{{Racing car , Car_name = Lister Storm LMP/Hybrid , Image = Lister LMP

, Category = LMP900 & LMP1 , Constructor =

Lister Cars The Lister Motor Company Ltd. is a British sports car manufacturer founded by Brian Lister in 1954 in Cambridge, England, which became known for its involvement in motorsport. After buying the company in 1986, Laurence Pearce produced variants ...

, Designer = Andy Thorby , Team = Lister Racing , Drivers = John Nielsen,
Casper Elgaard,

Jens Reno Møller Jens Reno Møller (born 3 January 1971) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Danish Touringcar Championship, European Touring Car Cup and Le Mans Series amongst others. ...

Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Campbell-Walter is a British professional racing driver. He was born in Oban, Scotland on 16 December 1972. He won the FIA GT Championship in 2000 and took a World Endurance Championship title in 2013 as an Aston Martin Racing factory dr ...

,
Nathan Kinch
Vincent Vosse , Chassis =

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and

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honeycomb

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, carbon roll hoop integrated with roof structure , Front suspension = double wishbones, pull-rod operated Eibach springs over

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dampers , Rear suspension = double wishbones, pull-rod operated Eibach springs over

dampers , Engine name =

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, Capacity = 6.0 liter , Configuration = 90-degree V8 , Turbo/NA=

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, , Engine position =

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, longitudinally mounted , Gearbox name = Hewland , Gears = 6-speed , Type = sequential manual , Differential = , Tyres = Dunlop , Fuel= , Debut =

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, Races= 14 , Wins = 1 , Cons_champ= None , Drivers_champ= None , Poles = 0 , Fastest_laps = 0 The Lister Storm LMP is a racing car built by

and designed by Andy Thorby. Using knowledge gained with campaigning the Storm GT in various championships, Lister built the Storm LMP, an open-topped

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. While the GT car is powered by the

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, the prototype was originally intended to be fitted with a Judd V10 powerplant but was built with a

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. The car uses a Hewland TLS 6-speed sequential gearbox with a Megaline paddle-shift system. The Storm LMP's performances were only lackluster, due to Lister's limited resources as a factory effort. When financial backer

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pulled out of the project, moving to adversary Zytek, the team moved its attention more to its successful GT car programme. The LMP appeared sporadically following this, its best result being victory in the 2004

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. The Storm LMP was converted to a hybrid car in mid-2005 and made its debut at the wet

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round of the Le Mans Endurance Series where it finished 18th in the hands of Justin Keen and

. The car's only other appearance following its conversion was in the Vallelunga 6 Hours, where it was classified second despite suffering suspension failure late in the race. 2006 saw an entry for the full Le Mans Series season and a creditable run to second in class at the shortened Istanbul 1000km (seven laps behind the winning Pescarolo). A crash at the

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and a troubled run at

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were less promising. While at Le Mans it was announced that Lister would cease development of the Storm LMP and instead concentrate on a new GT1 car, this was overtaken by events later in the year. Despite this, the team skipped the Nürburgring race to introduce further developments, which were revealed at the Donington race. Again the Lister suffered a difficult race, retiring after 56 laps. As matters transpired, Donington proved to be the LMP's final outing. For 2007 and beyond Lister planned to design and build a car around a new Pescarolo Sport 01 chassis, while replacing the Chevrolet based engine with a new Judd V10 powerplant. Lister would have their own separate aerodynamic development programme led by

Peter Elleray Peter Elleray (born 30 June 1958) is an English engineer and race car designer particularly known for designing the Bentley Speed 8 race car. Elleray, who worked for Racing Technologies Norfolk (RTN), also designed the Audi R8C and the British ...

. Despite being based on the Pescarolo, the car was to be badged as a Lister-Judd. However, after initially being delayed, the project was eventually cancelled due to a lack of funds.

External links

Official Lister Cars web site

Le Mans Prototypes Storm LMP 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars