behind the wheel.
Billy Raymond I think Jay will drive any car as long it is street legal, but this is not, unfortunately.
Kind of hard to drive a car without an engine.
Billy Raymond you missed the obvious, he doesn't fit in it ;)
I really, really hope the GT-R LM NISMO avoids the curse of the Delta Wing.
likeits1985 Technically it is a delta wing, but it is backwards, getting rid of most of the problems it (the delta wing) presents.
odombones94 seems legit. Engineer: we have got a lot of problems. Other engineer: turn the car around it will be fine.
vivalaphill lol
vivalaphill Also, a big help with areo that only this car can really achieve, it has much bigger tires in the front than the rear to help reduce drag.
David Lewis you can just post the part behind the youtube/ here would be great
Awesome video. I love all the technical details in the video.
Great job.
Thank you Jay for your time and effort. Much appreciated.
This is from WIkipedia so you don't have to google why everyone makes fun of this in the comments: "The car made its racing debut at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans. Three cars were entered for the race by Nissan Motorsports, numbered 21, 22 and 23. The cars qualified in the last three places of the LMP1 class with times over 20 seconds slower than the pole position time set by the No. 18 Porsche 919 Hybrid. The No. 21 car was even out-qualified by the fastest LMP2 car. After the three cars failed to achieve a time within 110 percent of the pole position time, they were demoted to the back of the prototype grid. The No. 21 car retired from the race after 115 laps with a suspension failure, while the No. 23 car retired on lap 234 with gearbox issues. The No. 22 car finished the race, but was not classified as it failed to complete 70 percent of the race winning car's race distance. The car was never raced again."
A hilarious dumpster fire
Well in about 24 hours round 4 of GT Academy will open and soon this beast will be unleashed by a lot of Gran Turismo players including myself. I'm looking forward to driving it with my wheel but I'm just hoping it handles well but being Nissan the smart company they are I'm sure they've nailed it. My guess for the track would be Le Mans for obvious reasons.
can't wait for tomorrow!
MJTbreww fucking unturneable car
Dimitriy Yukhymenko It's FF. Try letting off the throttle, maybe? You'll eat the the tires in a race. In a hot lap, it's speed and stability you'll be getting.
MJTbreww you're not even on the leader boards.
Benjamin Kham I technically am, just not very high up. I've only done 1 lap and it was a 3:34.866. There's an easy 1-2s I can wipe off it I just don't have a lot of time
As a 21 year old who has been obessed with cars, who owns two Nissan Z's, is a big Nissan fan and Playstation fan ironically. I am completely jealous of Jann. I remember playing GT as a kid. To be able to race for Nissan at his age is awesome. That's a dream for me.
Great episode! Thank you, Jay.
this and the delta wing are just masterpiece!
Sarcasm? Has the Delta wing finished a single race yet?
truantray the delta wing wasn't able to race due to its extreme design, the car wasnt able to be classified as anything other then a car. Thats all people could call it, a fast car. It couldnt race even if the designer wanted to race. In the end, I believe it did race once, sadly a 911 cup car clipped its tail and sent the delta wing flipping through the air. lastly Nissan pulled out of the delta wing project( my guess would be because the car couldnt really race.) and due to the fact Nissan was the main sponsor also had all of the cars secrets so when Nissan pulled out they took all the knowledge gained from the project and basically copied it but added a roof. Um i wish i had sources maybe ill do a little more search and ill add a couple of sources. oh well, that was just my understanding of the delta wing.
truantray People kept crashing into the DeltaWing. It would be great if there was a whole race series/class with them, then they could all see each other.
truantray not at all ... They are real masterpiece and I wish Nissan all the very best!
Vega Rapidus The open cockpit still look better
Absolute disaster at le mans yesterday, the gtr proved to be rubbish with one catching fire and another finishing 40th after completing just 242 laps.
Because the front tyres did most of the work - braking, steering and accelerating - excessive tyre wear also became a problem for the Nissan while most other outright contenders made their tyres last for three of four driving stints between changes.
The front-drive design was so flawed (all the other cars on the grid are all-wheel-drive or rear-wheel-drive) all three Nissan cars were forced to start last among the outright contenders because they failed to complete a qualifying lap within 110 per cent of the fastest car, an eligibility and safety requirement
Complete and utter embarrassment to the gtr brand.
Did the Nissan improve the design since this comment of yours, after four years?
No surprise at all. Did Chip Kelly come up with that idea?
Stranger Happened Nissan killed the project after its first Le Man
It is too bad that the companies give up this quickly. Nissan should have invested more in research and development before closing the project. BTW, I remember reading that Mercedes ran away from racing for decades after a huge catastrophe in the 1950s and then again in the early 2000s after their successor model to their famous super winner GLK GTR car has failed in few races.
It's FWD! Often in life, it is best to abort a mission that you know has little to no chance of ending well. There is NO WAY a fwd car is going to hang with the others...it was a BAD IDEA to begin with.
This episode is so cool, thanks Jay!
Excellent video. I love when they dive into the details of the car like this.
Nissan always willing to try new ideas in racing... this is one of THE coolest racing cars I've ever seen. Easily in the top 10.
it completely failed.
The slowest race car of all time. Yep very cool car lol.
STUPID!!!!
They failed but we must applause them because they tried something different.
Cars history is full of wins and fails and both made us learn.
We should even applaud them as well!
wow awesome....thx nismo tv for having jay show this...awesome...keep doing more
What was really interesting to me, was to hear TWO fellows talk with such knowledge of the dynamics of the car and the task at hand. Mr Leno is really a sharp guy, as is, of course, Mr Eakin........... real interesting to watch, and LISTEN to....... The kid, Jann, who is the driver, is one lucky fellow also. Video games to driver........ excellent.
When you innovate you got to be prepared to fail, you got to be brave, your in for the long game, ask Mr Honda in the end you win. Still an excellent show to re watch Jay such a good knowledgeable host. All credit to Nissan keeping innovation alive.
Despite the fail of this project,huge respect for nissan and their attempts to do innovation ,hmmmm the delta wing 3 yerars before this car did way better tho ;)
Jay “Wives tend to frown when you put the kids thru the aero dynamic tunnel” Leno
Wives frown on everything, buncha party poopers they are!
Which is why I keep mine locked in a cage in the basement.
Watching Zack Eakin's expressions when Jay was asking him questions it looked like, to me, he was fairly blown away by by the mechanical intelligence of the questions he was being asked.
This was definitely an intriguing video. Hope to see more videos like this. Amazing!
The one thing I don't like about this car is there are not enough LED's for headlights. :)
it's a car, not a television
If they said: bring whatever you want to f1:
1. the rich teams would dominate way harder
2. The drivers would the limiting factor, as they couldn't cope with the g forces.
3. Alot more serious accidents would happen.
MrTURBOJOHN ...and?
The drivers know the risk and reward. The only limiting factor should be what the engineers are capable creating of and how hard the drivers are able to push both themselves and their cars.
MrTURBOJOHN 1. the rich teams would dominate way harder
2. The drivers would the limiting factor, as they couldn't cope with the g forces.
Make up your mind, which is it?
Put a robot in the seat. There's already self driving cars. Would be fun, not as a replacement, but yeah. Robots
Kristoffer Johnsen then you could just aswell run a simulator somewhere in a dark room...
Can't wait for the race... great video... as usual...
This is by far the most interesting race car video I've seen on RUclips for a long time!!
I'm a great GTAV driver, can I join the team?
GTA v is an arcade driving game....
MikuMikuGaming01 oof
not at all
Join the next contest
Autosporte De Zramy or iS It?
@@BlueFlamePrince75 that's the joke, congrats - you found it
This type of car is what true car fans love to see. New ideas and creativity and it's also why I can't stand NASCAR and their fans.
+Vision33r All the same car, different logos. At least the bodies look slightly different now, but I still find it just as dull as can be.
too bad it failed miserably
Yea its hard to beat the Germans and Italians.
no true cars fans like cars that are not just prior ploys with no real basis behind them.
***** Yes indeed. I'm learning that (for most things, even outside of cars) if you step back and take a look at what the creator/owner intended it to be instead of what you think it should be, you appreciate life much more.
Love the exhausts,the young fella can see his own flames,cool,great vid great to see very different cars that most dont know exist..
Nice job editing. I love hearing things twice. Nice job editing. I love hearing things twice.
Jann Mardenborough is The Last Starfighter (1984)
Zack Eakin and Ben Bowlby are utter geniuses
It’s amazing that these young men won a video game championship and have no real racing experience like their predecessors and are competitive and very knowledgeable about the cars as well. Times they are a changing. Great video guys
One of the best shows yet! Well done.
And you know someone told that kid to stop playing games because it wont get him anywhere
I agree with Jay in that I have said for years that Formula 1 should definitely have an all out year and allow its mass of competitive teams to really set the bar, and once and for all show who has the best engineers and, who utilizes their resources best.
F1 2017 IC (Innovation Challenge)
absolutely done blew the roof off my house ! Get's my vote for the richest, most introspective comprehensive look into a single vehicle JLG has yet presented .. Huge thanks .I'm bubbling!
thanks for upping this Jay. innovation is necessary for progress. so good to see more of it.
This car was an epic fail at LeMans!
So many keyboard engineers here. The design works great for the rules and it is the best setup.
Porsche Curves Also, no talk of the Godzilla button?
Porsche Curves did u see it's times? it was in last as far as LMP1 cars and its fastest LMP1 car is being outpaced by several LMP2 cars. this is just practice yes
James Lewis No, it isn't practice. It is testing. They don't have any setups and were just finding basic data needed to figure things out.
Porsche Curves "it is the best setup." Bold claim at this point (no, I'm not even going to use the test day as an argument).
The best setup is the fastest car that wins after 24 hours. This is a publicity car like the Nissan /Delta wing. People get excited by the hype and "innovation", but Bowlby has a bad track record of developing cars that actually go fast or finish races. The point of this project is marketing, not to actually win anything. Car guys suck up hype and BS like no other customers.
AWESOME! Jay never disappoints!
This was a great video. Between Jann and Zack that was very informative.
Tremendous
So much theoretical engineering on this car!!
Yeah buddy
Finally! An explanation of those leader lights. Thank. You.
I still credit Gran Turismo for teaching me some basics on how to drive when I was 12.
does it do a burnout ?
supernom only in reverse
A burnout is not a donut ^^^^^^ haha
supernom It could parallel park like a champ in 1 move. Look up the Honda Integra that does it. hahah
it could since the driver can switch between fwd, awd and rwd
supernom No, fwd + front breaks. Only if you count spinning wheels at a standing start.
How does it handle torque steer?
WiseGuy02 Shouldn't be an issue.. Torque steer occurs on FWD cars with transversely mounted engines where the gearbox is placed on the side of the engine, making one driveshaft longer than the other.. This has a longitudinal mounted engine with the gearbox placed in front, making both driveshafts the same length...
WiseGuy02 The in-car video on the track does not show/indicate any torque steer. If engineered and executed properly there is no torque steer.
Usually torque steer is the product of unequal length drive axles and poor steering geometry.
WiseGuy02 The driveshafts are equal length, so there is no torque steer effect.
WiseGuy02 longitudinal layout=same length half shafts, all road-going fwd cars have engine and transmission setting transverse in the car.
MrNicholg You can still get equal length drive shafts with a transverse engine. You can either have a crazy transmission setup or what's way more common is you have a fixed haft shaft and then you have your normal cv axle. There's also suspension tuning and having different size axles(Which my car has) that helps eliminate torque steer.
Fascinating. Thank you Jay!
Thank you for the Video!
It seems that most of the car is around the wrong was.It looks fantastic. I think I'll buy a PS3 this week. Can anyone tell me if there it an age limit to entering the Grand Turismo academy contest thing?
Symon Fobbester You have to be over 18, have a passport & a full road driving license. There's more info here www.gran-turismo.com/gb/academy/2015/terms/
Redswipe Is retired and walk with a stick too old? What do you think?
Symon Fobbester pretty sure its too late, the first round is over.
BLITZKRIEG You can enter at any time until the final round is over.
The project was scrapped because Nissan's engineers grossly over-estimated their ERS system, as a result, the car produced SEVERAL HUNDRED HORSEPOWER LESS than it should have! At the same time, they ran into a problem with their Axle suppliers for this car. And at that point, it was just Too late...Time is money, can't take it back to the drawing board that easily. It could have been easily tweaked to correct this error too....but like I said, awesome car! I hope they get the funds again to re-tweak it like it was SUPPOSED to be, because on paper it was FAST!
The view from the side melted my BRAIN! i love Nismo. I'll be going from my 09 max to the Z family next.
Loved it. Thanks Jay. I agree, I cant get excited about racing that is so controlled and contrived. This seems much more wide open.
Starting from 30, 31 and 32 in Le Mans tomorrow because the Nissans are way to slow in terms auf the 110% rule to the Polesetters, the mindblowing Porsche 919.
This car looks very awful to drive. Everbody can see that by the onboard cameras and the Hybrid doesn't work.
Only LMP2 Speed on the Timing Screen. Pfff. Humliated by the Germans and Toyota. And by the private LMP1 of Rebellion, too.
I''m speechless about this Desaster. Porsche was fighting for the win last year in their return year. Compare to that Nissans Debut this year is a nightmare.
Building a LMP1 with a front engine and fwd. Stupid decision.
"The talladegas"
Wow, my curiosity made me click on this video and I'm glad I did. Amazing story about the car and the driver. Great job Nissan !!!
One of the best episodes to date! I am more of a Toyota and Ford fan, but Nissan is making me lean their way.
The front engine was smart, the fwd was stupid
Jann Mardenborough also flipped a Nissan this year at the Nürburgring, unfortunately killing a spectator.
jospi2 He couldn't really help it. Crashes and flips can happen to anyone (Mark Webber in his Mercedes CLR-GTR in 1999 comes to mind). The spectators were between the fences on the outside of a dangerous corner, which is arguably the most dangerous spectating location to be spectating. It's unfortunate but really beyond Jann's control.
+H0micidium Oh dear, I had to look it up. It happened in 1999, to correct your correction.
***** Oh dear, I had to look it up. It happened in 1999, to correct your correction.
jospi2 I'd go out on a limb and say that he probably won't be racing this in Le Mans. There's no way you can be 100% just 3 months after a freak accident like that.
David James
He's on the driver's list. If NISMO had decided to pull him from the project he would've had his notice MUCH earlier. Furthermore, he was at the test day yesterday. If they didn't want him to drive it on the big date they wouldn't have brought him to the test day. I'm 100% convinced he's driving.
Besides, look at him in the video. He seems to have recovered from it very well.
Love your channel, keep up the good work
Loved this interview jay:D
Uh 20 seconds off of the pace is never a good thing
Am I the only one who sees that this is not a front engined car? It's mid engine because the engine is between the front and rear axles, not in front of or at the front axle.
well front engine as literally in front of the driver's cockpit, so its front mid engine.
"so its front *mid engine*"
Yeah, that.
This was fascinating and very cool. Thanks Jay and Zack.
Awesome video on a very interesting car! Best of luck at Le Mans team Nissan Nismo! and Thanks Jay and Team for another video...I learned a lot!
JAY! DO THE FERRARI F-50
Car was slow in practice.
Forehead Jones that they were. They did set the fastest trap times down the Mulsanne though. I think they were out there just getting a feel for the circuit. They more than likely won't be anywhere near the pace of the Porsches, Audis and Toyotas, but I think they'll be able to compete with Rebellion and put down similar times as them in two weeks. The 2016 race will be amazing.... Toyota will have a new car and the Nissan will be properly sorted by next year.
They were running shakedown, installation laps, and spent most of the day experimenting with setups. They never ran close to max potential.
Forehead Jones Did it practice at Lemans? Didn't think so.
Shadowboost Yes, it did.
Forehead Jones I am well aware of the fact that the course has turns sir. Which is why I said they were out there to get a feel for the circuit.... after the tidbit of their speed down the Mulsanne. A factory effort, especially one with a history of sportscar racing like Nissan would NEVER show up to LeMans with a car that's 40 seconds off the pace of it's competitors.
Wow another good episode! Can't wait to see more
Great video Jay and I love the innovation in the vehicle. I will be rooting for it at Le Mans