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Last years Spa 1000km it(the Gillet) sounded just fine! Indeed a reminder of how good the old Spyker unit used to sound. Too bad it kept having all kinds of faillure's. So what you saw was expectable... |
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4 May 2009, 19:27 (Ref:2455393) | #503 | ||
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No, just did my research and this was 2007 when it had an Alfa Romeo V6 in it.
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4 May 2009, 21:23 (Ref:2455470) | #505 | |
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Bob Brannon's recently written a good article on Spyker racing.
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4 May 2009, 22:03 (Ref:2455482) | #506 | |
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Where can I find it?
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4 May 2009, 23:13 (Ref:2455508) | #507 | |
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Can I go slightly off topic for a moment - is anyone racing the Gillet Veritgo anywhere in 2009???
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6 May 2009, 12:59 (Ref:2456463) | #509 | |
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He's not on the list anymore: http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_....php?circuit=4 . So I guess he is not (fully) recovered yet.
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6 May 2009, 15:47 (Ref:2456554) | #510 | |
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7 May 2009, 00:58 (Ref:2456901) | #511 | |
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My mistake. Damon Hill is the former F1 champ I was thinking of. Derek Hill (both start with a "D") is Phil Hill's son and was the Spyker driver. I simply had a brain fade. Good catch!
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7 May 2009, 20:52 (Ref:2457518) | #512 | ||
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According to planetlemans,Spyker is well prepaired for Spa and is boasting a new high downforce/low drag(how do they do that?) wing and finally the long awaited roof induced airbox. Great!
I really wish for them guys to do well. The driver line up sure won't be the weak point! |
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I hope they get one across the finish line this year, that would be something special. And if they got a GT2 podium, I think all Le Mans fans will have a fit! |
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8 May 2009, 12:24 (Ref:2457922) | #515 | |||
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@GTfour, do you know for sure it is a roof induced airbox? When I read the pressrelease I only see this:
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8 May 2009, 14:52 (Ref:2458011) | #516 | ||
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You cought me there AX. It's a well educated guess of mine about the airbox. Surely,the most logical way to improve the airbox is to abandon that strangeling contraption they had up untill now by allowing the air the shortest route i.e. via the roofscoop.
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8 May 2009, 15:00 (Ref:2458015) | #517 | |
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So you are pretty sure I do hope you are correct!
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8 May 2009, 15:06 (Ref:2458017) | #518 | ||
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Will you be able to go and see them for yourself this Sunday AX?
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8 May 2009, 16:49 (Ref:2458073) | #519 | |
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Nope, won't be there. Didn't follow the practive very closely, but it looks like they did very well? No times in the first part of the session? And one of the fastests in the second wet part?
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It looks like we will have a dry second free practice session, not sure if qualifying will be dry though. |
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9 May 2009, 10:53 (Ref:2458475) | #523 | ||
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Too bad the saturday practice didn't go so well...
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10 May 2009, 06:13 (Ref:2458893) | #524 | ||
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We have put a new video with Tom and Peter online at Vimeo: |
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10 May 2009, 08:39 (Ref:2458949) | #525 | ||
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Oh ..... Brilliant video , thanks very much Vandijk .
Best of luck for today . Hope Tom is right and we get to see ye on the podium !!! Question ..... we ye have team gear at Le Mans ? I would like some and a small t-shirt for my daughter ? Thanks . |
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