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Old 17 Dec 2017, 19:20 (Ref:3787736)   #851
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@mods: can you please update the title of this topic to 'WEC 2018/2019 season'? Thx.
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Old 17 Dec 2017, 20:30 (Ref:3787755)   #852
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 11:21 (Ref:3788049)   #853
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I do find myself wondering if David Cheng is now wishing he'd taken the plunge and put together an LMP1 programme for 2018/19, as others have done.
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 12:15 (Ref:3788057)   #854
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Radio Le Mans will have exclusive FIA WEC announcement at 1pm today.
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 12:59 (Ref:3788064)   #855
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Oh it looks like it Aston Martin related. More soon
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 13:02 (Ref:3788067)   #856
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Maxime Martin confirmed at Aston Martin Racing

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Old 19 Dec 2017, 13:13 (Ref:3788070)   #857
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Lynn and Martin, both great signings for Aston Martin in the off season.

off WEC topic, but I hope to see both in some GT3 Aston's in 2018 too
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Aston Martin is using a Mercedes engine?! Why is that happening?
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 13:45 (Ref:3788078)   #859
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Technical partnership signed with AMG on the road car side a couple of years ago, especially for the Vantage. Race engine development couldn't have been far behind.
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EoT regulations (and the rest) released for 2018/19.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/f...eot-protocols/

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Old 19 Dec 2017, 15:49 (Ref:3788108)   #861
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Technical partnership signed with AMG on the road car side a couple of years ago, especially for the Vantage. Race engine development couldn't have been far behind.
Perhaps not the worst partnership, however I think it should really be an Aston lump in the nose of that car. I guess there could have been worst options, at least the car should sound good.
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 16:55 (Ref:3788119)   #862
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Daimler probably own more stock in Aston Martin than Ford does now (Ford has been a minority owner of AM since 2007). Ford owned stock valued $70 million after the 2007 sale.

Daimler is a 5% stakeholder in AM, and the group that controls the ownership own 90%, so someone else (maybe Ford, maybe not) also has a 5% stakeholding. And as it stands now, AM is fully privately held, though there's been rumors of an IPO (going to the stock market) or selling shares to another private investor to drum up cash.
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With enough teams in LMP1 for this season, it's should be a good season. Shame Toyota couldn't have announced they were staying sooner, then they probably wouldn't have decided to go super season
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Old 20 Dec 2017, 16:09 (Ref:3788355)   #864
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They would have had to at some point because the ACO have said if you want to do Le Mans and you're not a ELMS or IMSA team, you need to commit to the full season.

Granted, if you're the ACO and Toyota only wanted to do a partial season, would you turn that down?
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I kind of agree that this takes the wind out of the Alonso sails a bit. It seems like an odd compromise that potentially leaves nobody completely happy. Not sure, but hey, it's still better to have him than not have him.
I think that's the sentiment that led to Super Aguri F1.

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ill Toyota buy him a seat in another team (LMP2?) for the weekend?

It's an odd solution if that's how they are going.
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McLaren racing director Eric Boullier believes that WEC would keep Alonso sharp for F1.

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Who is the unlucky driver who will have to sit out of Le Mans? Will Toyota buy him a seat in another team (LMP2?) for the weekend?
Not that I hope it to happen but would be kinda crazy if that Toyota broke down at Le Mans, the LMP2 scored points, and that driver eventually became the champion ahead of his crewmates.
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Toyota set to retain their 2017 driver line-up, meaning Alonso will replace one on an ad-hoc basis:
https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/1...or-superseason
These quotes were given in Bahrain before the rookie test, so before anyone at Toyota would speak publicly about Alonso. The journalist has simply held on to the comments for several weeks, so this shouldn't be considered new information.
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Is United going to Le Mans?
Yes, they have an auto invite courtesy of their P3 class win in the ELMS last year.

Can a team now enter more than 3 drivers in a car for LM?
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Yes, they have an auto invite courtesy of their P3 class win in the ELMS last year.

Can a team now enter more than 3 drivers in a car for LM?
No, only 2 or 3 driver crews are permitted for the whole of the WEC.
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Racing Team Nederland are bringing their Dallara to the WEC.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/1...er-season.html
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Huge step up for them. Hope it goes well. They had a rough 2018
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Are the most amateur teams moving from ELMS to WEC because they have less races in 2018, but it includes Le Mans? I mean, they would have longer trips to do, but less races in the same year, with maybe is good if you are an amateur with a bussiness to maintain.
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It's going to be really hard for ELMS teams to get Le Mans invites next year with a full WEC field, a bunch of auto invites being used, and a ton of factory GT cars.
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Racing Team Nederland are bringing their Dallara to the WEC.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/1...er-season.html
Maybe the best news about that is there will no longer be an Oreca lock on lmp2 in the WEC! Yay for variety!
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