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Old 27 May 2015, 14:16 (Ref:3541751)   #276
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Ford will announce their GTE program for Le Mans on Friday (press conference).

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Per twitter: https://twitter.com/EnduranceMagFR/s...52746504003584

Not sure how 'official' that statement is though.

Sounds like Le Mans 2016 is pretty much a given and, if the statement above is correct, let's hope for clues or announcements regarding TUSC and/or WEC as well!
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Old 27 May 2015, 16:12 (Ref:3541782)   #277
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Old 27 May 2015, 17:48 (Ref:3541821)   #278
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Friday 2 days from now, or Friday before Le Mans?
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Old 28 May 2015, 03:49 (Ref:3541966)   #279
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Good hopfully we can stop guessing and end this nonsense since last year when they were supposed to announce but never did.
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Old 28 May 2015, 04:34 (Ref:3541975)   #280
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Good hopfully we can stop guessing and end this nonsense since last year when they were supposed to announce but never did.
Well that was a completely separate rumor, clearly unfounded as it was also about P1...
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Old 28 May 2015, 06:07 (Ref:3541980)   #281
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Why was anyone expecting to see a 2016 spec GTE car race in 2015 in the first place? It made no sense beyond "give it to IMSA, they'll waiver anything"
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Old 28 May 2015, 14:37 (Ref:3542104)   #282
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Well that was a completely separate rumor, clearly unfounded as it was also about P1...
And was partly made up to find out which journos were reporting things which were not meant to be reported yet.
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Old 28 May 2015, 22:15 (Ref:3542276)   #283
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Last year around this period was incredible on the rumours front. Have S365/E-I ever explained, clarified or even I guess apologized for saying there would be a Ferrari LMP1 announcement?

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/leman...t-for-le-mans/

I just remember feeling really deflated during Le Mans week given the hype of what was rumoured. I've started keeping track now to see what actually materializes long-term against what is being reported.
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Old 29 May 2015, 01:02 (Ref:3542317)   #284
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Last year around this period was incredible on the rumours front. Have S365/E-I ever explained, clarified or even I guess apologized for saying there would be a Ferrari LMP1 announcement?
I don't think they have, but isn't it kind of obvious the explanation would be "source had wrong information"... one has to wonder though what is the journalist's role then.
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Old 29 May 2015, 01:26 (Ref:3542324)   #285
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Last year around this period was incredible on the rumours front. Have S365/E-I ever explained, clarified or even I guess apologized for saying there would be a Ferrari LMP1 announcement?

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/leman...t-for-le-mans/

I just remember feeling really deflated during Le Mans week given the hype of what was rumoured. I've started keeping track now to see what actually materializes long-term against what is being reported.
Dagys is all about speculative journalism.... Might be a shred of truth, and he runs with it. He's been had a number of times by people "less in the know"...
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Old 29 May 2015, 02:41 (Ref:3542336)   #286
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Sometimes " Speculative Journalism " and PR Hype are tough to Seperate
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Old 29 May 2015, 05:00 (Ref:3542383)   #287
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Dagys is all about speculative journalism.... Might be a shred of truth, and he runs with it. He's been had a number of times by people "less in the know"...
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Old 30 May 2015, 12:24 (Ref:3542820)   #288
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Just in case anyone still had the slightest doubt Ford is about to announce their programme at Le Mans.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/leman...-announcement/
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Old 30 May 2015, 12:29 (Ref:3542823)   #289
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Well they are certainly pushing the boat out so lets hope the announcement is as good as we are expecting
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Old 30 May 2015, 12:53 (Ref:3542838)   #290
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Looks to be a TUSC program as well:

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As previously reported by Sportscar365, a two-car factory GTE-Pro effort is expected from Chip Ganassi Racing, which is also set to feature a GT Le Mans class program in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship next year.
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Old 30 May 2015, 15:57 (Ref:3542928)   #292
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Looks to be a TUSC program as well:
Ah yes. More speculative journalism. It's 50/50. Can't be wrong...

Essentially we will see the car at Sebring and Daytona before heading off for the WEC. There is no way Ford will have a four car factory effort in two series, run by the same shop straight away. That's just asking for complete disaster.
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I figure they'll do the same as Corvette-TUSC and Le Mans. I can't see Ford stretching to run another team in WEC in the cars first year. After that who knows? That seems more realistic IMHO.
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Old 30 May 2015, 21:40 (Ref:3543073)   #294
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This car could well scare the current GTE's. Far more advanced aero, the first with an up to date, direct injection turbo engine...
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I figure they'll do the same as Corvette-TUSC and Le Mans. I can't see Ford stretching to run another team in WEC in the cars first year. After that who knows? That seems more realistic IMHO.
I agree, don't know from where did this WEC assumption even come from. Their main competition is in TUSC, Ganassi is American and Multimatic is Canadian.
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I agree, don't know from where did this WEC assumption even come from. Their main competition is in TUSC, Ganassi is American and Multimatic is Canadian.
It comes from promotional activities, activation money, and the market where they think having a program like this would be beneficial. Seeing as Ford wants to be a global car company, having a car that traverses the world instead of a regional club series makes sense.
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But that's just an assumption.....Corvette get's enough activation on the global scale by doing Le Mans alone whilst spending the rest of their time fighting it out in that American regional club series....
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But that's just an assumption.....Corvette get's enough activation on the global scale by doing Le Mans alone whilst spending the rest of their time fighting it out in that American regional club series....
Just like it's an assumption this will be a GrandAm only program.

Chevy doesn't care about being a global brand. They have other marques that fall under their umbrella. And, just because their activation works based upon LeMans only(entirely untrue, it's a small boost for a niche market and a single car, but not the sole method) in no way, shape, or form mean that's the same approach Ford will use.
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Is Vette even popular in Europe? Ford's euro market is big, but would a Ford GT(E) be better served running in the states or worldwide? In the states they have Nascar. Do they even need a GTE?
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