Nissan DeltaWing in action at Le Mans

Scottish race car driver, Marino Franchitti poses next to the DeltaWing, an experimental racing prototype on May 3, 2012 at the headquarters of the French tyre group Michelin in the French central city of Clermont-Ferrand. Michelin, has to develop wet-weather competition tires for the DeltaWing. The car uses unique four-inch-wide front tires that are very narrow (10 cm / 3.9 inches) by racing standards. The Nissan DeltaWing will make its debut at Le Mans 24 Hours race which runs in June 2012. AFP PHOTO / THIERRY ZOCCOLAN

Published Jun 5, 2012

Watch as the Nissan DeltaWing makes its Circuit de la Sarthe debut in practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The DeltaWing has a 220kW, 1.6-litre turbopetrol engine and runs on special Michelin tyres that are only 100mm wide in front, but laps at under 3min50.