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6 Nov 2010, 19:41 (Ref:2785962) | #76 | |
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Audi have cars ready to run in the ALMS but it's Audi NA's decision to run them or not.
Likewise you'd think someone would run customer Corvette's in the ALMS yet Larbre are the ones announcing an ILMC program. A strong WSC and IMSA GTP ran in parallel for over a decade, the ILMC can follow in the WSC's footsteps but the ALMS needs greater homegrown support. Last edited by JAG; 6 Nov 2010 at 20:00. |
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Concur, I do not believe this is good news for the ALMS or for PLM. It may not be disastrous either, but if it ends up discouraging Peugeot and Audi (for example) from running at PLM then I think it is a net loss for sportscar fans. I can't possibly see an ILMC race at Fuji providing an equivalent spectacle. Is this all to make nice with Toyota?
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you might be on to something there,......
Everything about this move is puzzling,.... if you had seen the amazing crowd and enthusiasm at PLM this year with ACO pricipals in attendance,... you would be wondering right along with me as to what the heck is going on here? Last edited by yamato; 6 Nov 2010 at 20:17. |
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6 Nov 2010, 20:35 (Ref:2785983) | #79 | ||
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This gives credance to the fact on why Audi said that if they did the ALMS next year that most of the races would be with updated R15s. The R18's can be used in the ILMC events, while the R15s and equipment can be stationed in America.
This doesn't preclude Audi from doing PLM next year, ILMC round or not, but we may not see the R18 in competition on American soil until 2012, as it's rumored that the ALMS-spec wide tired R15 may run Sebring. |
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6 Nov 2010, 20:37 (Ref:2785985) | #80 | |
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The PLM doesn't need the ILMC and the associated manufacturer interest, the ALMS will be having strong enough grids on their own..just like this year..
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6 Nov 2010, 20:38 (Ref:2785986) | #81 | |
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What are the candidates for a July date, Germany, northern/eastern Europe?
Can't see them running in southern Europe unless it's an evening race. |
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6 Nov 2010, 20:40 (Ref:2785988) | #82 | |
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Nürburgring (although their calendar might be packed already), Monza, Brno..
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In 2011, the team Larbre Compétition will open a new chapter of his long story. After having clinched a large number of victories in Le Mans 24 Hours, in Le Mans Series, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and in French GT Championship, the most wrapped French endurance team puts the course on a new project, probably one of the most ambitious of its career. A the time when BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Spyker, Panoz and Lamborghini joined the endurance GT, Team Larbre Compétition joins Corvette Racing to become its official team in Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
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6 Nov 2010, 23:33 (Ref:2786059) | #84 | ||
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Anyone think that it's possible that the wide-tired Audi R15 may run ILMC events outside of Sebring? In his article about the 90X, Pruett said that the Audi R15 was being upgraded after Zhuhai to run rear tires on the front, and would be mainly used for testing the idea parallel to the R18. However, he went on to say that the car may run Sebring, and would likely attend ALMS and LMS/ILMC tests and Sebring and Paul Ricard respectivly.
I know that Audi wants the R18 for LM and the ILMC, while the R15 was intended for the ALMS. But with those rumors, could the R15 have a life after China as a racing car, ALMS or not? |
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Surely it is more a question of does anyone have the budget to run the car rather than does the car have a life. Where there is a will there is a way. Signs up to this point would imply there isn't but hopefully someone can pull together a late deal. Especially as though it seems Audi might be willing to meet half way in doing some of the initial ground work on the old car themselves...
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6 Nov 2010, 23:56 (Ref:2786064) | #86 | ||
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That Larbre Corvette looks fantastic! Will that driver lineup be good enough though?
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It is ridiculous not to include PLM in the ILMC...only one event in North America, come on...
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The ILMC should be about LMP1 teams running everywhere, American GT2 teams doing Sebring, Le Mans and Atlanta, European GT2 teams doing Spa, Le Mans and Silverstone, and either or both doing Asian races. There shouldn't be a GT2 teams championship either, because it forces American teams to drop the ALMS if they want to do the ILMC. |
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http://www.planetlemans.com/2010/11/...acing-in-2011/
Is the Lehmann engine based on a road car motor? LMP1 Joest Audi R18 x2 Peugeot Sport 90X x2 ORECA Peugeot 90X x1 Prodrive Aston Martin x2 Drayson Racing Lola-? x1 (2) Oak Racing Pescarolo-Judd x2 Rebellion Lola-Toyota x2 Pescarolo-Judd x2 Hope PoleVision Racing ORECA x1 GTE Larbre Corvette ZO6 x1 Schnitzer BMW M3 x1 (2) Porsche? Ferrari? Jaguar? |
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Paul G. mentioned that they would have to drop from 2 cars in ALMS to 1 car if they wanted to run the ILMC. So unless somebody else runs a Jag, I don't see them competing in the fly-away rounds (maybe LeMans though).
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This whole thing is a poorly conceived mess, unless someone got greased large.
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At Sebring, Audi will likely run updated R15s, with the updates being namely wider front wheels and tires, per Pruett's article about the 90x. |
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Lots of other good stuff in that article, well worth a read.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...rtscars-119/P1 |
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Also, this sort of screws up driver lineups for Audi and Peugeot. Granted, there's no offical drivers' championship planned for next year, so that doesn't really matter, but the only full time drivers that Audi have for their sportscar program are Allan, Dindo, Tom and Rocky, and Mike also does the DTM races. Andre, Ben and Marcel do Super GT for the former two and various GT and prototype races for the latter, and Romain and Timo are still technically Porsche drivers first and foremost.
With Peugeot, things are slightly less complicated, though Sarazin still occasionally does rallying and GT racing, and Simon probably still has commitments to Highcroft in the ALMS. I hoped that maybe that Audi and Peugeot would be able to have more consistant driver lineups, and I wouldn't be surprised to see either a McNish/Capello and Kristensen/Rockenfeller or an Allan/TK and Dindo/Rocky lineup if it was only two drivers per-car, but with the races being at least 6 hours (or maybe 1000k if the time expires, who knows with the ACO), maybe we'll see a revolving door 3 driver at the Audi and Peugeot camps Either that, or Audi and Peugeot will enter a third, unclassified car in the pre-LM ILMC races at Sebring and Spa, and that they may run unclassifed cars in the LMS race at Paul Ricard. If Audi has repaired the R15 tubs that they damaged at PLM or have decided to build new ones to supplment their exhisting stock, Audi should have no issue fielding 3 cars at Sebring. If it were the R18 as well as Peugeot with the 90X, there may be an issue there. But we'll see what happens there. |
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I'm a bit late to this party, but whatever - ACO is acting like a spoiled, retarded child with it's insane schedulings and expansions. I could expect a mess like this from SRO or whatever, but not from them. If there's a clash between some boring Asian event (with odd 20 entries) and PLM, it's not hard to choose what to watch.
Labre Corvette is fantastic news, albeit it's really not the best privateer team available. |
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10 Nov 2010, 23:06 (Ref:2788327) | #99 | |
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I'm just hoping it's all a bit of posturing and negotiation tactics (albeit not quite sure what they are negotiating) and it will all get sorted eventually. With so many TBA's the second half of that calendar can still change drastically IMO.
The thing is, the ACO does understand that the ILMC needs to be built on the spectacle of storied historic races and tracks because they have said so themselves. The combination of that plus breaking into new markets makes it very attractive. I just hope the entire schedule doesn't become subject to the whims of Audi and Pug. |
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The European TBA looks like it will be Nurburgring or Monza.
It's an excellent move to bring the Michelin guy in to run the series, he seems to have a handle on the small details. i.e 6hr races rather than 1000k to help TV schedulers, together with the bigger picture. Quote:
I'd like to think the best years of sportscar racing are still to come and given technology has made the world a smaller place a global series seems a natural fit. Last edited by JAG; 11 Nov 2010 at 00:05. |
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