BMW V12 LM

BMW V12 LM mota ce ta tsere da aka gina don tseren mota a shekarar 1998. An gina motar ta amfani da haɗin injiniyan Williams Racing da gini da kuma wutar lantarki ta BMW. Motar ita ce magajin BMW V12 LMR, wanda aka fara a shekarar 1999.

 Ci gaba 
A cikin 1995 McLaren Cars sun shiga tseren mota ta amfani da McLaren F1 GTR a cikin manyan jerin yawon shakatawa kamar BPR Global GT Series da kuma 24 Hours of Le Mans . McLaren F1s sun sami karfin BMW_M70" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BMW M70">S70 V12, wanda ya haifar da McLaren da BMW sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya don bunkasa ƙungiyoyin tseren su tare da taimakon BMW Motorsport. Wannan haɗuwa ta yi nasara wajen lashe Sa'o'i 24 na Le Mans na 1995. Koyaya, a shekara ta 1997 F1 GTRs ba su da gasa da sababbin nau'ikan manyan motoci na musamman daga Mercedes-Benz da Porsche. Saboda raguwar aikin su, McLaren ya fice daga tseren GT a ƙarshen shekara ta 1997.

Ba tare da son barin da sauri ba, BMW Motorsport ta yanke shawarar motsawa daga manyan masu yawon bude ido zuwa samfuran Le Mans, bude motocin tseren da aka gina musamman don tsere kuma ba sa buƙatar ƙa'idodin doka na hanya. A lokacin faduwar McLaren na shekara ta 1997, BMW Motorsport ta ba da sanarwar yarjejeniya tare da Williams Racing, a lokacin da suka zama zakaran masu gina Formula One, wanda zai ga Williams yana gina motar mota kuma yana haɓaka aerodynamics don 24 Hours of Le Mans. A lokaci guda, BMW Motorsport ya juya zuwa Schnitzer Motorsport, ƙungiyar tseren BMW ta dogon lokaci, don zama ƙungiyar masana'anta da ke gudanar da mota, yanzu ana kiranta V12 LM.

V12 LMs za su yi amfani da wannan S70 V12 kamar McLaren F1s, kodayake za a gudanar da shi a cikin saitin 5990cc. Chassis ya haɗa da amfani da farko na akwatin ƙafa da aka ɗaga da kuma mai watsawa na gaba don ingantaccen iska da aminci.

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 1998 
Da farko a ranar gwajin 24 Hours of Le Mans na 1998 a watan Mayu, V12 LM chassis guda biyu sun saita lokutan da ba su da kyau, mafi kyawun su ya sanya su na 11 a bayan shigarwar masana'antu daga Porsche, Toyota, Nissan, da Mercedes-Benz, dukansu suna gudana manyan motocin yawon shakatawa maimakon samfuran Le Mans da suka fi sauri. A lokacin da za su cancanci tseren ya zo a watan Yuni, BMWs sun inganta zuwa na 6 mafi sauri a cikin cancanta, suna sanyawa a bayan Porsches biyu, Mercedes biyu, da Toyota.

Abin takaici, a lokacin tseren, motocin biyu sun sha wahala da sauri. An gano girgizar ƙasa a cikin drivetrains yayin da yake da sauri. Don kada su yi barazanar gazawar mota da sauri, ƙungiyar da sauri ta yi ritaya daga motocin biyu daga taron bayan sun rufe sau 43 kawai don mota # 2 da 60 don mota # 1.

Bayan mummunan sakamako na tawagar a Le Mans, ƙarin gwaji ya gano cewa iska da sanyaya na mota ba a tsara su sosai ba kuma motar za ta iya yin mafi kyau idan yanayin yanayi ya kasance a yanayi mai kyau. Kungiyar da farko ta shirya shiga Petit Le Mans na 1998, amma daga baya ta ki. Saboda haka an yanke shawarar cewa za a watsar da V12 LMs guda biyu kuma BMW, Williams, da Schnitzer za su sake farawa a 1999 tare da V12 LMR. Don haka an sayar da chassis biyu na V12 LM ga masu zaman kansu, tare da chassis 001/98 zuwa Thomas Bscher yayin da aka sayar da chasis 002/98 ga Team Goh na Japan.

 1999 
Tare da BMW yana motsawa zuwa sabon V12 LMR, kawai ƙungiyoyi biyu masu zaman kansu ne suka bar su yi kamfen ɗin V12 LM da aka ƙi. Thomas Bscher ya haɗa kai da David Price Racing wanda ya kafa Price + Bscher Racing don mayar da hankali kan sabon American Le Mans Series da kuma 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans . A cikin ALMS, motar za ta dauki maki biyu kawai, ta bar ta 13 a cikin maki. Yayinda yake a Le Mans, motar za ta zama ta 5th gabaɗaya, kawai 20 laps a bayan V12 LMR wanda ya ci nasara. Motar za ta yi bayyanar karshe a wani taron FIA Sportscar Championship a Nürburgring, ta kammala matsayi na 4 gaba ɗaya. 

Team Goh, a gefe guda, ta yanke shawarar mayar da hankali ne kawai a kan Le Mans, tare da motar da ta kasa gamawa saboda matsalolin gearbox. Motar ta yi bayyanar karshe a Fuji 1000km inda ta dauki matsayi na 3 gabaɗaya, 6 laps a bayan Nissan mai nasara.

 2000 
A shekara ta 2000, Team Goh ta ba da sanarwar haɗin gwiwa tare da mai gina gine-ginen Japan Dome, wanda za a canza V12 LM sosai don gyara rashin daidaituwa da matsalolin sanyaya. Za a sake fasalin dukkan ƙarshen gaba don sake dawo da abin sanyaya, yayin da aka kara matattarar ruwa a jikin gefen don taimakawa cikin sanyaya. Motar ba ta taɓa yin kamfen ba kuma babu wata ƙungiya da ta zaɓi sayen chassis. 

Ga Price + Bscher, David Price Racing ya cimma yarjejeniya don kamfen don Panoz Motorsports na Amurka, ya bar Thomas Bscher ya kamfen dinsa na V12 LM. Kodayake ya rasa taimakonsa daga David Price Racing, Bscher ya sami damar gudu da mota a Le Mans, inda motar ta kasa gamawa saboda lalacewar gearbox daga hadari, kuma a zagaye na Nurburgring SRWC a watan Satumba. Bayan wannan, Bscher zai yi ritaya daga motar, yana kawo karshen aikin tseren V12 LM.

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