What is Aston Martin up to? - Page 140

dj choc ice · 3 Sep 2011, 00:39 (Ref:2950187)

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Originally Posted by JayBMS

Could be nothing but one of the Young Driver GT1 cars will be running in Gulf colors for the rest of the season. Could Gulf not happy with the publicity from the AMR-One?

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That does look very good indeed, it would have been better if they ran the Young Driver cars like that all year though.

Deleted · 3 Sep 2011, 00:45 (Ref:2950188)

Bringing some strong 2008 flasbacks for me... which is great of course

Tom908V12 · 9 Sep 2011, 14:34 (Ref:2953165)

Only 14th best time on free practice 1 at Silverstone today...behind 4 LMP2s

carsten66 · 9 Sep 2011, 21:16 (Ref:2953351)

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Originally Posted by Tom908V12

Only 14th best time on free practice 1 at Silverstone today...behind 4 LMP2s

11th in practice 2... and the car is still running, things only can get better...

Tom908V12 · 10 Sep 2011, 11:05 (Ref:2953470)

14th again on 3rd free practice this morning

JayBMS · 10 Sep 2011, 12:29 (Ref:2953481)

Not looking good, lets see what they can do in Quali.

Also AMR confirmed thats its was chassis 2-1 yesterday would that make it this car owned by Charouz?

http://racingcars24.com/index.php?si...&adtitle=17770

outnumbered · 10 Sep 2011, 14:29 (Ref:2953519)

There was a guy from Aston Martin Racing interviewed at Silverstone today during one of the red flag periods. He was so non-committal about the future of the AMR-One that you've got to think there's little chance of ever seeing it in a race again.

TF110 · 11 Sep 2011, 03:44 (Ref:2953701)

Good riddance I'd say. Keep the current car and base a new one off of that.

Simmi · 11 Sep 2011, 09:36 (Ref:2953764)

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Originally Posted by outnumbered

There was a guy from Aston Martin Racing interviewed at Silverstone today during one of the red flag periods. He was so non-committal about the future of the AMR-One that you've got to think there's little chance of ever seeing it in a race again.

Yeah a lot of 'no comments' from GHC. I honestly don't think they know themselves what they will do. I hope they will be around in some capacity next year. Doesn't look good for prospective manufacturers to see Aston humbled so badly while trying to step up a level.

Tom908V12 · 11 Sep 2011, 19:57 (Ref:2954087)

After their Silverstone race(result 9th overall)what to expect from the Lola AMR at PLM in 3 weeks

FordCosworthPanoz · 11 Sep 2011, 20:07 (Ref:2954090)

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Originally Posted by Tom908V12

After their Silverstone race(result 9th overall)what to expect from the Lola AMR at PLM in 3 weeks

Well, the car did go airborne down the hangar straight which set them back, but you are right, the car was well off the pace. The other grandfathered LMP1 car wasnt that bad although slightly off the pace off OAK and Rebellion.

Im betting OAK and Rebellion blow AMR and the ALMS Lolas away at Petit, but the Aston will be competitive against its fellow AMR team and Dyson at Laguna Seca.

carsten66 · 11 Sep 2011, 20:48 (Ref:2954113)

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Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

Well, the car did go airborne down the hangar straight which set them back, but you are right, the car was well off the pace. The other grandfathered LMP1 car wasnt that bad although slightly off the pace off OAK and Rebellion.

Im betting OAK and Rebellion blow AMR and the ALMS Lolas away at Petit, but the Aston will be competitive against its fellow AMR team and Dyson at Laguna Seca.

... and maybe also we will see the Muscle Milk Aston blows the works AMR.

CTD · 11 Sep 2011, 21:17 (Ref:2954124)

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Originally Posted by carsten66

... and maybe also we will see the Muscle Milk Aston blows the works AMR.

Maybe!?

isynge · 11 Sep 2011, 21:39 (Ref:2954136)

Personally just very pleased that the 007 got back running today. Initially looking at Primat's incident on Hanger Straight (from Beckett's grandstand) it looked a lot like game over for Laguna Seca.

Ultimately though, the grandfathered cars are starting to fall behind the proper petrol LMP1s - and once you factor in the lack of race prep from AMR and today's performance isn't all that surprising. I can't see them being any faster at PLM, and in all honesty both Dyson and Cytosport should have the edge at Laguna Seca next week.

Positives? It still looks good, and even hobbled, sounds okay, and in getting a reasonable six hours running hopefully keeps spirits up at AMR and boosts, somehow, the chances of us getting a WEC programme from them next year.

The Badger · 11 Sep 2011, 23:50 (Ref:2954170)

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Originally Posted by isynge

and once you factor in the lack of race prep from AMR and today's performance isn't all that surprising. I can't see them being any faster at PLM, and in all honesty both Dyson and Cytosport should have the edge at Laguna Seca next week.

Lack of race prep ..... when did they announce that they would run this car at Silverstone ..... ages ago . Plenty of time , so lack of race prep doesnt stand up in my book .

I fully expect to see the grandfathered cars being beaten by the new breed , once people get their handle on them .

Cytosport , should not imo , be able to beat AMR with the same car , end of .

courageous · 12 Sep 2011, 11:45 (Ref:2954378)

Cytosport have been running the car all year with pro drivers.

AMR have leased the car back from the collector & given it 1 quick shake down in order to fufill their contracts with pay drivers.

the 'factory' team will be doing well to get within a second a lap of the more serious effort.

**Aysedasi** · 12 Sep 2011, 11:45 (Ref:2954377)

I was pleased to see it - it still looks and sounds good as Ian says - just a shame it was such a poor performer in the race.....

**joeb** · 12 Sep 2011, 12:24 (Ref:2954408)

Racecar Engineering has a new article up about the AMR-ONE development and future.

MulsanneMike · 12 Sep 2011, 13:08 (Ref:2954447)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Racecar Engineering has a new article up about the AMR-ONE development and future.

There really is precious little that is new in that article.

Simmi · 12 Sep 2011, 13:18 (Ref:2954455)

Anyone got any more info on what happened on the Hangar Straight? I'm assuming all the tv cameras picked up was the aftermath which is what I saw?

**joeb** · 12 Sep 2011, 13:39 (Ref:2954464)

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Originally Posted by MulsanneMike

There really is precious little that is new in that article.

True, but it is a "new" article, published on the 9th.

DistortedSmile · 12 Sep 2011, 14:15 (Ref:2954476)

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Originally Posted by Simmi

Anyone got any more info on what happened on the Hangar Straight? I'm assuming all the tv cameras picked up was the aftermath which is what I saw?

I'm also interested in this, must have been something serious to make the car go airborne:

**joeb** · 12 Sep 2011, 16:59 (Ref:2954551)

It is hard to believe that the car moved after that let alone finished.

Joe Taylor · 14 Sep 2011, 11:38 (Ref:2955396)

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Originally Posted by DistortedSmile

I'm also interested in this, must have been something serious to make the car go airborne:

I can't say for certain as I wasn't really concentrating and only took the picture instinctively upon seeing unusual movement, but I think the Aston clipped some traffic through Chapel, which put it sideways, causing the familliar air-under-the-car problem, which led to the introduction of the fin for this year.

Simmi · 14 Sep 2011, 22:22 (Ref:2955670)

Well done on the photo Joe!

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