CREATION AIM-07 CHASSIS 2 CREATION

he star of the squad shone second race in prototypes. brightly for a few short years in the mid-2000s. Buoyed by its successes, the plucky privateer began The team named after the Pillars of Creation developing a car that had started out as the still-born Tstar-forming nebula discovered by the Hubble Space Reynard 02S. Eventually Creation would become Telescope was an almost-constant thorn in the side of a constructor in its own right with the design and Audi on both sides of the Atlantic. development of the Creation CA07S for the 2007 Creation, set up by British-based American Mike season. Jankowski ahead of the 2003 season, expanded from Creation had found itself racing against another the GT arena into the prototype ranks for 2004 with privateer in Zytek Engineering with a car as near the purchase of the identical to the DBA4 DBA4 LMP675 03S. Creation had chassis with which purchased the one- 1990 Le Mans off Reynard, which 24 Hours victor had first raced as John Nielsen’s RN the IRM 02S at the Motorsport team had Petit been a race winner Le Mans enduro in in the FIA Sportscar 2002, but the rights to Championship the the design has been previous season. bought from the ashes The new team with of Reynard by British a fan of astrology at engine specialist its helm was able to Zytek, which was now challenge the might expanding into chassis of Audi in the new construction for the Le Mans Endurance first time. Series with its lightweight Zytek-powered contender. Creation saw the drawbacks in trying to go up The team immediately made its mark, notching against the same chassis and engine combination run up a podium with and Jamie a works team. That resulted in Jankowski and team Campbell-Walter behind the two Audi R8 LMP1s run manager Ian Bickerton choosing to swap to the by the Veloqx team — and ahead of the Team Goh GV5 V8 engine for 2005. example that had just triumphed at Le Mans — at the More against-the-odds results followed for Creation. Nurburgring 1000Km in July. It was only the team’s There were poles for Minassian and a near-miss for the Frenchman and long-time team-mate Campbell- had emerged from Reynard’s Brackley factory five years Walter on home ground in the Silverstone 1000Km in before. Zytek had also been developing its machine August. A late safety-car and a minor gearbox glitch and built a new chassis for 2007. Line up the bare contrived to keep them off the top step of the podium monocoques of a Zytek 07S and a Creation CA07, and in a rain-affected race. They were just over six-seconds it would take an expert to tell them apart. behind the winning Audi shared by Allan The new car, initially powered by the 5.5-litre Judd McNish and Stephane Ortelli at the chequered flag. V10, hit the track in the run-up to the Le Mans Test A team that had existed for barely three seasons was Day in June 2007. It completed more than 1500km at on its way to becoming a constructor. A landscape Snetterton, and then Magny-Cours of constant rules before ending up evolution in the mid- ninth in the times as 2000s accelerated that the fourth best petrol- progression. What powered prototype became the Creation in the hands of Jamie CA07 was effectively Campbell-Walter. developed in two Creation fielded a stages. single car with a The first step line-up now led by was to adapt the Campbell-Walter after original Reynard Minassian, his name chassis to the latest in sportscar racing aerodynamic rules, made with Creation, at the same time as had been picked up fitting a Judd V10 to by the factory create a pukka LMP1 squad to race its car. The updates were new 908 HDi FAP undertaken by the turbodiesel. KW Motorsport organisation headed by Kieron Salter, Creation was still a force in the prototype ranks, who had been project manager at Reynard on the 02S. though the goal-posts were moving with the arrival of He still owned the original Reynard windtunnel model, the mega-million turbodiesel projects from Audi and which was brought into play to create a new LMP1 Peugeot. Creation, though, was still punching above its contender. weight among the petrol-powered independents. There The Creation CA06/H was born and more successes were a string of top-six results in the LMS, culminating followed in what was now known simply as the Le in a first podium for the CA07 in the Mil Milhas round Mans Series from 2006. There was a second place for at Interlagos in Brazil at the end of the year. Minassian, ex-Formula 1 driver and There was a new engine in the back of the CA07 for Filipe Ortiz at the Nurburgring 1000Km and another 2008. Japanese automotive development company AIM giant-killing pole position at against the had commissioned a wide-angle version of the Judd new Audi R10 TDI turbodiesels over in North America. V10 and linked up with Creation to field two cars in Creation also entered a second car for the first time the LMS. The team continued its run of top-six finishes in 2006 — and it was built up around a Zytek-built with the new combination, scoring a fourth at Monza monocoque! The team purchased the Zytek 04S raced and a sixth at Silverstone. by the British in the LMES in 2004-05 and Creation downscaled its assault for 2009 as the world turned it into a CA06/H. financial crisis hit. There was a single-car assault, now The road map of regulation changes meant Creation with the Judd engine again, at Le Mans, but the team’s had to build its own monocoque for 2007. KW star was waning. Development of the CA07 continued, Motorsport and ex-Reynard man Salter were again but the team would not grace an international sportscar employed to continue a natural path of development grid again before finally closing its doors. for the team. “We were the little guys, so it was fun to go up against There was an all-new monocoque and the LMP1-size Audi and give them a bit of trouble on a fairly regular wheels and tyres (the CA06/H had retained the smaller basis,” recalls Campbell-Walter. “I remember after LMP675 rims), but the heritage of the CA07 was clear. Nic put it on pole one time in the American Le Mans The suspension geometry owed much to the original Series, Dr Wolfgang Ullrich asking us what our budget 02S design on the principe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix was. When we told him, he said ‘that’s’ probably half it. our catering budget’.” And the new tub clearly had its roots in the one that AIM-07 CHASSIS 02

reation Autosportif’s plan was always to Robbie Kerr and Bruce Jouanny, who were run a second CA07 with the Judd-built joined by Stuart Hall after Jamie Campbell-Walter’s AIM V10, but the car missed the opening accident in qualifying in the sister entry, scored CLMS round at Barcelona in early April. And when the best result in this car’s short, eight-race history. #002 did appear at Monza later in the month, it They ended up fourth, just missing out on podium was the number #003 that appeared on its chassis as Hall battled with the third-placed Pescarolo plate. A legal wrangle with one of the team’s former for the honour of being the first privateer home drivers explained the anomaly. behind the Peugeot and Audi that finished first and second. Kerr and Hall came home ninth at Spa - also with the car badged as #003 — in the final warm-up race before Le Mans. The car finally revealed its true identity at the French enduro, running as #002, for the first time as the team’s lead entry after the US Autocon team’s drivers took over #001. Experienced sportscar drivers and came in to join Hall in the absence of Campbell-Walter, who was still convalescing from the injuries. The car was qualified 21st, but could only reach the finish in 24th position after no fewer than five punctures, one of which nudged Mowlem into the barriers at 190mph on the run from Mulsanne Corner to Indianapolis. Campbell-Walter was back in the harness when the LMS resumed after Le Mans with the Nurburgring 1000Km. He and Hall came home eighth to rack up some more points and then followed it up with sixth on home ground for Creation at Silverstone from 15th on the grid. There were more races for CA07 #002 in the at the end of the year. The car contested the Petit Le Mans 1000-mile enduro and then the final round of the championship at Laguna Seca. The last hurrah for Creation Autosportif came with CA07 #002, now with a 5.5-litre Judd engine in place of the AIM variant, at Le Mans in 2009. The car, also running with minor upgrades and shod with Michelin rather than Dunlop tyres, was driven by Campbell-Walter, Romain Ianetta and , daughter of six-time Le Mans winner Jacky. The car repeated its 24th-place finish of the previous season. IMPORTANT DATA

Creation AIM-07 #002 CHASSIS 002 Current Engine Mileage 629km Current Chassis Race 7000km Approx Mileage Total Chassis Testing Unknown

Front Rear Engine 5.5L V10 AIM-JUDD Dampers OHLINS TTX OHLINS TTX Transmission MEGALINE 6 SPEED Engine JUDD (PETROL) Brakes AP RACING CARBON AP RACING CARBON Tyres MICHELIN MICHELIN Wheels BBS BBS

Race Results Date Race No. Chassis Drivers Entrant Result 1.6.2008 Le Mans Test 14 Creation CA07 #002 Mowlem / Hall / Goossens Creation AIM 19th (KW Motorsport) 15.6.2008 24 h Le Mans 14 Creation CA07 #002 Mowlem / Hall / Goossens Creation Autosportif Ltd. 24th (KW Motorsport) 17.8.2008 1000 km 15 Creation CA07 #002 Campbell-Walter / Hall Creation AIM 8th Nürburgring (KW MotorspWort) 4.9.2008 1000 km 15 Creation CA07 Campbell-Walter / Hall Creation AIM 6th Silverstone (KW Motorsport) 4.10.2008 Petit Le Mans 88 Creation CA07 #002 Simpson / Halliday Creation Autosportif 32nd (KW Motorsport) 18.10.2008 4 h Laguna Seca 88 Creation CA07 #002 Simpson / Halliday Creation Autosportif 17th (KW Motorsport) 14.6.2009 24 h Le Mans 4 Creation CA07 #002 Campbell-Walter / Ickx / Creation Autosportif 24th Iannetta