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TopGear.com: How do you use Super GT racing and other formulae to develop the LC? Koji Sato: The chassis and drivetrain [of the Super GT cars] are different from the production car. But the upper body section is the same shape as the commercial car. So we test many things for the LC"s dynamic performance on the racing car"s upper body. But really the GT3 or GT4 category is more important for the production car. Also in the N rburgring 24-hour race we ran an LC prototype. Our team is very different from other racing teams. Most of the crew are actual production engineers, not race crew. So we got a lot of feedback. We tested some future parts [for the LC] which changed the weight distribution which, with the heavy rain, meant we couldn"t get a good result. But we got a lot of good data, which is very important for the future projects.
Date written: 1 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13525
TopGear.com: How do you use Super GT racing and other formulae to develop the LC? Koji Sato: The chassis and drivetrain [of the Super GT cars] are different from the production car. But the upper body section is the same shape as the commercial car. So we test many things for the LC"s dynamic performance on the racing car"s upper body. But really the GT3 or GT4 category is more important for the production car. Also in the N rburgring 24-hour race we ran an LC prototype. Our team is very different from other racing teams. Most of the crew are actual production engineers, not race crew. So we got a lot of feedback. We tested some future parts [for the LC] which changed the weight distribution which, with the heavy rain, meant we couldn"t get a good result. But we got a lot of good data, which is very important for the future projects.
Date written: 1 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13525
