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8 Sep 2003, 22:44 (Ref:712451)
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Well said. The money situation does help but it is also about how it is used.
No, HRT's success cannot be down to money alone. In fact, several other teams have budgets in the same region but for whatever reason, they don't getvthe cars across the line first as often. The slanted results over the years have actually been due to a lack of co-ordination in the attack mounted by Ford, (until now) and several basic flaws in the adaptation for racing in the AU model. I don't know about Sandown and Bahurst but to approach them as individual races outside of any championship concerns and tackle them as one challenge followed by another should see HRT in contention as usual for the podium and possibly a win. The pressure is on SBR to win not HRT. |
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8 Sep 2003, 23:07 (Ref:712475)
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If the BA is such a good thing then what are the other Ford Teams doing wrong? No the fact is that the BA is not much better than the AU which did manage to win a Round of the Championship in June 1999 at it's 5th ever outing. I believe the HRT conglomerate have forgotten one of the fundamentals of motor racing "if you stand still you will go backwards". SBR have lifted their game and HRT have relied on what has worked for them in the past. This applies to comparisons between HRT and other Holden teams such as Dynamis and Morris.
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8 Sep 2003, 23:14 (Ref:712486)
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Don`t beleive for one second that HRT have stood still. It is hard for some people to understand the fact that HRT are developing a new car and new engine and still manage to be one of the hottest teams in pit lane. They are working on there package and when they are ready they will release all hell on the series. I beleive even Marcus and and Stone`s beleive this and are enjoying winning while they can. One thing is for sure HRT and Holden will come back and the Aurora will be there saviour. (Gee I hope I am wrong, Go the FORDS).
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8 Sep 2003, 23:27 (Ref:712499)
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If the BA is such a good thing then what are the other Ford Teams doing? The fact is it is not much better than the AU which won a Round of the Championship at it's 5th ever outing in Darwin in 1999 setting a lap record that still stands today.What has happened with HRT is that they had forgotten one of the fundamentals of motor sport "if you stand still you will go backwards". SBR have lifted their game and HRT have relied on what worked for them in the past.This also applies to comparisons with other Hilden Teams such as Dynamic and Morris.
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9 Sep 2003, 05:52 (Ref:712645)
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so right theman, combine it with the fact the rules allow the holden teams a small advantage with cars at the moment by allowing the hybrid version it certainly makes you think how good is the propper vy going to be
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it was once CAMS sponsered by holden now its AVESCO sponsered by holden and we know who wears the knee pads
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10 Sep 2003, 08:47 (Ref:713882)
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An awful lot of people are coming forward with opinions and assumptions. Does anyone have the resources to research this scientifically, specifically comparing lap times and race speed for each of the teams over the last 3 or 4 years. That would give us a true picture of who has gone forward and who has gone backward and by how much........
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11 Sep 2003, 14:37 (Ref:715166)
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Now where's Mark Jones (from the other site) when you need him
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11 Sep 2003, 22:04 (Ref:715686)
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HRT have done pretty good job of hanging in there when you consider that they are trying to develop the independant front end, and the only track time they get is at race meetings.
SBR have been working on their car for quite a while, last year they had good suspension setup with bad front end aeros. The BA now has good aeros. Tuning the rear to follow the front was the big challenge. Every team works hard at what they do, NOT everyone works smart. Look at HRT in recent years, would turn up to a track with development setup on the cars, if it worked they continued developing. If it didn't work they would revert to a known setup in the second session and be on the pace. That is SMART. Go back and look at the first and second sessions at just about any event over the past two or three years. |
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12 Sep 2003, 00:36 (Ref:715772)
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Yes, and often in brand new cars- pole, FL, race win.
SBR were doing as good a job in the second half of '02 with the AU, as there were precious few AUs near them. |
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