The future of Corvette - Page 57

HORNDAWG · 23 Jul 2010, 05:39 (Ref:2730995)

That would be thanks to:

Luc Alphand (LAA)
Patrick Sellesagh (SRT)
Christian Schumacher (PSI)
Mike Hezemans (GLPK/PK Carsport)
Anthony Kumpen (PK Carsport)
DK Engineering
and others.

L.P.

HORNDAWG · 23 Jul 2010, 06:27 (Ref:2731009)

Yeah I know, Toine not Mike.

L.P.

arakis · 23 Jul 2010, 10:02 (Ref:2731057)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

That would be thanks to:

Luc Alphand (LAA)
Patrick Sellesagh (SRT)
Christian Schumacher (PSI)
Mike Hezemans (GLPK/PK Carsport)
Anthony Kumpen (PK Carsport)
DK Engineering
and others.

L.P.

those are all gt1 cars, i was talking about gt2, and the sold every chassis they built is easyily explained if they build by order

Flyin Ryan · 23 Jul 2010, 13:04 (Ref:2731154)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

That would be thanks to:

Luc Alphand (LAA)
Patrick Sellesagh (SRT)
Christian Schumacher (PSI)
Mike Hezemans (GLPK/PK Carsport)
Anthony Kumpen (PK Carsport)
DK Engineering
and others.

seems like Alphand bought the most, not looking into results it seems he had a good five-year run at Le Mans running the Vettes.

HORNDAWG · 23 Jul 2010, 13:14 (Ref:2731156)

Quote:

Originally Posted by arakis

those are all gt1 cars, i was talking about gt2, and the sold every chassis they built is easyily explained if they build by order

They were not built to order. They were almost all run by Corvette Racing!

L.P.

HORNDAWG · 23 Jul 2010, 14:47 (Ref:2731198)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyin Ryan

seems like Alphand bought the most, not looking into results it seems he had a good five-year run at Le Mans running the Vettes.

Purchased from Corvette

Alphand, 1 C5.R - 2 C6.R
Selleslagh, 2 C5.R - 1 C6.R
Schumacher, 1 C5.R - 1 C6.R
Hezemans, 2 C6.R
Kumpen, 1 C5.R

and then the inter-team shuffling on the Continent.

Balance of cars built mostly went directly to collecters after being run by Corvette.

L.P.

TWK · 23 Jul 2010, 17:11 (Ref:2731299)

Quote:

Originally Posted by arakis

not when ferrari and porsche are half the price of the corvette, and in europe and basicly the rest of the world porsche and ferrari attract more sponsors! So that leaves only the US ALMS for a perspective buyer and I am not sure a lot of people are ready to spend lots and lots of cash whaen they know they can;t beat the factory team. so my guess is that the number of corvettes sold will be very low

Half the price? Looking at advertised 'sticker' and nothing else? You can't field a Ferrari in ALMS for less than $750,000 ready-to-race. (One knowledgeable party told me $800,000.)

Now, if there's a factory team in the class, then yes, that's a "disincentive." On the other hand Porsche has always fielded "factory teams," though they use various slight-of-hand to disguise it.

cmk · 23 Jul 2010, 17:16 (Ref:2731303)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyin Ryan

seems like Alphand bought the most, not looking into results it seems he had a good five-year run at Le Mans running the Vettes.

My understanding is that Luc has actually bought 0 Corvettes. He just ran them. The two regular LAA C6.Rs (not the LM2010 cars) are believed to have been purchased by a prominent member of the Rothschild family.

AndrewF31 · 25 Jul 2010, 21:14 (Ref:2732823)

I do remember Luc saying they refrained from using their other Corvette at Le Mans after they lost the other one in the fire, in order not to risk the 2nd car which was destined for a private collector.

I don't know how expensive the GT3 Vette is but there's quite a few of those driving around Europe in GT3 and national championships.

CTD · 25 Jul 2010, 21:33 (Ref:2732852)

After reading about the expensive GT2 Corvette, i can only feel sad about the fact that the Markland Racing project failed.

HORNDAWG · 27 Aug 2010, 05:02 (Ref:2750901)

Well if the realignment of drivers, Beretta and O'Connell in #3 Corvette & Gavin and Magnussen in #4 Corvette works at Mosport then I would venture that it will be permanant. So probably Olivier, Johnny and Antonio in #3 & Olly, Jan and Manu in the #4 for endurance rounds.

L.P.

AndrewF31 · 27 Aug 2010, 16:39 (Ref:2751120)

Signs that Corvette wasn't happy with the results and are trying to revamp things?

Would have been nice seeing Beretta and Magnussen together but they are their strongest 2 I think.

kyoung · 27 Aug 2010, 17:32 (Ref:2751142)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Signs that Corvette wasn't happy with the results and are trying to revamp things?

Would have been nice seeing Beretta and Magnussen together but they are their strongest 2 I think.

That may have been the case in the past but Gavin has been lights out quick lately; Magnussen has always been fast. They now have the two (currently) fastest drivers in the #4 car.

JAG · 27 Aug 2010, 19:23 (Ref:2751185)

Good news for Corvette?

http://www.autoextremist.com/fumes1/

Any new on customer cars coming to Europe particularly as there will be an ILMC title for GTE.

andy_b · 27 Aug 2010, 22:50 (Ref:2751244)

What is your favourite Yellow/Black livery on the vette? I'm interested for a reason which will become clear next week

HORNDAWG · 27 Aug 2010, 23:35 (Ref:2751250)

'09 GT-1 reversed, car to car, color scheme of black on yellow and yellow on black.

L.P.

WMUCarGuy · 27 Aug 2010, 23:38 (Ref:2751251)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

What is your favourite Yellow/Black livery on the vette? I'm interested for a reason which will become clear next week

Loved the BBV livery from Laguna Seca 08.

carsten66 · 27 Aug 2010, 23:57 (Ref:2751257)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

'09 GT-1 reversed, car to car, color scheme of black on yellow and yellow on black.

L.P.

Agree, indeed looking great, also my favourite livery...

JHamilton · 28 Aug 2010, 01:58 (Ref:2751277)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

What is your favourite Yellow/Black livery on the vette? I'm interested for a reason which will become clear next week

Maybe I'm boring, but I perfer the C5R livery with solid yellow and the black back. One year (might have been '05?) they ran with a black stripe down the side.

Of the GT2 liveries, I like last years MUCH more than the current livery.

AndrewF31 · 28 Aug 2010, 10:02 (Ref:2751348)

I liked the special livery from Laguna Seca the other year with Jake's skull on the hood.
The GT1 liveries from last year (all black and all yellow) were also to my liking.

CTD · 29 Aug 2010, 08:37 (Ref:2751649)

My favorite is the solid Yellow with Black touch, as i have always been a fan of manufactures running solid easy to spot colour schemes.

Matt · 30 Aug 2010, 14:29 (Ref:2752275)

Shame you had to say yellow and black, 'cause the best one was the Le Mans '03 one.

fieldodreams79 · 30 Aug 2010, 15:04 (Ref:2752289)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

What is your favourite Yellow/Black livery on the vette?

ALL BLACK, no yellow...next question.

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

I'm interested for a reason which will become clear next week

Hmmm...very interesting. Looking forward to the reason becoming clear.

R4z3rw33n · 30 Aug 2010, 15:48 (Ref:2752299)

Loved the predominantly black, LM'09 livery.

A reversal of the current livery probably wouldn't look too bad, either (i.e. Darker front section/yellow rear).

andy_b · 31 Aug 2010, 00:34 (Ref:2752515)

ok, thanks all. I love the almost all black version TBH.

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