24 Oct 2019, 12:42 (Ref:3936561)
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Team Crouton
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Originally Posted by vincegail
It never ceases to amaze me how much stick the Dauer 962 LM is receiving from you. Yes, it is a Group C car with a numberplate stuck to it, and some turning signals, but is an opportunity created by the rules at that moment and Norbert Singer and co. were there to see that opportunity and act upon it.
On the other hand, one of your favourite Le Mans cars is the Toyota GT-One, which is also precisely that, a thinly disguised Group C car with a numberplate stuck to it. Luggage space? Nah, you can stick your suitcase in the fuel tank! https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator...UJF7QHETWRoqnQ
And what about this dry-weather qualifying windscreen wiper? Doesn't seem very roadlegal to me!
https://thumbsnap.com/7M9uRf7h
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I accept my view is probably not entirely justifiable Vince, however it is coloured by the fact that probably 75% of the people at Le Mans that year really wanted the Toyota to win in the memory of Roland Ratzenberger. Apart from that, the GT One was a simply dreamy car designed to exploit the GT rules rather than an out and out Group C racer just tweaked to fit. I rest my case.
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