Norma Auto Concept
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1984 |
Founder | Norbert Santos Marc Doucet |
Headquarters | Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre |
Website | Norma Auto Concept |
Norma Auto Concept is a French constructor of racing cars. It was founded in 1984 by Norbert Santos and Marc Doucet.
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History
Hillclimbing and initial Le Mans entries
Norma was founded by Norbert Santos and Marc Doucet in 1984 and initially designed and built only cars for the French Hillclimbing championship. After success in the hillclimbing scene Santos and Doucet decided to build a Group C car, the Norma M6. This car was fitted with an experimental MGN (Moteur Guy Nègre) W12 engine. The Norma M6 was entered in the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans with drivers Daniel Boccard, Norbert Santos and Noël del Bello. The car failed the qualify and was not entered in any other race. Norma's second attempt at Le Mans came in 1995. The Buick powered Norma M14 prequalified 23rd overall and did not qualify to race at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car saw a comeback in 1999 when it was entered in the 1999 24 Hours of Daytona. The Norma qualified 26th overall and did not finish the race due to an exhaust failure.[1]
Founded | 1997 |
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Former series | French Formula Renault Championship |
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Folded | 1999 |
Formula Renault
Between 1997 and 1999 Norma Auto Concept entered the French Formula Renault Championship, as a team, not a constructor. In 1997 Norma entered Renaud Malinconi driving a Martini MK76. Malinconi finished eighth in the final standings achieving two podium finishes.[2] More success in Formula Renault came in 1999 with Stéphane Gautré driving a Martini MK77. Achieving one win and four podium finishes he ended up fourth in the standings.[3] With the introduction of the spec Tatuus Formula Renault in 2000 Norma seized their Formula Renault activities.
Racing at Le Mans and Group CN success
A more successful prototype came in 2000, the Norma M2000. This car raced in 2000 thru to 2003. The car was solely entered by Sezio Florida Racing Team and saw a best result of 6th. In 2001 and 2002 the car entered full-time in the Rolex Sports Car Series The team made four attempts to start at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they succeeded in their last attempt in 2003. They started 36th overall but did not finish due to an engine failure, 8 hours, 39 minutes in the race.[4] For the design of the Norma M2000 Santos and Doucet were joined by Edouard Sézionale who would also accompany them with the design of the Group CN cars.
After their Le Mans experience Norma designed and built Group CN prototypes starting with the Norma M20. Norma produced 30 Norma M20 cars in 2003 and 2004. Norma continues to develop the Norma M20, the current Norma M20 FC is entered in the V de V, Speed EuroSeries and other sportsracing series. A Norma has won the V de V Prototype Endurance Challenge in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Anthony Gandon achieved a second place in the Speed EuroSeries ranking driving a Norma M20 FC in 2012. Another attempt at Le Mans was made in 2010.[5] The Pegasus Racing entered a Norma M200P, but it did not finish the race. The following season the car was taken over by Extreme Limite which entered in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011 and 2012. The best finish for the car was a fifth place at the 6 Hours of Estoril in 2011.
Pikes Peak
In 2014, Romain Dumas won the Pikes Peak hill climb in the Norma M20 "RD Limited", developed specifically for the event.[6] Driving in the Unlimited class, Dumas finished in a time of 9:05.801.
FIA European Hill Climb Championship
In 2014 entered Norma into FIA European Hill Climb Championship with type Norma M20 FC Zytec (3L naturally-aspirated V8 engine). Italian driver Simone Faggioli (with direct factory support) won championship for Category 2 (Competition Cars - single seater, sportprototypes and silhouetts) in 2014 and 2015. Simone Faggioli and Norma created a lot of track records and registered indelibly in the history of this series...
24 Hours of Le Mans results
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Norma M6 | MGN 3,5L W12 | DNQ | DNA |
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Norma M6 | Alfa Romeo V6 | DNA | DNA |
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Norma M14 | Mader Buick 4,5L V6 | DNQ | DNA |
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Norma M2000 | Mader BMW V8 | DNA | DNA |
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Norma M2000 | Ford 6L V8 | 36 | DNF Engine |
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Norma M200P | Judd DB 3,4L V8 | 28 | DNF Accident damage |
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Norma M200P | Judd-BMW 4L V8 | 26 | 28 |
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Norma M200P | Judd | 33 | 29 |
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Cars
Year | Car | Class |
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1984 | Norma M4 | Hillclimbing |
1985 | Norma M5 | Hillclimbing |
1990 | Norma M6 | Group C |
1991 | Norma M7 | Group CN |
1994 | Norma M11 | Group CN |
1995 | Norma M14 | 24 Hours of Daytona Can-Am, 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1 |
1996 | Norma M16 | Group CN |
1998 | Norma M17 | Group CN |
1999 | Norma M18 | Group CN |
2000 | Norma M2000 | Grand-Am SR, ALMS LMP900 |
2003 | Norma M20 | Group CN 2L |
2004 | Norma M20-3A | Group CN 3L |
2005 | Norma M20-2B | Group CN 2L |
2007 | Norma M20-F | Group CN 2L/3L |
2010 | Norma M200P | LMP2 |
2011 | Norma M20 FC | Group CN 2L |
2014 | Norma M20 FC (Hill climb specification) | Hillclimbing Group E2-SC 3L |
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