|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
16 Jun 2010, 18:45 (Ref:2713305) | #2076 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,793
|
I just watched the Audi + cameraman crash video again because it gives an overhead view of an Audi stop. Both #7 and #8 were much further from the white line than Peugeot on those stops - several feet actually.
|
||
|
16 Jun 2010, 19:55 (Ref:2713341) | #2077 | |||
Team Crouton
20KPINAL
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 39,934
|
Quote:
I'm honest enough to admit they looked OK, the art car in particular, but my view of where they really belong hasn't changed at all....... |
|||
__________________
280 days...... |
16 Jun 2010, 23:31 (Ref:2713447) | #2078 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,980
|
Quote:
Probably says something that when leaning over the edge of Tribune 34 the BMW wasn't one of the cars I felt the urge to get a photo of. |
|||
|
16 Jun 2010, 23:48 (Ref:2713454) | #2079 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 12,041
|
I love the M3 and think it might be up there as a road car but think a car more like the old 8 series would be a better GT car, just seemed more aggressive.
|
|
|
17 Jun 2010, 14:41 (Ref:2713735) | #2080 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 972
|
aco race trap speeds 2010:
348 km/h - peugeots 908 no1 & no2 347 km/h - audi r15 no8 & no9, peugeots no3 and no4 346 km/h - audi r15 no7 344 km/h - aston martin 008 & 007 343 km/h - aston martin 009 330 km/h - kolles audi r10 no15 329 km/h - kolles audi r10 no14 also, surprising top speed for the gt2 corvette, which was faster than any gt1 car on the mulsanne - 302 km/h (296 km/h for corvette gt1). Last edited by sssssssss; 17 Jun 2010 at 14:53. |
|
|
17 Jun 2010, 14:57 (Ref:2713745) | #2081 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,738
|
Quote:
|
||
|
17 Jun 2010, 21:45 (Ref:2713991) | #2082 | ||
Rookie
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 10
|
Our Le Mans write ups are online for all to read... off to interview Piers Phillips of Strakka on Monday... should be interesting.... maybe even get a Glass of Bubbly!!
|
||
__________________
Endurance Sportscar 24 Hours of Le Mans - Le Mans Series - American Le Mans Series - FIA GT1 |
18 Jun 2010, 00:19 (Ref:2714057) | #2083 | |||
Race Official
20KPINAL
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 23,746
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
"If you're not winning you're not trying." Colin Chapman. |
18 Jun 2010, 00:21 (Ref:2714058) | #2084 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8,919
|
Quote:
L.P. |
|||
__________________
Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent |
18 Jun 2010, 16:36 (Ref:2714390) | #2085 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,354
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
18 Jun 2010, 17:15 (Ref:2714409) | #2086 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,793
|
It's funny; here in North America, M3s racing in GT classes have been a near-fixture for over a decade so I suppose we don't really see them as anything out of the ordinary. Honestly, though, do they look more out of place than the BMWs did in Group 5 with the Porsche 935s, Capris and Lancias? I think of those BMWs as iconic sportscars...
|
||
|
18 Jun 2010, 17:45 (Ref:2714422) | #2087 | ||
Team Crouton
20KPINAL
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 39,934
|
Probably not, but I can't comment as that's before my time. Although it would seem to support the suggestion that it's about time BMW built a real sportscar about which there is no doubt.......
|
||
__________________
280 days...... |
18 Jun 2010, 18:49 (Ref:2714443) | #2088 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 12,041
|
Yeah, would like to see BMW make an M6 CSL or something like it with a race-able engine package available. Just me guessing they'll put a turbo'd V8 under the hood of the next gen street car and may not be something they could tweak to meet GT regs.
|
|
|
19 Jun 2010, 00:17 (Ref:2714566) | #2089 | ||
Racer
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 222
|
the M3 get a smaller restrictor in lemans after the results from the ALMS. so they were slower and maybe also the sound was not so fine.
|
||
|
20 Jun 2010, 00:52 (Ref:2714905) | #2090 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,980
|
Quote:
It does have to be said though that for all the 3 and 6 derived machinery kept the Porsches honest in the lean period, it's the M1 that grips attention from this period. In short, think of BMW 635 and you're a Chris de Burgh lyric, think M1 and you're in proper sportscar terrain. In short - message to BMW is create something that's a lot more like an M1 and you'll be a lot more welcome at Le Mans. In this vein, what's so silly about the idea of a GT2 Z4? Last edited by isynge; 20 Jun 2010 at 00:58. Reason: BMW model change, Chris de Burgh reference added |
|||
|
20 Jun 2010, 01:09 (Ref:2714906) | #2091 | ||
Racer
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 312
|
I wish the bimmer's ran with this color scheme:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2729/...498b99c605.jpg |
||
|
20 Jun 2010, 07:08 (Ref:2714945) | #2092 | |||
Team Crouton
20KPINAL
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 39,934
|
Quote:
Makes no difference really - it's just a paint job. As Ian says, it doesn't make it an M1 or a Z4...... |
|||
__________________
280 days...... |
21 Jun 2010, 07:49 (Ref:2715516) | #2093 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,738
|
||
|
21 Jun 2010, 12:01 (Ref:2715639) | #2094 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 660
|
|||
|
23 Jun 2010, 12:05 (Ref:2716810) | #2095 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 4,900
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
I can't drive 55. |
23 Jun 2010, 12:33 (Ref:2716825) | #2096 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,738
|
Yes, great picture. Also check out his pictures of the GT cars: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010...s-gt-wars.aspx
|
|
|
23 Jun 2010, 17:38 (Ref:2716964) | #2097 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,793
|
Brooks' stuff is fantastic. Between that and the photography on DSC there are some superb artistic impressions of the event to revel in. Fitting views of such an epic event.
|
||
|
27 Jun 2010, 12:34 (Ref:2718482) | #2098 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Hey , Ive just realised that this year must be the first time in eons that Yorijo Terada wasnt at Le Mans as a driver !!!
|
||
|
27 Jun 2010, 12:56 (Ref:2718511) | #2099 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6,270
|
|||
__________________
When in doubt? C4. |
27 Jun 2010, 22:03 (Ref:2718960) | #2100 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
I didnt realise that either .
|
||
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
'10 FRC Round 5 • Le Mans • June 7th - 13th | HORNDAWG | Predictions Competitions | 30 | 8 Jul 2010 10:24 |
[LM24 Race] The 77th Edition of the 24hrs of Le Mans • Race Thread • June, 8th – 14th 2009 | HORNDAWG | 24 Heures du Mans | 1657 | 23 Jun 2009 21:15 |
'09 FRC Round 6, The 77th Edition of the 24hrs of Le Mans June, 8th – 14th | HORNDAWG | Predictions Competitions | 33 | 22 Jun 2009 12:18 |