<< Prev Page 2 of 2 "With the change in restrictor size and wheel/tire package available, we believed we could have a pretty competitive package, especially considering the ACO's desire to better balance the performance of the diesel and petrol powered cars.
"This package represents a good, solid base to compete in LMP1."
Since the commencement of the partnership between Honda Performance Development and Highcroft Racing in 2007, the Danbury, CT-based squad has recorded a major series of milestones for HPD - first overall ALMS win, first ALMS LMP1 victory, first LMP1 championship, first team to record back-to-back titles and the highest ALMS point-scoring team in every season of the initial Acura program.
"We are returning to the LMP1 class with an evolution of our original LMP2 car, and doing so with the team that started with us on chassis development in the beginning," Eriksen said.
"Highcroft from the very beginning has worked hand-in-hand with our HPD engineers and our partners at Wirth Research to develop the ARX chassis and obviously has been very successful.
"There has been a lot work put in by the folks at Wirth Research on this chassis conversion. It is not just a case of bolting on LMP1-sized wheels and installing a bigger restrictor. The work completed by both Wirth and Highcroft in a short space of time has to be applauded, and I believe we should have a package which should be very aerodynamically efficient and should achieve very strong results." << Prev Page 2 of 2
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"With the change in restrictor size and wheel/tire package available, we believed we could have a pretty competitive package, especially considering the ACO's desire to better balance the performance of the diesel and petrol powered cars.