Lavaggi LS1
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| Category | LMP1 | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Scuderia Lavaggi | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Giovanni Lavaggi | ||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon fibre composite monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbone, push-rod actuated springs connected to Sachs dampers, with anti-roll bar | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbone, push-rod actuated springs connected to Sachs dampers, with anti-roll bar | ||||||||
| Length | 4,650 mm (183.1 in) | ||||||||
| Width | 2,000 mm (78.7 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,865 mm (112.8 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | 2006–2007: PME-built Ford 6,000 cc (366.1 cu in) 16-valve, OHV V8, mid engine mounted longitudinally 2008–2009: AER P32C 4,000 cc (244.1 cu in) 32 valve, DOHC V8 with twin-turbochargers |
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| Transmission | Hewland 6-speed sequential manual | ||||||||
| Weight | 925 kg (2,039.3 lb) | ||||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Scuderia Lavaggi | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |
Giovanni Lavaggi Xavier Pompidou Marcelo Puglisi Cristian Corsini Wolfgang Kaufmann |
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| Debut | 2006 1000km of Nürburgring | ||||||||
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| Teams' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
The Lavaggi LS1 was a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) built by Scuderia Lavaggi. Built in 2005, the LS1, initially using a 6-litre Ford V8 engine, made its racing debut the following year. However, the car proved unreliable, and Lavaggi replaced the Ford engine with a 4-litre AER P32C twin-turbocharged V8 for the 2008 season, with no notable improvement in reliability or performance. The car was retired at the end of the 2009 season.
In 2005, Giovanni Lavaggi built a LMP1 sports prototype, and named it the Lavaggi LS1; the car was the first Le Mans Prototype to have been built and designed in Monte Carlo. The car featured a 6-litre Ford-based V8 engine (built in North Carolina by Pro-Motor Engines) mated to a 6-speed Hewland gearbox (designed by Lavaggi), and was painted in the red-and-white racing livery of Monaco. It used a carbon fibre composite monocoque chassis, and used Brembo carbon disc brakes with six-piston calipers, whilst the suspension consisted of double wishbones, push-rod actuated springs connected to Sachs dampers, and an anti-roll bar either end of the car. After a series of delays, the car made its first public appearance at the 1000 km of Nürburgring in July 2006, which was the third round of the Le Mans Series (LMS), although it did not actually race.
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