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But of course, a statement like this is only good as he could have said nothing about it. Personally i think a Le Mans return could be possible, but most likely in GT2 with the RX8 replacement. |
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Of course, Mazda was last "at" Le Mans with OAK in 2010. Ok, that was just Mazda France sponsoring the car, but Mazda has a history of being cheap. Their idea of being back at Le Mans might be to just badge OAK's Judds or something like that. |
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Rumors was strong before the crush, and development of an actual successor was/is likely a slowly paced program. But Mazda has said that the Rotary isn't dead and that they will continue the development of it. But the lack of market for a sportscar bigger than the Mx-5 is likely the main blow. But this is likely changed with the FT-86 from Toyota and Subaru, i don't think Mazda will allow Toyota and Subaru take the market completely. Besides Nissan is having marketing success with the GT-R, this could also be an aim for Mazda. Any case, a Mazda return to Le Mans will in my mind only happen with a rotary! |
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According to that same article, Mazda is still committed to rotary engines and has a RX-8 replacement on the horizon. So, anyway, perhaps a Le Mans program isn't imminent at the moment but could happen in the future. |
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http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-06-10-007.jpg The S102 was a good looking car, but the Euskadi was prettier (and mean looking in black) - I'd love to see them back. I'd love to see a Mazda rotary back at Le Mans, but I don't imagine there's a GT2 RX8-replacement coming any time soon! M |
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Rotary Diesel? That could be fun.
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A Rotary engine could be used under the 2014 energy equivalency rules due to there being no mandate on displacement or # of cylinders ect. Rotary engines are not that great for fuel economy but poss. coupled with a hybrid/KERS system who knows. We may see all kinds of engine designs come forward due to more freedom in design...
Rotary diesel - not so sure, I wonder what that would sound like... Didn't Subaru have a diesel boxer engine on the drawing board last year, seemed to fall off the radar though. Last edited by Livininthinair; 17 Nov 2011 at 16:59. |
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Not forgetting this: http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewAr...A17046717C6413
...minus Mazda. Most unlikely anyway, but those comments from the auto show would be a bit weird just before of an official announcement. Right? |
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I think that is a daydream. Audi & Pug has not shown great interest in customer cars let alone one-off attempts and secondly, the team comprises pretty large part of the big gun equation.
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ORECA does have a 908 HDi FAP. Kolles ran a pair of R10s also last year. Yeah these are not at the level of the works teams but it is not like there is no recent precedent.
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I think some people here are way overestimating the appeal the PLM has to the European squads.
Peugeot for example has no marketing interests in the US at all, they always did the PLM because it was either part of a championship (ILMC) or because it was one of the rare chances of racing against Audi. No Audi, no championship, no interest from Peugeot. And for the European privateers, there was word last year already that the PLM isn't exactly the favorite race for most teams for some reason we don't know. So I hardly doubt that most of the teams will put much effort into competing in the PLM even if there was a one-week gap to the Bahrain race. Let's face it, the race is a fan favorite for sure but European teams aren't exactly dying to go there. If the race is moved by a week, Audi could show up if Audi NA provides the funding. If the races clash, even that's impossible as Audi simply does not have enough pro-drivers for two sports car races at once. |
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Either way, it's good to see Zytek back in LMP2 in 2012. It would have been unbelievable if nobody chose the Zytek LMP2 chassis after all the success it had in 2011. |
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The current car has been acquired by the team for its test programme. More news soon. |
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Dagys is reporting that the Brundles will drive for Greaves in the LMS.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...teks-for-2012/ |
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Autoweek says that Luca Di Grassi could be eyeing a seat with Peugeot for next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans |
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Is that a fact? And did you miss the Toyota+Oreca announcement?
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Oreca's Peugeot in 2010 (at least for Le Mans) was to full factory spec, possibly the ultimate proof of that was the fact that it went kaboom just like the factory cars.
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I think if the driver debacle (sending your brightest hope for the future into the arms of VW) had come last year in the wake of the LM blow ups then it could have been bad for Olivier.
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i doubt that the 908 HDi is really a propriety of oreca.
About audi's private cars i have doubt on this too, during the summer there were rumors about an r18 that could be used by abt team in ALMS. |
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