Jaguar XJR-6

Jaguar XJR-6
Race Car
Category	Group C
Constructor	Jaguar
Designer	Tony Southgate
Predecessor	Jaguar XJR-5
Successor	Jaguar XJR-8
Chassis	carbon composite panels
Suspension (front)	carbon fibre and Kevlar monocoque with fully stressed engine
Suspension (rear)	double wishbones, push-rod-activated coil springs over dampers
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Transmission	March/TWR 5 speed Manual
Weight	900 kg (1,984 lb)
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Brakes	AP Racing ventilated discs
Tyres	Dunlop
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Notable drivers	Gianfranco Brancatelli Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever Hurley Haywood Hans Heyer Alan Jones Jan Lammers John Nielsen Win Percy Brian Redman Jean Louis Schlesser Mike Thackwell Derek Warwick
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The Jaguar XJR-6 is a Group C sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by TWR, with the aim of competing, from 1985, in the World Sportscar Championship. A total of six Jaguar XJR-6s were built and they contested in the World Sportscar Championship until 1986, before Jaguar replaced them with the Jaguar XJR-8.

Racing History

• Participated in the 1985 and 1986 seasons.
• A victory in the 1986 1000 km of Silverstone with Eddie Cheever and Derek Warwick.
• Participated in the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans; all three cars that were entered ended up retiring.

Drivers

• Gianfranco Brancatelli
• Martin Brundle
• Eddie Cheever
• Hurley Haywood
• Hans Heyer
• Alan Jones
• Jan Lammers
• John Nielsen
• Win Percy
• Brian Redman
• Jean Louis Schlesser
• Mike Thackwell
• Derek Warwick

External links

https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/spec/3081/Jaguar-XJR-6.html

Gallery

This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Jaguar XJR-6. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.