261:. While Don Foster designed a new chassis, the French racing car designer and aerodynamicist Max Sardou designed a very round, almost voluminous body. A special feature of the racing car was the rear. In a so-called Venturi channel, the Venturi effect should be used to provide more downforce on the rear axle. As innovative as the car seemed at first glance, it was badly designed. In order to make the large tunnel possible, the exhaust pipe was routed past the radiators on the left and right of the car. Due to this design, the function of the cooler was largely restricted, which led to constant overheating of the engines. A heat shield placed between the exhaust pipes and the radiator could alleviate the problems, but never completely eliminated them.
298:. The engagement turned into a disaster. Even in training, the M482s were far too slow on the long straights due to the high ground effect on the rear axle. All three cars retired early in the race. Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Philippe Streiff's car had an irreparable oil leak after just twelve laps. The vehicle of Jean Rondeau and the Ferté brothers Alain and Michel stopped after ninety laps with engine failure, and Henri Pescarolo and
129:
22:
215:
287:, who achieved a pole position time of 1.16.910, was 16 seconds ahead. The works M382 with Henri Pescarolo at the wheel was faster by 12 seconds and even Christian Bussi's private M382 was more than a second quicker per lap. In the race, an early end came after 60 laps due to suspension damage. This was to be the M482's only result during 1982.
308:
sold the three chassis to private teams at the end of the year. At least one M482 was at Le Mans every year until 1987. The last appearance also ensures the best placement in the overall classification. In 1987 Jean-Philippe Grand, Gaston Rahier, and
Jacques Terrien finished twelfth in the Graff
290:
At the end of the 1982 sports car season, Jean
Rondeau had withdrawn from sports car racing at the factory. In addition to disputes with the FIA, a lack of financial resources was a second reason for ending motorsport in this form.
271:
was used as the engine. Even during the test drives, the wear, and tear on the robust aggregates was high; a circumstance that did not become less in racing.
283:
drove chassis 001 at the 6 Hours of
Silverstone. The duo already experienced a fiasco in training. The fastest in qualifying, Jacky Ickx, in the works
105:
43:
86:
39:
58:
250:
234:
153:
65:
432:
185:
372:
32:
295:
72:
54:
427:
397:
354:
280:
305:
238:
160:
294:
Ford France acquired the three existing chassis in early 1983 to run the cars in that year's
230:
329:
299:
79:
421:
265:
258:
254:
190:
173:
128:
310:
284:
198:
138:
21:
268:
253:
developed the first true Group C Rondeau, the M482. The previous model, the
194:
214:
227:
143:
127:
355:"1982 Rondeau M482 Cosworth - Images, Specifications and Information"
309:
Racing and entered 001 chassis, albeit 95 laps down on the winning
213:
302:
ended their race after 174 laps; also due to an engine failure.
15:
257:, was largely based on the most successful Rondeau type, the
279:
The M482 had its first racing use in 1982. Jean
Rondeau and
313:of Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell, and Al Holbert.
204:
184:
179:
169:
159:
149:
137:
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
8:
121:
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
321:
120:
264:The 3.9 L (240 cu in)
7:
249:In 1982, a team of engineers led by
44:adding citations to reliable sources
193:3.9 L (238.0 cu in)
245:Development history and technology
14:
233:designed, developed and built by
20:
31:needs additional citations for
1:
373:"Silverstone 1982 Qualifying"
449:
126:
235:Automobiles Jean Rondeau
180:Technical specifications
219:
165:Don Foster, Max Sardou
132:
237:in 1982, and used in
217:
131:
231:sports car prototype
40:improve this article
296:24 Hours of Le Mans
218:Rear view of a M482
205:Competition history
123:
402:Racing Sports Cars
398:"Silverstone 1982"
377:Racing Sports Cars
334:Racing Sports Cars
220:
133:
433:Sports prototypes
239:sports car racing
211:French racing car
209:
208:
191:Ford-Cosworth DFV
116:
115:
108:
90:
440:
413:
412:
410:
408:
394:
388:
387:
385:
383:
369:
363:
362:
351:
345:
344:
342:
340:
326:
281:François Migault
124:
118:Racing car model
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
448:
447:
443:
442:
441:
439:
438:
437:
418:
417:
416:
406:
404:
396:
395:
391:
381:
379:
371:
370:
366:
359:Ultimatecarpage
353:
352:
348:
338:
336:
328:
327:
323:
319:
300:Thierry Boutsen
277:
247:
212:
119:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
446:
444:
436:
435:
430:
420:
419:
415:
414:
389:
364:
346:
330:"Rondeau M482"
320:
318:
315:
276:
275:Racing history
273:
246:
243:
210:
207:
206:
202:
201:
188:
182:
181:
177:
176:
171:
167:
166:
163:
157:
156:
151:
147:
146:
141:
135:
134:
117:
114:
113:
55:"Rondeau M482"
28:
26:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
445:
434:
431:
429:
426:
425:
423:
403:
399:
393:
390:
378:
374:
368:
365:
360:
356:
350:
347:
335:
331:
325:
322:
316:
314:
312:
307:
303:
301:
297:
292:
288:
286:
282:
274:
272:
270:
267:
262:
260:
256:
252:
244:
242:
240:
236:
232:
229:
225:
216:
203:
200:
196:
192:
189:
187:
183:
178:
175:
172:
168:
164:
162:
158:
155:
152:
148:
145:
142:
140:
136:
130:
125:
110:
107:
99:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: –
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
428:Group C cars
405:. Retrieved
401:
392:
380:. Retrieved
376:
367:
358:
349:
337:. Retrieved
333:
324:
311:Porsche 962C
304:
293:
289:
278:
266:Cosworth DFL
263:
251:Jean Rondeau
248:
241:until 1987.
224:Rondeau M482
223:
221:
174:Rondeau M382
122:Rondeau M482
102:
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
285:Porsche 956
199:mid-engined
170:Predecessor
161:Designer(s)
150:Constructor
422:Categories
317:References
66:newspapers
269:V8 engine
96:June 2022
139:Category
407:17 June
382:17 June
339:17 June
228:Group C
154:Rondeau
144:Group C
80:scholar
226:was a
186:Engine
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
87:JSTOR
73:books
409:2022
384:2022
341:2022
306:Ford
259:M379
255:M382
222:The
59:news
197:,
42:by
424::
400:.
375:.
357:.
332:.
195:V8
411:.
386:.
361:.
343:.
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:·
77:·
70:·
63:·
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
