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...of open-cockpit prototypes for use in [[hillclimb]]s as well as [[Le Mans Prototype]]s for [[endurance racing]]. Besides racing their own cars, their chassis ...lclimb car and the LMP2/04 LMP2-class [[prototype]] which runs in the [[Le Mans Series]].

*an [[Formula Two|F2]] prototype developed with [[Gianni Lancia]] (1952). *the 4CV, a 750 cc [[Panhard]]-powered racer intended for [[Le Mans]] (1953), as well as the 750 LM [[Crosley]] (1950-54). A 750 Spider was pre

...i, until 2005 when he announced the construction of an all new LMP1 sports prototype. ...ns announced the unveiling of the 'LS1' at the Nürburgring round of the Le Mans Series.

...produced in [[1963]] and won the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], and the manufacturers' championship. ...rably fewer than the required 100 units. The 250 LM thus had to run in the prototype class until it was homologated as a Group 4 Sports Car for the 1966 season.

...ri]] racing cars; [[motorcycle]]s such as [[Moto-Guzzi]] were other uses. Prototype cars such as the 1953 [[Buick Skylark]] are other examples. ...less Ferrari and Maserati victories in Sport and Prototype races from [[Le Mans]] to [[Nürburgring]], from [[Sebring]] to [[Monza]].

The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...roduced in [[1963]], winning the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], and the manufacturers' championship. It was a mid-engined sports car rac

This ultra low barchetta raced in the 1966 Le Mans and was entered in 67 even but did not start. In 1966, after a spin at the ! colspan=2 |'''New Bizzarrini P538 prototype'''

...rt]] Notable was also the 'Bisiluro' which competed unsuccessfully at [[Le Mans]] in 1955. A twin-boom vehicle, the pilot was seated in one 'pod' whilst th *a 1952 [[Formula 2|F2]] prototype developed with [[Gianni Lancia]] using mid/rear-mounted 160bhp [[Lancia Aur

...in the specific case of world sports car championship and [[24 hours of Le Mans]] racing cars, regulations in those days restricted maximum displacement to ...itre prototypes (see [[Ferrari P]]), but due to high speeds achieved in Le Mans also by the seven litre V8 [[Ford GT40]], the rules were changed for 1968 l

The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing|sports racing]] [[prototype]] raced by the [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] [[motor racing|works The 2000 cc (122[[cubic inch|ci]]) Tipo 33 mid-engined prototype debuted on [[12 March]] 1967 at the Belgian [[hillclimbing]] event at Flér

...season had already seen success with a new model, the 312 B3, based on an prototype called "snow plow". ...banned their 4 litre [[Ferrari P]]rototypes, Ferrari built another 3000cc prototype in 1969, named the ''312 P''.

...epared especially for Sir Stirling Moss for the 1957 [[24 hours race of Le Mans]]. ...e of speed had him participate in many [[hillclimb]] races running sport [[prototype]] vehicles and personally restored [[Abarth]]s.

'''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>Utah Grand Prix |Record class || [[Le Mans Prototype|LMP2]]

...ree separate series. The premier Rolex Sports Car Series featuring Daytona Prototype and GT endurance events, the Grand-Am Cup featuring street-stock production ===Daytona Prototype===

! colspan=2 background:darkred;|'''Dino Ferrari's 166MM Prototype''' The car went on to win the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] (in the hands of [[Luigi Chinetti]] and [[Lord Selsdon]]) and the [[Targa

...amed Bugatti racing driver, [[Pierre Veyron]] who won the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] in 1939. ...gnificant problems, however. High-speed stability was difficult, with one prototype destroyed in a crash and another spun out during a press demonstration at t

...ara was responsible for the construction of the [[Lancia LC1]] [[Group 6]] prototype as well as the later [[Lancia LC2|LC2]] [[Group C]] car, along with Lancia' ...ost dominant chassis in modern times at the 24 Hours and the [[American Le Mans Series]].

...rious at the end. This same car was later entered at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] and the [[Carrera Panamericana]]. ...m the Testa Rossa was mounted in the midships position for the '''250 P''' prototype racer of 1963.

...and Augusto Zanardi drove. It won the 1950 Targa Florio. A 3.0&nbsp;litre prototype was built but not produced. These 6C 2500 models were among the last vehicl Given the car's size and power class as a GT, sports-car races such as Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring are likely

...ed autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance. ...prototype classes. Another series based on Le Mans began in 2004, the [[Le Mans Endurance Series]], which included four 1000 km races at tracks in Europe.

...ed autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance. ...prototype classes. Another series based on Le Mans began in 2004, the [[Le Mans Endurance Series]], which included four 1000 km races at tracks in Europe.

...autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine ''[[Le Petit Journal]]'', a reliability test to determine best performance. ...ically feature many more cars and much closer competition than American Le Mans.

...Mazda 26B engine that powered the winning car in the 1991 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race. ...umber of moving parts than the Wankel. The six-chamber design used for the prototype has, conceptually, eight moving parts within the engine chamber as opposed

...e Iso Gordon GT project which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype was developed from the [[Gordon-Keeble]]. The Gordon Keeble GT was designed <blockquote>'Rivolta had me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion tube and specially the Corvette engine. It was first t

...ula One World Championship]], as well as winning the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [ ...Champ Car|IndyCar]] series. He took his final major victories, the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours and 2001 Sebring 12 Hours, with [[Germany|German]] manufacturers [

...ulminated with driver [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] winning the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] twice (in 1937 with [[Robert Benoist]] and 1939 with [[Pierre Veyron]]). ...is honour. But it was the final racing success at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] that is most remembered—[[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] and [[Pierre Veyron]] w

...4 Le Mans designed by Vignale.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1952-53 Osca MT4 Le Mans designed by [[Vignale]]''']] ...front/55% rear) promised more than adequate performance. A single running prototype was built and tested by various magazines in 2001 but nothing more came of

...e had printed one of Mike's paintings featuring the 1970, 917 winner of Le Mans. He called to discuss a detail omitted in the piece. He was not angry, but ...er's story and many, many images of his early cars including the first 356 prototype roadster and coupes gave an interesting, unexpected insight. He decided tha

! colspan=2 |'''Edonis B engineering Le Mans''' All test development and prototype tuning will be carried out together with Michelin, who will fit the car wit

...ng by the [[Ford GT40]] and [[Ferrari 250 LM]] at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]. [[De Tomaso]] had produced a road car with this layout, the [[De Tomaso ...rear wing, in the context of the marque's revival, it was considered as a prototype for a possible limited series of Miura Spider.

...r version that competed in Sports car and finally won the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in 1978 with a Renault-Alpine A 442 chassis.

The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing]] prototype raced by the [[Alfa Romeo]] factory team between 1967 and 1977. The 2000&nbsp;cc (122[[cubic inch|ci]]) Tipo 33 mid-engined prototype debuted on 12 March 1967 at the Belgian [[hillclimbing]] event at Fléron,

...he race organisiation and its history is contained in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] article. [[image:autosportlemans.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''[[1952 24 Hours of Le Mans]] race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine''']]

...1100 Spider Zagato.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1950 Gilco 1100 Spider Zagato prototype''' [http://www.autopuzzles.com <small>Source</small>]]] ...alists, drafted by [[Piero Bottoni]] and, under license, by Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe.

..., some other Ferrari type, an [[Alpine (car)|Alpine]], or even a [[Le Mans prototype]] race car (largely believed to be a [[Matra]], which was a successful race

In [[1963]], Volpi began developing his own prototype [[GT car]], the '''Jungla GT'''. It used a new [[V8]] engine, designed by ...approximately 340cv. Later, this engine would be implanted in the original prototype.

...ng team did not suffer another loss as it had in the 1959 [[24 Hours of Le Mans|LeMans]] race. ...e [[Lamborghini V12|engine]] was first shown in the [[Lamborghini 350GTV]] prototype and was first manufactured for use in the [[Lamborghini 350GT|350GT]]. Vari

..., in between running the family business they designed and built the first prototype motorcycle, a simple four stroke 75cc bike with girder forks and a fully en ...ase in capacity was felt immediately. Raced by the factory right from the prototype stage, the machines proved their reliability by finishing every race they e

...dano]] Italy has both Lambretta's two prototype motorcycles and the single prototype Guzzi small-wheeled scooter on display. *First prototype motorcycle shaft drive (first production credit: BMW)

...£10,000 to take part in Le Mans. Chapman believed that by entering the Le Mans race, Mansell was exposing himself to unnecessary risk and paid him £10,00 ...ns]] series, possibly commencing as soon as October 2008 in the [[Petit Le Mans]] event, although neither driver was in the final field.

...or a [[Maserati 5000 Sport]] which was driven by [[Stirling Moss]] at [[Le Mans]]. ...ns for the Giulia TZ, but were still influenced by traditional shapes. The prototype, which [[Alfa Romeo]] wanted as a roadster, and in terms of aerodynamics, a

'''Ducati Desmosedici''' is the name of the series of 4-Stroke V4 [[Prototype]] Motorcycles developed by [[Ducati]] to compete in the [[MotoGP]] World Ch ...before riding the GP6, on the 21st of August. Capirossi's lap times on the prototype GP7 were only 1.4 seconds off his track record time set on the 990&nbsp;cc

...T cars were produced in fiberglass except for the few spiders. The single prototype Mille by Bertone was reported as made of fiberglass. The production 1000 G ...on all four wheels. Although only 3 613RB's were built, one competed at Le Mans in 1966.

...enced driver from [[New Zealand]], Bob Wallace. Together, they developed a prototype automobile, the [[Lamborghini 350GTV|350GTV]], which would evolve into the [[2006 Mura Prototype]]

...r Cars|Jaguar]]'s [[Jaguar C-type|C-]] and [[Jaguar D-Type|D-type]]s at Le Mans in beginning in 1951, the brakes were upgraded to [[disc brake|disc]]s on a ...project apparently originating in 1955) in a [[Bandini 1000 P|1000P based prototype]]. In the same race, Edoardo Govoni took third in a 750, later achieving th

...es of the [[American Automobile Association|AAA]]. Following the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]], AAA ceased its auto racing division to concentrate on its membe ...cident before he received it. In [[1991]], the [[Dodge Viper]] was still a prototype vehicle, and only two were in existence. Winner [[Rick Mears]] was awarded

...ica]]'s Trans-Am championship in 1966. In the 1970s, Alfa concentrated on prototype sports car racing with the [[Alfa Romeo Tipo 33|Tipo 33]], with early victo The 8C 2300 won the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] from 1931 to 1934, with Alfa Romeo withdrawing from racing in 19

** Honorable mention: The [[TVR Cerbera Speed 12]] prototype produced an estimated 701&nbsp;kW (953&nbsp;PS/940&nbsp;hp) (the central sh ...([[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] pioneered disc brakes at [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] in 1953)''