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5 Jan 2017, 09:13 (Ref:3700276) | #4751 | ||
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Maybe Rebellion and ByKolles will buy a few chassis.
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5 Jan 2017, 16:26 (Ref:3700340) | #4752 | ||
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What's interesting is this:
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5 Jan 2017, 16:41 (Ref:3700343) | #4753 | |
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mecachrome if am not wrong, was the tuner that was going to tune a modified version of the peugeot 5.5 V12 HDi for interested lmp1 customers, back in 2013.
800HP was basically the power of 2008 908 HDi... it's quite reachable, with a bit of luck and a lot of diesel... |
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Look at 8 cars lined up at this October's VdeV round at Magny Cours - these are G57s BTW - LMP3 based but with Chevrolet LS3 6.3-litre V8 engines More details here:- http://ginetta.com/news_article.php?id=331 - and here http://ginetta.com/racing.php?champi...g57-p2&tab=car Mariantic |
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5 Jan 2017, 17:54 (Ref:3700354) | #4755 | ||
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6 Jan 2017, 12:45 (Ref:3700534) | #4758 | |
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I've read that article, but it doesn't really explain it. It isn't an LMP2 car. It just isn't. It might be kinda close to the old LMP2 performance area, but it's a bit off the new one, and it just isn't an LMP2 car in any form. Calling it a P2 is a bit...odd. It even says that anyone with an old LMP2 should stick it in a museum and buy a G57. But anyone with an old LMP2 is either wanting a Le Mans car, or is running in AsLMS. The G57-P2 can't do either. It's probably a great track car, and obviously VdeV legal, but it doesn't fill the same niche as the old LMP2s.
But it also doesn't talk about why the G57 just ceases to exist. It isn't even referenced on the website. Ok they had falling outs with ORECA and what not, but it was an important car, despite the build quality and support issues. I really love Ginetta because it feels like an old fashioned, blokes in a garage, taking on the big boys. It's great. But I don't understand what they're doing with the "G57-Not-a-P2" and the "G57-Doesn't-exist-P3" |
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11 Jan 2017, 17:26 (Ref:3701870) | #4760 | ||
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Manor will be in LMP1 in 2018, with a Ginetta Mechachrome turbo V6.
http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/0...-2018-wec.html |
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11 Jan 2017, 17:37 (Ref:3701873) | #4761 | ||
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It's getting hard not to be a little excited by the Ginetta P1 programme. Yes it seems a little ambitious but heck they have three seriously interested parties Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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11 Jan 2017, 18:02 (Ref:3701881) | #4762 | |
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Great news! Hope they have a good time of it and come up with something able to at least hang with the hybrid cars.
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11 Jan 2017, 19:57 (Ref:3701893) | #4763 | |
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Hell yeah.
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12 Jan 2017, 12:36 (Ref:3702067) | #4764 | |
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750-800 bhp. Now we're talking!
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12 Jan 2017, 15:32 (Ref:3702113) | #4765 | ||
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from that same DSC article:
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12 Jan 2017, 15:57 (Ref:3702124) | #4766 | |
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SMP and BR built something like 7 or 8 BR01... but as far I know, they had just one customer... anyway hope all the best for ginetta.
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31 Mar 2017, 18:24 (Ref:3722859) | #4769 | ||
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Porsche, Toyota Agree to Freeze Chassis Designs Through 2019
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31 Mar 2017, 20:44 (Ref:3722899) | #4770 | ||
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31 Mar 2017, 21:16 (Ref:3722908) | #4771 | ||
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One thing that I noticed dating back to the Audi R18 '17 scale model is an opening up of the shutter panels above the radiator intakes on all the current LMP1 factory cars. I thought that the ACO had rules that mandated that something like them be there for legality reasons, or there was some benefit to using them. But since that Audi scale model showed up, those panels have disappeared on the Toyota and Porsche.
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13 Apr 2017, 16:17 (Ref:3726130) | #4772 | ||
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A look at the new LMP1 regulations for factory teams, and how they's side stepped them:
http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/t...-aero-deficit/ |
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20 Apr 2017, 13:57 (Ref:3727973) | #4773 | ||
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These would be the technical exceptions for the new participants in LM P1 registered in the sports regulations.
http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/les...ement-sportif/ |
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6 May 2017, 22:40 (Ref:3731778) | #4774 | ||
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It seems this weekend that the LM spec cars were fast over the course of one lap, but had nothing come the race.
I'm thinking that maybe because the rear diffuser changes to the cars, that the LM and sprint packages have become more specialized and I think, like the ACO changes in 2000, shifted the aero balance forward. So I guess that it's little wonder why the LM spec cars struggled for most of the race. Even Porsche got no where near backing up their qualifying performance with the #1. |
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17 May 2017, 16:16 (Ref:3734090) | #4775 | ||
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ACO Brass gives a sneak peak at 2020 LMP1 proposals for rules:
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