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aerond wrote:Yes RDD, but we always knew you never had any sort of taste either
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DanielPT wrote:Even after a day you can feel the painful heartbreak when seeing the replays of that moment.
Oh, for sure... Very painfull.
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golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/lamborghini-tipped-for-2018-wec-entry-with-huracan-project-807633/
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, as I don't follow sports cars nearly as much anymore, but is this really news? I mean Lambo has been running over here in GT3 for like 15 years. How much different is a GTE car?
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Wallio wrote:golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/lamborghini-tipped-for-2018-wec-entry-with-huracan-project-807633/
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, as I don't follow sports cars nearly as much anymore, but is this really news? I mean Lambo has been running over here in GT3 for like 15 years. How much different is a GTE car?
Not a stupid question to me at all, so no apologies are necessary. To answer your question, it is kind of news as Lamborghini has until this year been "under the radar" of the big leagues in sports car leagues. Starting this year it has joined the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), the top organization in sports cars in North America. It was only a matter of time before it joins the WEC to do battle with the elite manufactures of Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Ford, etc. I find this big news for the fans of Lamborghini.
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golic_2004 wrote:
Not a stupid question to me at all, so no apologies are necessary. To answer your question, it is kind of news as Lamborghini has until this year been "under the radar" of the big leagues in sports car leagues. Starting this year it has joined the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), the top organization in sports cars in North America. It was only a matter of time before it joins the WEC to do battle with the elite manufactures of Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Ford, etc. I find this big news for the fans of Lamborghini.
Thanks for the reply. The idea of a factory Lambo team going up against Risi, and the Corvette boys is pretty cool. I still miss Panoz though...
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At the moment, however, it is not yet clear which championship they will be moving to, nor what chassis they will be using for next year. http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/10/0 ... -2017.html
To be honest, I had a feeling for a while that this might happen - with the expected cost inflation for 2017 due to the new rules the ACO has brought out, there was a feeling that the privateer class was no longer financially sustainable. As things stand, Kolles is now the last privateer entrant in the LMP1 class for 2017 - but I do have to wonder whether AER (the main engine supplier for the privateer teams) will have the financial resources to manufacture engines for just one single team for the long term.
He's had a knack of hanging in there somehow, but I would not be surprised if Kolles calls it quits after 2017 as well - or, for that matter, if the ACO decides to abolish the privateer LMP1 class altogether (it would fit with their desire to make it a "manufacturers only" class and, with just Kolles left fighting that corner, he'd have very little leverage to work with).
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mario wrote:So, it seems that the LMP1 class is due to shrink yet again - after holding out for several years in the privateer class, Rebellion have announced that they will be withdrawing from the LMP1 class and are dropping down into the LMP2 class in 2017.
At the moment, however, it is not yet clear which championship they will be moving to, nor what chassis they will be using for next year. http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/10/0 ... -2017.html
To be honest, I had a feeling for a while that this might happen - with the expected cost inflation for 2017 due to the new rules the ACO has brought out, there was a feeling that the privateer class was no longer financially sustainable. As things stand, Kolles is now the last privateer entrant in the LMP1 class for 2017 - but I do have to wonder whether AER (the main engine supplier for the privateer teams) will have the financial resources to manufacture engines for just one single team for the long term.
He's had a knack of hanging in there somehow, but I would not be surprised if Kolles calls it quits after 2017 as well - or, for that matter, if the ACO decides to abolish the privateer LMP1 class altogether (it would fit with their desire to make it a "manufacturers only" class and, with just Kolles left fighting that corner, he'd have very little leverage to work with).
i kinda saw that coming. when they moved from a heavily-modified Lola to a only-slightly-modified Oreca 05 chassis, it was clear to me that they were on the way down the ladder.
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aerond wrote:Yes RDD, but we always knew you never had any sort of taste either
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golic_2004 wrote:Thanks for the memories Aussie Grit http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/webb ... 16-838165/