Again it had been outclassed by the Supra, which managed to reach 36th overall and 22nd in class. Qualifying saw the car more or less in the same spot as 1995, 38th overall and 23rd in class. Taking up major sponsorship duty was Menicon, a Japanese contact lens company.Įven with the massive weight reduction the car did not improve in the slightest.
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The driver line up was also revised, with experienced former Group-C racers Mauro Martini (ITA) and Peter Fabre (FRA) now joining Alain Ferté. In addition the MC8-R went on a crash diet, bringing weight down to 1061 kg (2339 lbs). To prevent another disastrous clutch failure, the Hewland VGC 6-speed was ditched in favor of a stronger 5-speed transmisson developed by March Engineering. Thank you.įor 1996 SARD and Toyota were eager to compensate for their total failure the year before. A reminder of the European GT1 dominance came some 23 hours later, when a GT1-class McLaren F1 surprisingly won the race overall.ĭonate via PayPal for futher development if you are interested in this model. After just 14 laps the MC8-R’s clutch broke, putting an early end to the car’s adventure. The somber tone set in qualifying continued on race day. The NSX GT1 Turbo placed 19th in class, with the fastest Skyline GT-R LM in 17th. Compatriots Honda and Nissan had also deployed an attack on the Europeans, and were actually doing better than Toyota. The fierce competition of the Ferrari F40 GTE, Jaguar XJ220 LM, McLaren F1 GTR, Lister Storm GTS, Venturi 600 SLM and the confusingly named Porsche 993 GT2 Evo proved to be too overbearing for the new and unproven car. It managed only 31st overall and 22nd in class, directly behind the Supra. In qualifying the car would disappoint dearly. The car´s main sponsor was Japanese mobile network provider Do Co Mo.
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Listed as drivers were former Porsche and Jaguar factory Group C ace Alain Ferté (FRA), former Sauber-Mercedes and Nissan Group C factory pilot Kenny Acheson (GB), and Italian F3000 driver Marco Apicella, coincidentally the man with the shortest F1-career in history (just one corner).
Along with the GT500 Supra GT LM, the MC8-R was entered into the 1995 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.