ONE FOR THE SPANISH FANS

Inaugural Nissan GT Academy winner Lucas Ordonez reports in for his Spanish fans from his first day on the job as a Nissan DeltaWing test driver.

MAGNY-COURS TESTING IMAGES

The Nissan DeltaWing hit the track for the first time in France today - running at Magny-Cours, the former home of the French Grand Prix.

Marino Franchitti and new test driver recruit Lucas Ordonez were on hand to put the car through its paces.

GT ACADEMY ACE JOINS DELTAWING TEST TEAM

Nissan’s inaugural GT Academy winner, Lucas Ordonez, received his best ever birthday present this week when he was selected to join the test team for the Company’s revolutionary motorsport experiment, the Nissan DeltaWing.

As the fourth season of the life-changing GT Academy competition began this week, the very first ‘virtual-to-reality’ racer received confirmation that he would play a key role in the challenging development of the prototype car.

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MARINO FRANCHITTI SNETTERTON VIDEO UPDATE

BEN BOWLBY'S TESING REPORT

Wet, damp, dry - we had about every type of weather except for snow at Snetterton this week for the latest test sessions for the Nissan DeltaWing.

With new driver Satoshi Motoyama on hand to drive for the first time alongside Michael Krumm and Marino Franchitti, the team completed a very successful second day, recording 99 laps and more than 300km of testing.

Nissan DeltaWing’s Ben Bowlby was very pleased with the latest phase of the developemnt program for the as the countdown to Le Mans looms closer.

MARINO FRANCHITTI REPORTS FROM SNETTERTON

After a solid wet day yesterday and even worse rain last week, the Nissan DeltaWing team finally got some drier weather today at Snetterton.

Scottish Marino Franchitti reports in from the track on the latest development news of the car which will debut at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

MOTOYAMA REPORTS IN FROM SNETTERTON (JAPANESE)

Japanese star Satoshi Motoyama reports in from Snetterton for the Nissan DeltaWing testing.

A special report in Japanese for our fans in Japan.

NISSAN DELTAWING ENGINE VIDEO FEATURE

In the latest edition of the Nissan DeltaWing video series, this episode looks back on the day the engine first arrived at All American Racers.

The Nissan DeltaWing is powered by a 1.6 liter Nissan DIG-T turbocharged engine which produces 300 horsepower - half of what the leading LMP1 cars usually compete with at Le Mans.

JAPANESE GT ACE MOTOYAMA TO DRIVE NISSAN DELTAWING

Nissan and NISMO Japanese Super GT star Satoshi Motoyama has joined the ground-breaking Nissan DeltaWing driving squad for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

A triple Japanese Super GT champion, Motoyama, will join Briton Marino Franchitti and German Michael Krumm, who won the 2003 JGTC (formerly SUPER GT) title with Motoyama.

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KICKING OFF EURO TESTING WITH WET TEST

The experimental Nissan DeltaWing sportscar kicked off its European testing program in England at Snetterton in Norfolk today with Scotsman Marino Franchitti and German Michael Krumm getting the opportunity to sample the car in wet conditions.

Steady rain throughout the morning enabled the team to undertake wet weather development with tire partner Michelin with the 1.6 liter Nissan DIG-T turbo-powered car.

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