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1 Nov 2012, 09:58 (Ref:3160973) | #76 | ||
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To my eyes a single Audi is a pleasing prospect, and one which has the capacity to satisfy a lot of parties.
It gets them the experience of racing at Sebring with the 2013 R18 - which is invaluable, and wins a huge amount of goodwill for showing up (cue lots of comments about it being the last great race etc), and also, as a single car, gives them the built in expectation management of being able to say it's a start of season toe in the water exercise - so if the unexpected happens it's not necessarily a surprise if Audi don't win. It also might really encourage some other P1s out of the woodwork - as Rebellion showed this year, beating one works diesel is achievable, it's when there's multiples of them that things get difficult. If you're Rebellion, or JRM, or potentially Oak, assuming they get to grips with the HPD package over the winter, seeing there just being one big hitter to beat makes the prospect of a trip to Florida quite a lot more interesting. |
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1 Nov 2012, 17:12 (Ref:3161132) | #77 | |
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Have to agree about being happy at the one-car entry. Makes sense if they aren't running a brand new car too. They can keep the old chassis on at the track and back-to-back test it against the new stuff.
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21 Nov 2012, 21:34 (Ref:3169580) | #78 | ||
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Updates to LMP grid, likely/possible entrants:
LMP1: Audi R18 E-tron x 1 ? Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03c x 1 (2?) Dyson Lola B12/66 x 1 (2?) Rebellion Lola B12/60 x 1 (2?) JRM HPD ARX-03c x 1 ? LMP2: Level 5 HPD ARX-03b x 2 Conquest Morgan x 1 8Star HPD ARX-03b x 1 BAR1 Oreca 03 x 1 Greaves Zytek SN11 x 1 (2?) Murphy Oreca 03 x 1 ? Starworks HPD ARX-03b x 2? Looking better all the time. |
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3 Dec 2012, 17:59 (Ref:3174679) | #79 | ||
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Looking at LMP2 for Sebring:
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...cus-14694.html Not putting a lot of faith in this one... |
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4 Dec 2012, 06:48 (Ref:3174875) | #83 | |
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Updated again
P1 Confirmed: 1x Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03c 1x Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Toyota Very Likely: 1x Dyson Racing Lola B12/60 Mazda Likely: 1x Dyson Racing Lola B12/60 Mazda (possibly still B11/86) Possible: 1x Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Toyota (2nd car for Sebring) 2x Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro (for Sebring only) 1x JRM HPD ARX-03c 1x Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03c Confirmed: 2 cars Very Likely: 1 car Likely: 1 car Possible: 5 cars P2 Confirmed: 1x Conquest Endurance Morgan-Nissan 2x Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b 1x Dempsey Racing Lola B12/80 Mazda Likely: 1x BAR1 Motorsports Oreca 03-Nissan (current plans are Sebring and PLM only) Possible: 1x Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03-Nissan 1x Atlantic Motorsports 1x Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX-03b 1x 8Star Motorsport HPD ARX-03b 1x Greaves Motorsport Zytek SN11 1x Nissan Deltawing Confirmed: 4 cars Likely: 1 cars Possible: 5 cars + Deltawing(s) PC Confirmed: 2x Core Autosport Very Likely: 1x PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 2x Merchant Services BAR1 Motorsports 1x Performance Tech Motorsports Likely: 1x Dempsey Racing Possible: 1x PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 2x RSR 1x HVM Racing Confirmed: 2 cars Very Likely: 4 cars Likely: 1 car Possible: 4 cars GT Confirmed: 2x Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 2x Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GTC 2x SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R 1x Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1x Alex Job Racing Lotus Evora 1-2x TRG Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 2x BMW Team RLL BMW Z4 GTE Very Likely: 1x Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Possible: 1x Alex Job Racing Lotus Evora 1x Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1x Krohn Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GTC 1x Mclaren MP4-12C GTE (mainly PLM) Confirmed: 11-12 cars Very Likely: 1 car Possible: 4 cars GTC Confirmed: 1x Alex Job Racing 1x Flying Lizard Motorsports 1x JDX Racing 1x Mike Hedlund GTC ride Likely: 1-2x NGT Motorsports 1x Competition Motorsports Possible: 1-2x TRG Confirmed: 4 cars Likely: 2-3 cars Possible: 1-2 cars Minimum (Confirmed + Very Likely): 27 Maximum: 56 The real number will be in between these two, probably way below the maximum. Also, where's this news about Krohn confirming their entry? |
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4 Dec 2012, 09:51 (Ref:3174926) | #84 | |
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FstrthnU: at the end of October (WEC Shanghai) Greaves announced plans to enter at least one car in P2. A second car is still a possibility.
see http://www.alms.com/articles/greaves...eyeing-sebring |
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6 Dec 2012, 02:21 (Ref:3175604) | #86 | ||
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2 Rebellion P1 entries confirmed for Sebring.
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7 Dec 2012, 08:52 (Ref:3176112) | #87 | |
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I couldn't believe this, but there were 33 Prototypes in last year's 12 Hours of Sebring.
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7 Dec 2012, 12:50 (Ref:3176164) | #88 | ||
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True - but nine of them was a ALMS PC class, and Sebring was a round both of FIA WEC and ALMS. This year FIA WEC includes only Austin (not Sebring or Petit Le Mans ) - some prototypes from WEC comes only as a test before the regular championship - and in ALMS, number of P1 and P2 prototypes is not very large...
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8 Dec 2012, 16:33 (Ref:3176555) | #89 | ||
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Which one is which , 8Star and Starworks , Who owns what , Im confused .
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8 Dec 2012, 18:08 (Ref:3176586) | #91 | ||
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Both have stated their desire to go the WEC route but both have been rumoured to have been looking at Sebring as a warm up, it's in their own back yard after all. I hope Peter can come up with the funding to get the project going. Enzo there is no doubt.
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13 Dec 2012, 19:57 (Ref:3178440) | #92 | ||
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Most likely no AF Corse Ferrari(s)...
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13 Dec 2012, 23:40 (Ref:3178502) | #93 | |
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Maybe no Audi according to Graham Goodwin. He tweeted this evening the plans might be in doubt.
But that AMR would likely be at the race. |
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I sort of don't care if Audi shows up. If they do we get to see and awesome car and know who is going to win. If they don't it should be quite a fight that is going to be exciting for the overall win.
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14 Dec 2012, 03:39 (Ref:3178557) | #97 | ||
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Muscle Milk and Dyson's endurance performances haven't been great the past couple of years. Rebellion is definitely the favourite!
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15 Dec 2012, 10:08 (Ref:3178869) | #98 | ||
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I think its great news about the possibility of no Audi being present ..... could well lead to a bigger grid , and tempt many outta the woodwork at the thought of a potential win .
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15 Dec 2012, 16:38 (Ref:3178961) | #99 | ||
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15 Dec 2012, 16:40 (Ref:3178965) | #100 | ||
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Confirmation from DSC, Audi will do their regular test schedule at Sebring after the 12 Hours, but will NOT enter the race itself.
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