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Sound like a really good possibility....and wouldn;t be surprised at Mike Rockenfeller back to Porsche...Once a Porsche Factory driver, always a Porsche factory driver. |
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Hmm, well I assume they aren't building a new car for 2012. Maybe they are running a GT car? Or a revised RS Spyder for the LMP1 class? In the ALMS maybe? Is there a transcript of what was said?
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11 Jul 2011, 03:17 (Ref:2924881) | #303 | |
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I suppose it could be the Porsche 918 RSR as well, although I suppose it would have to run unclassified? Would they do that for a whole season? Or maybe just a few select races?
Or maybe they are rolling out the DPs again. Who knows. I would like to know exactly what was said. Last edited by AGD; 11 Jul 2011 at 03:22. |
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As for Porsche, Penske is one of the best in the business when it comes to customer teams....If you want it done no jokes you go to Roger Penske......
When Porsche first debuted the RS Spyder they ran a porsche motorsport RS spyder at the season ender in 2005...Then in 2006 they showed u with Penske?? who would have thought? So we won;t know until we see it. |
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Plus, Im even more excited about the possibility of a VIP trip to Le Mans, know people at Penske and got to have a lot of fun back in the Spyder days.
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It would be interesting to see Penske at Le Mans especially if it happened before 2014 in LMP1, but we'll see what the situation is. If Penske became the main Porsche team, would it be run out of North Carolina? That would be a bit strange, although Penske certainly could open up a shop in Europe. AFAIK, his operations he used to have in the UK that built his CART cars has been closed, but who knows. Anyway, maybe Porsche will have multiple teams. Who knows. It's all pure speculation at the moment, but Penske's words certainly add fuel to the fire. |
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11 Jul 2011, 03:52 (Ref:2924894) | #311 | |
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and it's certainly captured the attention of the Sportscar Universe.
i think dhl sponsors Ryan Hunter Reay's andretti autosport car.....they're has to be soem clause that says if he doesn't perform they don;t have to sponsor him....And hunter reay has had a terrible season so far.. |
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AAA Alliance AVIS BOSCH CINTAS Discount Tire Freightliner IZOD Kimberly Clark Lennox Lincoln Welders Mazak Meijer Miller Lite PPG PTC Ruby Tuesday Shell/Pennzoil Snap On Verizon Add to partners with Porsche such as Mobil 1, Michelin, Addidas and Hyatt and I have a feeling they wont worry too much about DHL. Plus, according to Robin Miller the DHL deal isnt really worth that much in sponsorship terms. |
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11 Jul 2011, 14:27 (Ref:2925090) | #313 | |
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lol..what im trying to say is that im not worried about them being fundede by DHL but what im really looking for is the DHL paint scheme...........The DHL paint scheme means as much to me as the Gulf painst scheme on the aston martins.....EVen in it's short history that paint scheme was simple yet fantastic.
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11 Jul 2011, 14:49 (Ref:2925099) | #314 | ||
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He sai 2013(he either meant 2014 or perhaps theyll be testing in 2013). In addition he added Mike Rockenfeller to that bunch...did Rockenfeller ever drive for Penske? edit: apparently he did the enduros in 2006.(Luhr and Rockenfeller got picked to Audi after their performance in P2 in 2006).. Roger wants those guys back! |
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Penske, if he gets the Porsche deal, most likely will have Dumas and Bernhard (Porsche factory drivers), but I don't think he'll get Rocky (who has a long term contract with Audi).
Only way that would happen is if Audi leaves the LMP1 field after 2013, and even then, with the WEC's proposed GT rules (allowing GT3 cars to run in GTE), Audi can put Mike in a R8 LMS if Audi decides to allow the R8 to race there. |
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First i have heared of it too, all i heared was that GT3's would be allowed in the new World GT class that will be the basis of the new FIA GT World Championship from 2012.
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That said - the current Audi is getting somewhat long in the tooth in GT3-racing and compared to many of the newer cars it's major weakness seems to be that it is rather close to street trim as far as the engine, suspension and overall stiffness are concerned. If there should be a comprehensive Evo-version of the R8, perhaps they'll built it to GTE-specs? Homologating it for GT3 should be a non-issue, seeing that there is no real rulebook for that class. |
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11 Jul 2011, 19:02 (Ref:2925208) | #319 | |
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anyone else. remember last years LMS round at Zhuhai.......where United autosports competed with Audi R8 lms GT3's in the LMS round.......
I think a GT3 class is better than an GTE Am class. |
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11 Jul 2011, 19:05 (Ref:2925210) | #320 | ||
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And at this point and when you have GTE as the main-show as far as GT-cars are concerned, a well thought out GTC class is better than either GTE-Am or GT3.
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11 Jul 2011, 19:08 (Ref:2925216) | #321 | |
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Well technically......the GTC class just uses GT3 porsches.......If you expand that to all GT3 cars it becomes a GT3 class...
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11 Jul 2011, 19:14 (Ref:2925225) | #322 | ||
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That's all a matter of terminology... if GT3 means to you "FIA-spec GT3" then you'd be wrong. FIA GT3 started out as just that with the Cup-Porsche as its benchmark, but it has evolved very far away from that during the last few years and is much closer to GTE/2 nowadays than to what it was 5 or 6 years ago.
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11 Jul 2011, 19:28 (Ref:2925238) | #323 | ||
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I might have confused the WEC with the FIA World Cup championship, which has some cars that may race at LM (the de-tuned GT1 cars), but I don't know if that will have any real impact on the WEC and LM, though I did read that any of those cars can be eligable for LM and the WEC if they can be converted to ACO specs.
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11 Jul 2011, 20:17 (Ref:2925266) | #324 | ||
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I've never understood the call to have GTE and GT3's competing together, they're virtually identical, except ones governed by a rulebook. I also think it's essential to have GTE-AM, otherwise factories would drive all but a handful of privateers away. |
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I wouldn't mind a gentlemen's trophy or something like that, but having it as a bespoke class is one step too far for my taste. With GTE-Am and an open GT-Cup, both classes will probably suffer from low grids and umcompelling racing. |
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