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VENTURI 600 LM-S ,VK8CLM61193CE0003 History June 1993 at Le Mans in its original 500 LM, as No. 56 by Team Stephane Ratel, with drivers Costas (GR), Badrutt (F) and Brana (F). Delivered FreeSoft (White & light blue line). She is qualified in 41st position in practice before dropping to 80th on lap off the track.
Repaired and then sold by the factory venturi Laurent Lecuyer, in its advanced 600 LM, November 4, 1993, in White livery.
The vehicle will be hired by late November Lécuyer the inning OPI Vallelunga, as No. 63 in a livery of white with red stripes.
She worked on the BPR Championship 1994 with the Agusta Racing Team, still in its 600 LM. In May she participated in the sleeve of his livery in Dijon with White drivers Basso (F), Mégemont (F) and Vermessel (F). Qualified in 6th position that it will end in the 18th race. Also in May, she participated in the round of Monthléry delivered in a white with blue stripes. With pilots Agusta (I) Copella (I) and Olczyk (B) she qualified in 4th position but eventually unclassified. In July she participated in the round at Vallelunga in a livery of yellow and orange with drivers Grouillard (F) and Bouchut (F). She finished 5th in the race.
End of July it is present at Spa-Francorchamps, always with Grouillard (F) and Bouchut (F), and qualified third in a beautiful place but finished only 24th in the race. In 1995 she participated again in the Championship but with the OPI Competition Team BBA. In February it is present in Jerez and qualified in 10th position and finished 8th in the race with drivers Maury-Laribière (F), Lecuyer (CH) and Fabre (F).
With pilots Maury-Laribière (F), Lecuyer (CH) and Hugenholtz (NL) is involved in the Nurburgring round of the race and finished in 13th position after being a part of 28th place.
Arrive Le Mans, which participates in a gray livery, under No. 43, with drivers Clerico (F), Lecuyer (CH) and Chauvin (F). Qualified in 29th position she left in the race on fire early at 6am. It is again bound for the 1996 season with the official support of the plant by the Venturi Venturi Team Lecuyer advanced version after 600 LM-S. There will be only 3600 LM-S, which it produced on the basis of their own 600 LM 500 LM changes except one that was directly produced as LMS 600 from the factory.
She then took part in the Le Mans trials that take place in April. Under No. 40 in blue livery, with drivers Maury-Laribière (F), Lecuyer (CH), Clerico (F) and Favre (CH) but fails in 43rd position. However, it will alternate, but will not participate in the Le Mans race.
Thereafter it will be more engaged in the race and Lecuyer resells in a livery Anthracite Grey in 1998 to Mr. Nicolaidis who uses it on tour a few rides and club no longer uses it and is completely revised and restored the engine Settlements 1999 by Peter Ferry SNC (Paris), whose engineers had designed the engine, and puts the vehicle in order to sell in order to use immediate turnkey. Since overhaul the vehicle has covered only 300 KM on the circuit of Dijon in 2000 during an outing club.
The reservoir is also put to FIA standards by May 2007 and the vehicle is now eligible for use in the new GT Championship which includes 90's racing cars of the 90s as the F40, McLaren F1 and others.
This is a very interesting part of its rarity, its holdings in Le Mans and sports car produced the best performance by a French manufacturer to date with developments leading to the time: carbon brakes, V6 3000 Bi-Turbo (Type F1 0.9 to 1.6 bar) of 680 hp, electronic injection Magneti Marelli, Magnesium Alloy, Carbon Clutch, and many others.
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