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21 Jun 2005, 18:52 (Ref:1336296)
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It has shades of the LMP1-98 from the front, if you ask me.
Slight tingle down the spine to see a proper Porsche prototype again. |
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21 Jun 2005, 19:18 (Ref:1336332)
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21 Jun 2005, 19:21 (Ref:1336333)
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It's not a radical design and has indeed looks of the Lucchini and '99 Audi. I am afraid this car will dominate LMP2 for next couple of years. BTW The text PORSCHE on the car looks great. 
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21 Jun 2005, 19:51 (Ref:1336359)
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This car dominating P2 will be good for the sport as it will encourage the legions of 911 GT2 teams (at least the better funded ones) to enter prototypes.
Lola and Courage will not go down without a strong fight, plus they have their P1 programs to keep tham busy. |
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21 Jun 2005, 20:16 (Ref:1336384)
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What will be the name of the car? Is it just Porsche LMP2?
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21 Jun 2005, 20:23 (Ref:1336392)
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Porsche NA (i.e. Alex Job) sponsors: Hyatt, Mail2Web |
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21 Jun 2005, 20:36 (Ref:1336412)
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21 Jun 2005, 20:48 (Ref:1336428)
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21 Jun 2005, 23:21 (Ref:1336589)
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Penske X2 Alex Job X1? plus a GT2 Peterson X1? plus a GT2 Flying Lizard X1? great to see a red and silver P2 with that great logo of theirs BAM? thats just in the ALMS. anyone I missed |
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21 Jun 2005, 23:22 (Ref:1336591)
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22 Jun 2005, 04:35 (Ref:1336749)
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I was merely hilighting the commonality between the Alex Job livery and the one seen in the press photos. Since there's been a lot of rumbling about Alex having some distance from the factory this year, the photos indicate something very contrary. I would be very surprised to not see Alex running Porsche protos sometime soon.
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22 Jun 2005, 08:17 (Ref:1336865)
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I think you are wrong. These are all Porsche partners and sponsors (in North America). That is why they are/were on the Alex Job cars and that is why they will be on the Penske car.
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22 Jun 2005, 11:10 (Ref:1337004)
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Wasn't sure about the looks of it from first glance (first time I saw it was from today's Motorsport News) - However, give it a few looks and it really grows on yer!
It simply has to be good for sportscar racing to have a proper legend back, putting it's weight behind a project just at the time when Formula 1 seems to be going down the toilet. |
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22 Jun 2005, 15:29 (Ref:1337321)
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22 Jun 2005, 15:41 (Ref:1337336)
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I'd love to see Peter Sauber back in sportscars. But I doubt we'll see BMW follow him, seeing as they have just made a major investment in Formula 1.
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22 Jun 2005, 15:49 (Ref:1337341)
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Peter Sauber can now retire. No need to worry about budget for his F1 team. The future for his 300 employers is secured; BMW even plans to extend the facility in Hinwil.
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22 Jun 2005, 23:57 (Ref:1337809)
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So the Porsche LMP2 car comes as a package: chassis, engine+gearbox, ... Is it plausable/possible that we could see the Porsche 3.4 V8+gearbox in a Lola or Courage chassis? Or have a Porsche chassis with a Judd, Zytek, AER, ... engine?
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23 Jun 2005, 00:43 (Ref:1337833)
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I doubt it, since Porsche has no (known to me) history of doing this.
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23 Jun 2005, 01:17 (Ref:1337852)
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Read Mike's account of a recent visit to Dave Klym's shop, if you want to see how Porsche might feel about mix and match:
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23 Jun 2005, 12:05 (Ref:1338258)
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It sported white and blue colours - IIRC. Note to self: order a better brain next time |
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23 Jun 2005, 13:11 (Ref:1338320)
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Yes that was at the start of the GTP era, by Al Holbert, which played a part in convincing Porsche to develop the 962 for IMSA.
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23 Jun 2005, 14:59 (Ref:1338413)
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Yep, that about says it all, but to be fair, I think Porsche did do some chassis/engine swapping and other less than 'factory effort' racing, such as in Grand Am. But that was never their prefered avenue, and I too am very pleased to have them back in a 'proper' prototype! Win on Sunday, sell on Monday! 
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23 Jun 2005, 19:51 (Ref:1338630)
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Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but if I recall Porsche's Le Mans victories in 1996 and 1997 utilized a TWR developed chassis from the Jag era.
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23 Jun 2005, 19:56 (Ref:1338631)
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