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Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere but there are some interesting possibilities here regarding Alpine's future in ACO racing.
http://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/0...onsidered.html |
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IIRC they didn't until recently as their only track was undergoing major updates, that turned out to take a bit longer than planned (not too sure about the last part, my Spanish skills are somewhat limited.)
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“We’re trying to close the doors without embarrassing ourselves, the France family and embarrassing (the) Grand American Series,” he said in the deposition. “There is no money. There is no purse. There’s nothing.” |
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“We’re trying to close the doors without embarrassing ourselves, the France family and embarrassing (the) Grand American Series,” he said in the deposition. “There is no money. There is no purse. There’s nothing.” |
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Anyway... it's like the same article keeps reappearing every half years, them saying they want to be in LMP1 or maybe not and LMP2 is great or maybe not or perhaps we'll do that or maybe not... I just want them to run actual Alpine, not some ancient Courage-Oreca and claim it to be their own. Step up Alpine please, whatever you decide to do. Otherwise, just let it be Signatech doing their own thing. |
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1 Sep 2015, 22:14 (Ref:3570623) | #7209 | |
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I highly doubt Alpine will race alongside Nissan in P1, that kind of luxury is something only a few companies can afford, VAG being on of them.
But then again, this program wouldn't kick off before 2017/2018 the earliest and who seriously believes Nissan will still be around after the 2016 season? |
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The idea to work with isn't if they can, but if they choose to. What's the end goal? |
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3 Sep 2015, 17:15 (Ref:3571102) | #7214 | ||
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A render made by someone with nothing to do with BMW.
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The car looks amazing…that´s the only thing i care right now
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If you're gonna make a fantasy car rendering that isn't even 100% regs accurate, why include the shark fin...
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Meh, it could still race with fewer waivers than the M6 GTE will need.
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True but we shouldn't confuse classes with actual regulations to ones only pretending to have em
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Well, if only racing enables improving technology, then makes you really wonder what on earth VAG does with the 10+ billions that it pours into R&D annually. For marketing reasons, this approach of course makes perfect sense and from the beginning it was clearly this is the only way it was going to happen for as long as Porsche doesn't offer diesel 911s.
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It would look extremely silly if wasn't for that lovely BMW Motorsport livery... |
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Well a render isn't subject to thousand of hours of CFD analysis and scale model wind tunnel work, so it should look very smooth and even a bit primitive compared to what we see on the track.
These same smooth surfaces and well-rounded contours would make it look more realistic if it were animated in a CGI feature, so it's not a surprise that it looks like it came straight out of Pixar either. |
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