{"id":3519,"date":"2018-09-30T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T13:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=3519"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:49:09","slug":"bentley-exp-speed-8-7-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bentley-exp-speed-8-7-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley EXP Speed 8 #7 – Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2003 Bentley EXP Speed 8<\/strong> \nPilots: R. Capello, T. Kristensen, G. Smith \nTeam: Team Bentley<\/em> \nRace: 1st overall (LMP class) at Le Mans in 2003 <\/strong>\nIxo - LM 2003 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 10\/30\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 1924<\/a> to 1930, Bentley dominated Le Mans, with five victories. Shortly after that, Rolls Royce purchased the brand, and the new management suspended all racing efforts. But in 1998 the Volkswagen-Audi Group bought both Rolls Royce and Bentley. And with the new ownership racing became a possibility again. The new administration announced a three-year racing program, so Bentley was going back to La Sarthe. The problem was that Audi was already involved with prototype racing. So to avoid in-house competition, Bentley would field a LM GTP car (closed prototype). Since Audi\u2019s R8R<\/a> would compete in the LMP 900 class (opened cockpit), both brands were safe from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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One of the most beautiful race cars EVER!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The new EXP Speed 8 was the responsibility of Racing Technology Norfolk (RTN), of Norfolk, in the UK. Peter Elleray, the chief designer, penned an elegant coupe with flowing lines. The engine was basically the same V8 used in the R8C<\/a>. It was a twin-turbocharged 3995 cm\u00b3 with DOHC, 32 valves and direct fuel injection. The chassis was a carbon fiber monocoque, and over that, a body of carbon composite panels. The car was ready for Le Mans in 2001, and managed a solid third place. And in the next year a very good fourth place, not bad for a one car team. But finally, in 2003, after 73 years, Bentley won the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The pics don’t show accurately, but trsut me, that’s BRG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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This Speed 8 is chassis #004\/5, the winning car #7<\/a>. In my opinion it\u2019s one of the best looking prototypes to ever race at La Sarthe. I\u2019ve been after it for a loooong<\/em> time, though I was aiming at the Minichamps version. At least lately, a reasonably<\/em>-priced one has been hard to come by, so I went the Ixo rout. But I\u2019m glad I did, because Ixo did a VERY nice job on the model. I can\u2019t see how Minichamps\u2019 effort is much better than this. Yep, Minichamps also uses painted tail lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2003 Bentley EXP Speed 8 Pilots: R. Capello, T. Kristensen, G. Smith Team: Team Bentley Race: 1st overall (LMP class) at Le Mans in 2003 Ixo – LM 2003 (diecast) Published 10\/30\/18 From 1924 to 1930, Bentley dominated Le Mans, with five victories. Shortly after that, Rolls Royce purchased the brand, and the new management … Continue reading “Bentley EXP Speed 8 #7 – Ixo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3519"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15304,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3519\/revisions\/15304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}