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Old 13 Sep 2012, 20:52 (Ref:3135595)   #926
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Would hack my right arm off to see a couple of silver Merc P1's back at Le Mans!
No thanks. They disrespected the event, I'm happy to see them never return.
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Old 13 Sep 2012, 20:54 (Ref:3135597)   #927
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I'd have them back tomorrow. (Well, next year).

But that doesn't mean I'd want them to win......
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Old 13 Sep 2012, 21:07 (Ref:3135604)   #928
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I'd have them back tomorrow. (Well, next year).

But that doesn't mean I'd want them to win......
Indeed!
There's lot's of manufactures who i wish to be at Le Mans, but never to win it, only that they gain enough success to keep the program alive
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Old 13 Sep 2012, 23:37 (Ref:3135661)   #929
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Id love to see Benz take a win ..... sick to death of Audi doing it ..... at this stage I would mind a Trabant win for that matter !!!
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Old 14 Sep 2012, 07:48 (Ref:3135783)   #930
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Id love to see Benz take a win ..... sick to death of Audi doing it ..... at this stage I would mind a Trabant win for that matter !!!
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Old 14 Sep 2012, 08:02 (Ref:3135789)   #931
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Mercedes clearly do with the Silver Arrows.
Silver for Germany clearly .
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Old 14 Sep 2012, 15:36 (Ref:3135951)   #932
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Interesting interview with Porsche CEO: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120910/ALMS/120919979
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Old 14 Sep 2012, 15:59 (Ref:3135962)   #933
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Old 14 Sep 2012, 16:15 (Ref:3135969)   #934
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Maybe the question should have been "Will there be a LMP1 class in America after the ALMS/GA merger?"
The answer would have been identical
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Old 15 Sep 2012, 08:40 (Ref:3136216)   #935
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I wonder if, back when Penske was pitching his team for the job, he'd have still done so if he knew there would only be one opportunity a year to race in the US?
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A video to keep us entertained until Porsche begins its latest Le Mans assault: Flat Out In a Le Mans Winning Porsche 962 (by Chris Harris)
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Did Anyone know when Porsche will begin test track??? they will do some racing in late 2013 so they should be doing something at the end of this year, correct????
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 07:54 (Ref:3143591)   #938
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Did Anyone know when Porsche will begin test track??? they will do some racing in late 2013 so they should be doing something at the end of this year, correct????
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 08:35 (Ref:3143606)   #939
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So that is Petit 2013 then? Will they start testing this year then?
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 08:43 (Ref:3143609)   #940
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So that is Petit 2013 then? Will they start testing this year then?
Oh I don't know that. That was just wishful thinking on my part.
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 09:29 (Ref:3143623)   #941
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Did Anyone know when Porsche will begin test track??? they will do some racing in late 2013 so they should be doing something at the end of this year, correct????
Last i heard was they would shake the team together by running a GTE Porsche.
And it was Preferred to some racing in 2013, but only if everything was ready. They wouldn't rush anything or debut the car too early.

Personally i don't think we will see anything other than a few spy shots in December 2013.
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 11:18 (Ref:3143658)   #942
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Last i heard was they would shake the team together by running a GTE Porsche.
And it was Preferred to some racing in 2013, but only if everything was ready. They wouldn't rush anything or debut the car too early.

Personally i don't think we will see anything other than a few spy shots in December 2013.
Interesting, so the Porsche GTE team will be a full works effort then? Also, will the 2013 Porsche GTE cars be the 991 spec?
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 11:23 (Ref:3143661)   #943
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Interesting, so the Porsche GTE team will be a full works effort then? Also, will the 2013 Porsche GTE cars be the 991 spec?
There has been talks about it. Wether they do it, i don't know.

Don't know about the 991 spec GTE car.
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Old 29 Sep 2012, 11:49 (Ref:3143667)   #944
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Interesting, so the Porsche GTE team will be a full works effort then? Also, will the 2013 Porsche GTE cars be the 991 spec?
No 2013 991 because the GT3 road version is not out until the end of 2013. That's the base for the RSR and you have to wait till the road car is homologated before you can race it. So next year they're stuck with the 997 and we will probably see the 991 in 2014.
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Interesting, so the Porsche GTE team will be a full works effort then? Also, will the 2013 Porsche GTE cars be the 991 spec?
Manthey will run the GTE effort ..... so from that I take it a semi-works team . They are preping themselves to run the P1 effort when it hits the track .
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Last i heard was they would shake the team together by running a GTE Porsche.
And it was Preferred to some racing in 2013, but only if everything was ready. They wouldn't rush anything or debut the car too early.

Personally i don't think we will see anything other than a few spy shots in December 2013.
Perhaps the factory Porsche GTE could be the 918 RSR. Maybe they could start testing of some things of the future P1 engine.
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Perhaps the factory Porsche GTE could be the 918 RSR. Maybe they could start testing of some things of the future P1 engine.
The 918 would never be homologated for GTE.
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The 918 would never be homologated for GTE.
and why is that, they are letting anyone in at the moment, if the z4 gets in (which will basically be a prototype) a don't relay see why the 918 can't get in...
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and why is that, they are letting anyone in at the moment, if the z4 gets in (which will basically be a prototype) a don't relay see why the 918 can't get in...
Porsche likes the 911 too much.
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I can't see why they would stick with the 911 if they believed their teams would have a better chance with the 918?
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