Alpine won't use an F1 engine as the base for the LMDh car that it is currently developing for the 2024 WEC season.
Bruno Famin, executive director of Alpine Racing, has revealed that taking the 1.6-litre F1 V6 as the starting point for the LMDh hybrid’s internal combustion engine “was never considered” for reasons of cost and complexity.
Famin also revealed that the Renault brand, which announced its programme in October 2021, is already running the LMDh engine on the test bench at its Viry-Chatillon facility in Paris. He would also not say when the marque is planning to be on track with the LMDh developed in conjunction with French constructor Oreca, which also developed the A480 grandfathered LMP1 design Alpine has raced for the past two seasons in the WEC’s Hypercar class with Signatech.
“Oreca was not able to manage two [design] programmes together and they have only just finished the Acura,” he said. “The LMDh regulations are not very ambitious in terms of aero performance, so you don’t need the latest cutting-edge technology in terms of aerodynamics,” he explained.
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