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Old 24 Oct 2009, 09:11 (Ref:2568520)   #51
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its ridicules that porsche has moved the drivers around they now don't have one car with two best drivers, why didn't they simply change the no 60 and 61...

BTW som one commented a while ago how porsche isn't interested in the Fia Gt championship, well i guess this just proved him wrong
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 12:26 (Ref:2568643)   #52
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#50 seems to be struggling in the first 2 practice sessions, and #60 seems to be cruising.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 13:04 (Ref:2568665)   #53
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Ferrari and AF Corse, could engaged an additional F430 under Advanced Engineering name for Melo and Kaffer to help the #50, now its clear all the Porsches are factory supported and will help each others to bring Westy or Manu the GT2 crown
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 13:34 (Ref:2568681)   #54
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All I can say is that Porsche is hitting the track pretty hard with these drivers.Half of their Works drivers will be on the track!This race will be total madness
And you know, Westbrook is a Porsche Works Driver.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 13:45 (Ref:2568686)   #55
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And you know, Westbrook is a Porsche Works Driver.
What changed? He was dropped for 2009 to my knowledge.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 13:52 (Ref:2568687)   #56
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What changed? He was dropped for 2009 to my knowledge.
What do you mean?I haven't heard of anything like this so you may be right but he still isn't dropped from the Works Drivers List at porsche.com
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:01 (Ref:2568690)   #57
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What do you mean?I haven't heard of anything like this so you may be right but he still isn't dropped from the Works Drivers List at porsche.com
Richard is no longer a works driver, Porsche only had room for 10 Factory drivers at the end of 2009 so one had to go, and for some unknown reason they dropped one of there best GT drivers.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:29 (Ref:2568703)   #58
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:30 (Ref:2568704)   #59
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Richard is no longer a works driver, Porsche only had room for 10 Factory drivers at the end of 2009 so one had to go, and for some unknown reason they dropped one of there best GT drivers.
I see.
However I will have to disagree with you about the "one of there best GT drivers".In my opinion Porsche had made the best choice sacking him instead of anyone else.If you simply take a look at his sporting career you will see he is the weakest prize winner except maybe Lietz and Henzler with the last slightly edging him.But Lietz is much younger than Westbrook and with better perspective so Westbrook seems to be the right choice for me.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:31 (Ref:2568706)   #60
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its ridicules that porsche has moved the drivers around they now don't have one car with two best drivers, why didn't they simply change the no 60 and 61...

BTW som one commented a while ago how porsche isn't interested in the Fia Gt championship, well i guess this just proved him wrong
If they have a chance, they have try to chase it. The rules allow this changes, so why can't they use it?
Porsche was not interested in FIA GT, but now is having the chance to win, and they are trying to achieve drivers/manufacturer title. Is it a wrong move?
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:33 (Ref:2568707)   #61
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I see.
However I will have to disagree with you about the "one of there best GT drivers".In my opinion Porsche had made the best choice sacking him instead of anyone else.If you simply take a look at his sporting career you will see he is the weakest prize winner except maybe Lietz and Henzler with the last slightly edging him.But Lietz is much younger than Westbrook and with better perspective so Westbrook seems to be the right choice for me.
Lol is all i have goto say about that.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:34 (Ref:2568708)   #62
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Ferrari and AF Corse, could engaged an additional F430 under Advanced Engineering name for Melo and Kaffer to help the #50, now its clear all the Porsches are factory supported and will help each others to bring Westy or Manu the GT2 crown
Is not AF Corse supported by Ferrari and Michelotto? That's a sensational new, guy!
Porsche and Ferrari are both supported by manufacturers. Don't try to find excuses.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:36 (Ref:2568711)   #63
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Lol is all i have goto say about that.
This is bad for you
But now when I look deeper maybe Maassen was the better choice.

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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:50 (Ref:2568723)   #64
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This is bad for you
But now when I look deeper maybe Maassen was the better choice.
Maassen is there development driver, he wont be going anywhere, Pillet was the best choice, all he has to his name is 1 Carrera Cup France Championship, Richard is a multiple Porsche Supercup Champion and Multiple Carrera Cup GB Champion and has been consistently the quickest Porsche Driver in the FIA GT for the last 2 seasons, Collard has been unbelievably lackluster maybe he should have gone?
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 14:57 (Ref:2568724)   #65
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Maybe.But the call isn't ours to make
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 15:15 (Ref:2568731)   #66
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oh who cares they are all porsche drivers, if they are factory or not makes no difference!! Westbrook will drive in high end porsche teams for a few seasos for sure
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 15:31 (Ref:2568740)   #67
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No50 with 100kg takes the pole by .2 2 places above championship contending Westbrook, and 8 place in front of colard
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 15:34 (Ref:2568741)   #68
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No50 with 100kg takes the pole by .2 2 places above championship contending Westbrook, and 8 place in front of colard
That pole will become at least P2 in T1 tomorrow
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 15:34 (Ref:2568742)   #69
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No50 with 100kg takes the pole by .2 2 places above championship contending Westbrook, and 8 place in front of colard
As their teamamte magically goes off track on a straight, when Westbrook just set fastest first sector.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 15:58 (Ref:2568749)   #70
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As their teamamte magically goes off track on a straight, when Westbrook just set fastest first sector.
If this would be happened to a Porsche, FIA would have disqualified all Porsches on the track... as they've always done in the past....

I'm sure Bergmeister and co. will make the difference in the race. It will be interesting tomorrow... I'm pretty confident. Absolutely no fear about Ferrari.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 18:00 (Ref:2568796)   #71
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If this would be happened to a Porsche, FIA would have disqualified all Porsches on the track... as they've always done in the past....

I'm sure Bergmeister and co. will make the difference in the race. It will be interesting tomorrow... I'm pretty confident. Absolutely no fear about Ferrari.
"Absolutely no fear about ferrari":
... that's right, the F430 nr 50 will win again
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It seems Porsche's move with Collard was more about balancing out some of the weight. The Brixia Porsche has now been handed a 50kg weight penalty, while the Prospeed #60 has lost 50kg.
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Maassen is there development driver, he wont be going anywhere, Pillet was the best choice, all he has to his name is 1 Carrera Cup France Championship, Richard is a multiple Porsche Supercup Champion and Multiple Carrera Cup GB Champion and has been consistently the quickest Porsche Driver in the FIA GT for the last 2 seasons, Collard has been unbelievably lackluster maybe he should have gone?
Agree completely. Pilet has been the weakest, with only brief flashes of brilliance. He's a good driver, but Porsche has its pick of some truly great drivers. Westbrook's two Supercup crowns should say enough, but the real insult was being dropped after the performances he put on in 2008 in the GT2 car. He wrung the neck of the Prospeed FIA car at least as well as Collard and made the Farnbacher-Loles car a rocketship whenever he sat in it, on tracks he'd never seen. His performance at Laguna this year also spoke volumes.
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Old 24 Oct 2009, 23:01 (Ref:2568950)   #74
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If they have a chance, they have try to chase it. The rules allow this changes, so why can't they use it?
Porsche was not interested in FIA GT, but now is having the chance to win, and they are trying to achieve drivers/manufacturer title. Is it a wrong move?
Agreed, they should take full advantage of the rules, but Porsche really only have a chance at the Drivers Championship as Manufacturers and Team Championships are already pretty much decided in favor of Ferrari and AF Corse.

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It seems Porsche's move with Collard was more about balancing out some of the weight. The Brixia Porsche has now been handed a 50kg weight penalty, while the Prospeed #60 has lost 50kg.
Huh?
(standard reaction to weight penalties in FIA series)
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