Re: The Sportscar and Endurance Thread
Posted: 19 Jun 2016, 20:20
Turbo went bang after 23 hours and 57 minutes...
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DanielPT wrote:Even after a day you can feel the painful heartbreak when seeing the replays of that moment.
golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/lamborghini-tipped-for-2018-wec-entry-with-huracan-project-807633/
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?
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.
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).
golic_2004 wrote:Thanks for the memories Aussie Grit http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/webb ... 16-838165/
nome66 wrote: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.
Simtek wrote:golic_2004 wrote:Thanks for the memories Aussie Grit http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/webb ... 16-838165/
golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/audi-to-leave-wec-at-the-end-of-2016-843080/ Audi's gone
Simtek wrote:golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/audi-to-leave-wec-at-the-end-of-2016-843080/ Audi's gone
#AudiFEConfirmed
dr-baker wrote:Simtek wrote:golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/audi-to-leave-wec-at-the-end-of-2016-843080/ Audi's gone
#AudiF5Confirmed
Fixed to sadly reflect reality, rather than through this forum's lovely rose-tinted glasses...
Simtek wrote:#AudiF5Confirmed
Now it's fixed.
Klon wrote:Simtek wrote:#AudiF5Confirmed
Now it's fixed.
That never was funny and never will be, nor are you particularly clever for thinking of it. Sorry, mate.
dr-baker wrote:Simtek wrote:golic_2004 wrote:http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/audi-to-leave-wec-at-the-end-of-2016-843080/ Audi's gone
#AudiFEConfirmed
Fixed to sadly reflect reality, rather than through this forum's lovely rose-tinted glasses...
Klon wrote:Simtek wrote:#AudiF5Confirmed
Now it's fixed.
If only it were in reference to a series with 5-litre internal-combustion engines!
Wizzie wrote:Ask and you shall receive
Wallio wrote:So Cadillac of all people have announced an LMP1 .....errr DPi chassis for 2017! Car looks stunning and I love that they are running the big Chevy V8.
http://www.imsa.com/news/112016/cadilla ... 24-daytona
So the ALMS err, USCS, errr WSCC has three manufacturers in DPi, Mazda, Nissan (Ligier with a body kit), plus the four spec LMP2 chassis. The Mazada and Caddy look beyond sexy too.
Wallio wrote:So Cadillac of all people have announced an LMP1 .....errr DPi chassis for 2017! Car looks stunning and I love that they are running the big Chevy V8.
http://www.imsa.com/news/112016/cadilla ... 24-daytona
So the ALMS err, USCS, errr WSCC has three manufacturers in DPi, Mazda, Nissan (Ligier with a body kit), plus the four spec LMP2 chassis. The Mazada and Caddy look beyond sexy too.
DPi will have 7 chassis, and 4 engines in it. LMP1 has what next year? Toyota and Porsche?
My only question is can DPis run at Le Mans? or are they still banned like the old DPs were? I'd love to see the Caddies and Mazadas make the trip
Wallio wrote:While I must say the fact that they sound like Indy cars (body kits on a spec chassis) is unbelievably disappointing, it does explain GM'S involvement.
Well hopefully they go to La Sathe. Lord knows they need Prototype entries.
Wizzie wrote:I present to you one of the finest racing fields that has ever been assembled
Wallio wrote:KUBICA TO LEAD BYKOLLES THIS YEAR! KUBICA TO LEAD BYKOLLES THIS YEAR!! KUBICA TO LEAD BYKOLLES THIS YEAR!!!
Sorry. Now with that out of the way, i have a question for those on here that are more up on the regs than I am (if you gents are still around, board seems quite dead). While watching some of the 24 at a hotel, the US announcers mentioned the Ford GT exploiting some GTE loopholes and basically being a prototype in GT clothes.
Que Tuesday and a few "leaked" photos of the mid-engined C8 Corvette mule appear again. Now there have bee rumors of a mid-engined vette since 1953, so I normally ignore them, but this car is built and runs, the first running MR-Vette since the '70s. And what is the word this time? That GM will release it in 2018 as a halo homolegation special to run at Le Mans, with GM even saying they need to exploit the same loopholes as Ford to compete.
So my question is, what loopholes?