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Old 9 Jun 2023, 11:49 (Ref:4160991)   #1476
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also like the name, Alpine A110 R Le Mans. Kind of reminds me of the Alpine Renault A442/B from the mid-70's.
looks like I was wrong about that, but the play on name by calling it A424B is still great.
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Old 9 Jun 2023, 12:01 (Ref:4160997)   #1477
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The covers have come of the new Mustang GT3 today and its a good looking car. The car will be run by Proton Competition (An interesting one)

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Old 9 Jun 2023, 12:21 (Ref:4161007)   #1478
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and they're using the 5.4L "Coyote" engine, using that flat plane crank similar to the Corvette's 5.5L. This should be good...
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Old 9 Jun 2023, 12:29 (Ref:4161011)   #1479
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The covers have come of the new Mustang GT3 today and its a good looking car. The car will be run by Proton Competition (An interesting one)

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/...omer-team.html
Loophole - whilst ford not in Hyercar, Proton is as a team so guaranteed entry?
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Loophole - whilst ford not in Hyercar, Proton is as a team so guaranteed entry?
Excellent thought! Although I doubt Ford would be turned away regardless. Now an interesting one for me would be what if Glick kept their hypercar program next year and wanted to run their gt3 car too? For some reason I'm thinking the rules would change in that case.
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Loophole - whilst ford not in Hyercar, Proton is as a team so guaranteed entry?

I was wondering the same thing!
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Loophole - whilst ford not in Hyercar, Proton is as a team so guaranteed entry?
You don’t need a loophole when you have that car. If you don’t have a hyper car you just need an ace up your sleeve. Or cold hard marketing dollars.

If anything it’s Proton probably using Ford to try and guarantee a grid spot.
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And with so many teams running Porsches Proton would have needed something different to get on the grid
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Loophole - whilst ford not in Hyercar, Proton is as a team so guaranteed entry?
The connection is Multimatic, in addition to building the Mustang GT3, Multimatic produces the chassis of the Porsche 963.
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They directly said you don't have to be in Hypercar to be in LMGT3 with the 2 class confirmation so not sure that's a loophole and more they know Ford and Proton will bring a prepared car, and money
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Listening to the new TWISC - it sounds like Graham has a story cooking about someone new entering the frame. Story sounded fairly imminent but let's see.

Also sounds like Alpine are seriously looking at IMSA alongside WEC.
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DSC are reporting that Cadillac are staying in the WEC next year.
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DSC are reporting that Cadillac are staying in the WEC next year.
https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/...xt-season.html

I didn't realise it was a possibility they wouldn't. For sure as the piece explains it would make life trickier for them in a number of ways not to be there in Hypercar.
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WRT has begun testing with its BMW

https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/...id-v8-hypercar

I like the looks of this car a lot and will be waiting to see some livery mockups soon!
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Listening to the new TWISC - it sounds like Graham has a story cooking about someone new entering the frame. Story sounded fairly imminent but let's see.

Also sounds like Alpine are seriously looking at IMSA alongside WEC.

Alfa Romeo or Hyundai maybe?
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WRT has begun testing with its BMW

https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/...id-v8-hypercar

I like the looks of this car a lot and will be waiting to see some livery mockups soon!
I think it looks amazing in the bare carbon fiber! I'm not fond of the imsa BMW livery but it's a nice looking car.
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Hyundai.

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https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/...id-v8-hypercar

I like the looks of this car a lot and will be waiting to see some livery mockups soon!
Wonderful. Go WRT.
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Well, remember that Alfa was to make an announcement after the classic Le Mans weekend, as to whether they would stay in Formula 1 or choose another sport. It is time for that decision to be known.
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Alfa is part of Stellantis, parent company of Peugeot so I don't really believe in this. Graham said something about that manufacturer not being around as of today, so I don't believe in Hyundai or McLaren either.

Jaguar ?
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I did hear rumours of Alfa a few months ago, but then aren't they getting involved with Haas in F1 now? Maybe its Honda entering WEC.
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Maybe its Honda entering WEC.
Would be awesome news! But I somehow can't imagine them interested in the WEC
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Would be awesome news! But I somehow can't imagine them interested in the WEC
Aren't they kimda already involved with the Acura programme though?
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Listening to the new TWISC - it sounds like Graham has a story cooking about someone new entering the frame. Story sounded fairly imminent but let's see.

Also sounds like Alpine are seriously looking at IMSA alongside WEC.

Yesn Bruno Firmin from ALpine has confirned this in an interview you can read on endurance-info:
"Le rythme s’est progressivement accéléré et le choix de la règlementation LMDh s’est imposé comme une évidence avec l’ambition d’Alpine de pénétrer le marché américain"


Meaning

"The pace gradually accelerated and the choice of LMDh regulations became obvious with Alpine's ambition to penetrate the American market."


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Alfa is part of Stellantis, parent company of Peugeot so I don't really believe in this. Graham said something about that manufacturer not being around as of today, so I don't believe in Hyundai or McLaren either.
If that were the case, then Porsche and Lamborghini (VAG) would not be in the same situation, as both will run LMDh in both series.
Peugeot hasn't sold cars in the US for quite some time, so they would be in the same situation as Alpine. Whereas Alfa has, through Stellantis, been in the US market with sufficient sales of product. This alone makes Alfa Romeo a perfect choice for entry into WEC/IMSA competition.
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