Gibson Technology have put their remaining chassis construction business up for sale giving a buyer the opportunity to both support the existing cars built under both the Zytek and Gibson marques, but also to construct new cars.
The sale includes the 04S show car that has greeted all visitors to Gibson’s Repton, Derbyshire HQ for many years and a ‘new’ and entirely unused chassis for the last of the line, the Gibson 015S.
For Sale Gibson Technology Chassis Business
Zytek / Gibson Technology have a great history and excellent reputation for supplying successful sportscar chassis from 2002 – 2016. This sale offers a great opportunity to acquire all the IPR and manufacturing rights to sell spares to support the current cars racing in historic series and also to produce new cars.
The following items will be included within the sale
All design and engineering data consisting of:
– Catia V5 3D CAD models
– Manufacturing & assembly drawings
– Lamination lay-up manuals
– Wiring & electrical drawings
– Wind tunnel & car aero data
– FIA Crash test results & certifications
– Torsion test data
– Car set-up sheets
– ACO homologation files & all Evolution forms.
– Car manuals
All spares consisting of:
– 04S Show Car
– Numerous spares
– New 015S chassis tub
– Body Work, Chassis Moulds & Tooling
For further details please contact enquiries@gibsontech.co.uk
The Zytez and Gibson cars have a fine history in LMP1 and LMP2, taking the final ELMS Championship of the (ironically) pre-Gibson-engined LMP2 era, part of a roll of honour that includes 2 x ELMS Championship wins, 2 x Le Mans Series LMP2 Championships and class wins at the 2011 and 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours together with race and/ or class wins in seven different Championships or Series
Zytek Gibson Chassis Successes
2003 1 win – FIA SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP – RN Motorsport Zytek 03S (1st Oschersleben – Wallace/Shimoda)
2005 3 wins – LE MANS ENDURANCE SERIES Zytek Eng 04S-03 2nd P1 (1st Spa &; Nürburgring – Nielsen/ Shimoda/Elgaard/Chilton) – AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES Zytek Eng 04S-03 4th P1 (1st Laguna Seca – Chilton/Shimoda)
2007 5 wins – LE MANS SERIES Barazi-Epsilon Zytek 07S/2-01 3rd P2 (1st Interlagos – Barazi/Vergers/Ojjeh)
JAPANESE LM CHALLENGE Hitotsuyama Racing Zytek 05S-03 1st LMP1 (1st Sugo, Fuji, Motegi – Noda/Yamaki)
2009 1-win championship winners – LE MANS SERIES Quifel ASM Zytek GZ09S-05 1st P2 (1st Algarve & Nürburgring – Amaral/Pla)
2010 2 wins – LE MANS SERIES Beechdean Mansell Zytek GZ09S-04 7th P1 (1st Hungary – Mansell/Mansell) Quifel ASM Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S-05 6th P2 (1st Spa – Amaral/Pla)
2011 2 wins championship winners – LE MANS 24 HOURS Greaves Zytek Z11SN-03 Nissan 1st P2 (Ojjeh/Kimber-Smith/Lombard) – LE MANS SERIES Greaves Zytek Z11SN-03 Nissan 1st P2 (1st Ricard, Imola, Silv – Ojjeh/Kimber-Smith/ Lombard)
2012 1 win – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Jota Zytek Z11SN-09 Nissan (1st Spa P2 – Hancock/Dolan)
2014 2 wins – LE MANS 24 HOURS Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN-09 Nissan 1st P2 (Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey) – EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN-09 Nissan 2nd P2 (1st Imola – Albquerque/Dolan/ Tincknell)
2015 1-win Championship winners – EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES Greaves Gibson 015S-08 Nissan 1st P2 (1st Silverstone, Ricard – Hirschi/Lanc/Wird)
2016 3 wins – Championship winners – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – G-Drive/Jota Gibson 015S-09 Nissan 3rd P2 (1st Fuji, Sha, Bah – Rusinov/Rast/Stevens) EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES Champions G-Drive Jota Gibson 015S-09 Nissan VK45DE 1st (1st Silverstone and Estoril – Dolan/Tincknell/vdGarde)
