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Old 26 Dec 2017, 12:31 (Ref:3789186)   #201
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Interesting to see the MceLrea team running a McLaren as I was told they were running Porches.
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 02:18 (Ref:3789248)   #202
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Interesting to see the MceLrea team running a McLaren as I was told they were running Porches.
The chance to run factory-backed McLaren's in the race is likely more appealing than private Porsche's
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 03:29 (Ref:3789250)   #203
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Interesting to see the MceLrea team running a McLaren as I was told they were running Porches.
They've been running Tony Wall's Objective McLaren for a few years in AGT and B12 and the Fraser Ross Total car this year in Aus GT so its not a huge stretch to think that they'd run at least one of those cars at the 12hr
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 06:02 (Ref:3789252)   #204
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 06:04 (Ref:3789254)   #205
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 09:17 (Ref:3789273)   #206
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Interesting to see the MceLrea team running a McLaren as I was told they were running Porches.
They are running the Competition Motorsport Porsche like they have done for the past few years.
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 09:18 (Ref:3789274)   #207
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Old 27 Dec 2017, 11:24 (Ref:3789295)   #208
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Earl Bamber, Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor

...with Werner/Dumas/Makowiecki announced in the Manthey car a few weeks back- Porsche are taking this one pretty seriously....

Any thoughts on that mystery sixth Merc on the original entry list, with team and drivers TBA?- Just a placeholder in case a deal can be put together, or could we be due another heavyweight announcement still to come- something like HTP with a full deck of Merc factory drivers?

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Old 28 Dec 2017, 18:43 (Ref:3789487)   #209
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WRT Audi driver line ups.

- Robin Frijns, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor
- Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda

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Old 3 Jan 2018, 05:09 (Ref:3790401)   #210
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Interesting idea of how much it costs to race in the 12 hour. this team is looking for $220K

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Old 3 Jan 2018, 21:11 (Ref:3790533)   #211
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Old 4 Jan 2018, 02:32 (Ref:3790553)   #212
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They didn't really scratch the surface did they?
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Old 4 Jan 2018, 02:44 (Ref:3790554)   #213
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They didn't really scratch the surface did they?
no, was more about matt campbell than the event
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Old 5 Jan 2018, 09:43 (Ref:3790776)   #214
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Very lame report I thought.
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Old 5 Jan 2018, 10:57 (Ref:3790785)   #215
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To be fair they probably filmed these things back in mid-November
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Old 5 Jan 2018, 15:08 (Ref:3790848)   #216
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To be fair they probably filmed these things back in mid-November
I daresay.... which makes it even more off the topic of the 12 hour it was labelled, as the subject of most of the clip, Matt Campbell, was not even a confirmed 12 hour driver until just before Christmas.
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Old 7 Jan 2018, 20:01 (Ref:3791238)   #217
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YNA Autosport Pro Am lineup announced- Fraser Ross / Scott McLaughlin / Alex West / Andrew Watson

Really think that’s a Pro Am class challenger


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Old 7 Jan 2018, 21:21 (Ref:3791255)   #218
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same team as craig lowndes.
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Keen to see the level of McLaren GT involvement in the YNA operation - hopefully its high (2016 levels).
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Keen to see the level of McLaren GT involvement in the YNA operation - hopefully its high (2016 levels).
With two VASC stars, one of whom was a McLaren GT driver for a while, and a current McLaren GT works driver, I'm pretty sure that car will be as close to a works entry as possible.
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cant see it, being rub by mcelrea racing

The 2nd car is almost an Am car with only 1 pro driver

Best we can hope for is some Triple 8 help
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cant see it, being rub by mcelrea racing

The 2nd car is almost an Am car with only 1 pro driver

Best we can hope for is some Triple 8 help


The second car isn’t just a bunch of Am’s?

Scott McLaughlin is going to be lightning, and Andrew Watson is a McLaren Factory driver. He is fast.

Watch the GT Open 2017 season. You’ll see Alex West is a fast am too...

And to your other comment I’m well aware Lowndes is in the other YNA car, what’s your point?
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cant see it, being rub by mcelrea racing

The 2nd car is almost an Am car with only 1 pro driver

Best we can hope for is some Triple 8 help
With the drivers named, there is a more than very good chance that the cars may be entered by Mcelrea Racing, but there will be Mclaren fingers in the garage.
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Old 8 Jan 2018, 10:59 (Ref:3791349)   #224
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cant see it, being rub by mcelrea racing

The 2nd car is almost an Am car with only 1 pro driver

Best we can hope for is some Triple 8 help
And the 2016 effort was run by Tekno, but was still an effective McLaren works effort.

I would say the Am car is a way of trying to sweep the Am class as well for the marque, the drivers in the McLaughlin car are no slouches, you are reading too much into the "Am" stereotype.
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The second car isn’t just a bunch of Am’s?

Scott McLaughlin is going to be lightning, and Andrew Watson is a McLaren Factory driver. He is fast.

Watch the GT Open 2017 season. You’ll see Alex West is a fast am too...

And to your other comment I’m well aware Lowndes is in the other YNA car, what’s your point?
actually it is a bunch of Ams, apart from scott. silver and bronze ranked drivers. thus unseeded, thus Am's. a number of the other pro-am teams will have two seeded drivers and only 1 am driver

just interesting that DJRTP driver is effectively teams mates with two T8 drivers and the one that scott came into contact with last time they were on track. No point, just an observation
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