Photo: ByKolles

LMP1 team ByKolles Racing has completed its three-days test at circuito de Almeria, 18th to 20th of December 2017.

The Almeria-test was the last outing of 2017 as well as the final touch to a development started in after the race at Nürburgring with the decision of skipping from the final 2017 WEC rounds in favour of a solid preparation of the 2018-19 WEC superseason.

In addition to regular ByKolles Racing driver Oliver Webb and Tom Dillmann  (already testing with ByKolles in September  and at Motorland in Aragon in November) , the drivers’ line-up for Almeria has included long-time ByKolles Racing pilot Pierre Kaffer, FIA GT vice world champion Paolo Ruberti and young Chinese GT-star Ling Kang for his debut on an LMP prototype.

A strong run-plan, with a total mileage equal to three race events, allows team ByKolles Racing to be very confident in terms of reliability. On the performance side, new developments on aero set-ups and engine-mappings were succesfully implemented.

Now the focus switches on to the next tests in February 2018 where a new aero package will be introduced.

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As hard a time as ByKolles get, they’re still here and the car is still getting updates. You get the distinct impression that the chassis itself isn’t getting much of a redesign, but everything that hangs off of it is. At a glance, the new car appears to have –

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  • Slight nose reprofile
  • Improved inboard aero
  • Removed inboard winglets (although this may be a low drag kit)
  • New dive planes
  • Squared off front arches
  • Mirrors moulded into the bodywork
  • Remove intake from in front of the windscreen
  • Rear arches holes moved inboard
  • New headlights

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There is no mention of the customer cars that ByKolles hoped to offer, so we’re assuming that’s off the table for the moment.

Photo: ByKolles