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28 Sep 2012, 14:09 (Ref:3143196) | #101 | |
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BANZAIII! It is not a matter of "if" he crashes, it is when he crashes.
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28 Sep 2012, 14:11 (Ref:3143200) | #102 | |
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They said the same thing about Nakajima, but in Silverstone he got on just fine.
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28 Sep 2012, 14:20 (Ref:3143204) | #103 | ||
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This move could indicate that the the manufacter that OAK is searching for their 2014 car could be Honda!!!!
Let´s hope so, but in other hand Wirth Research team will do what??? |
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28 Sep 2012, 14:42 (Ref:3143218) | #104 | |
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Really happy to see Taku in sportscars. As others have said hopefully this is evidence of deeper involvement from Honda, and hopefully Takuma will catch the endurance racing bug and do Le Mans.
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28 Sep 2012, 16:24 (Ref:3143295) | #105 | ||
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The important thing to remember here is that Fuji and Shanghai have lots of runoff
Now let's just hope he can keep it out of traffic!!! |
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28 Sep 2012, 16:44 (Ref:3143307) | #106 | ||
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28 Sep 2012, 17:10 (Ref:3143319) | #107 | |
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Anyone esle got a sneaking suspition that the oak-hpd is gonna be really, really quick!?! :-p
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28 Sep 2012, 18:11 (Ref:3143359) | #108 | ||
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No quicker than a Hpd/Hpd ..... as thats the optimised chassis .
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28 Sep 2012, 18:45 (Ref:3143373) | #109 | |
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the oak was able to give the rebellions a run for there money last year and the Hpd's are no quicker than the rebellions this year... plus they haven't been THAT far off the pace in the races they have done this year (races, not qually) so i don't see any reason for them not to be right at the sharp end with the quoted 30 extra horses behind them and actually being able to use them without fear of blowing the engine to smithereens lol
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The Oak-Pescarolo appears to be a solid chassis performance-wise, but conventional wisdom still holds the ARX-03a's driving dynamics are the best among customer cars wouldn't you agree? |
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Leaving aside the argument that the Wirth chassis is optimised for the engine I still think Oak have really got to grips with the Pescarolo chassis, and given the bad luck they've had in LMP2 this year can't help thinking there's scope form the dice to really fall in place for them. |
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30 Sep 2012, 15:26 (Ref:3144172) | #113 | ||
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When it comes to chassis, the OAK-Pescarolo has shown very good cornering speed, and the Judd V8 is lacking in sheer grunt. |
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16 Oct 2012, 19:21 (Ref:3153023) | #114 | ||
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John Dagys has some news about Oak's plans for next year: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...-debrief-fuji/
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27 Oct 2012, 20:30 (Ref:3158626) | #115 | ||
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The December 2012 edition of RCE has an interview with John Judd: http://gb.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue...&prev=sub&p=26
Judd admits that Oak Racing were let down. Quote:
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27 Oct 2012, 21:15 (Ref:3158659) | #116 | ||
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Well , hats off that Judd is man enough to swallow his pride and openly admit to this .
Im sure that Judd will regain their former form . But TFSI and Hybrid is now the new deal . Their now possibily talking about a V10 ..... lovely , and that Oak is a charming little car to the eye . |
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27 Oct 2012, 22:11 (Ref:3158693) | #117 | |
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Light, low-rev, direct injection V10. Sounds good, and hopefully goes good.
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I was very impressed the performance the Oak cars put in at Le Mans. They have put in some work to make that car competitive and most importantly reliable. This got me thinking, will their Le Mans showing gain them interest from a manufacturer in building their 2014 LMP1? I don't know if there are any manufacturers that are looking for somebody to build them a car, but if there are Oak has to be a top choice.
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26 Jun 2013, 07:04 (Ref:3269861) | #120 | |
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Ahead of '14 the team had to make a statement and they did exactly that. They proved their professionalism and that they can get the job done. That can't hurt when kicking off the new P1 project.
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26 Jun 2013, 10:30 (Ref:3269953) | #121 | ||
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With all these new P1s being built, you hope or suspect that at least one of them will hit a certain sweetspot in the design to make a fast enough to pick up the pieces from the manufacturers, like Pescarolo in the 2000s.
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26 Jun 2013, 17:58 (Ref:3270125) | #122 | |
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What odds on an OAK-Renault, with the new Renault F1 engine? Seems like a logical all French tie up to me. Renault get a toe in at Le Mans without having to build a car, and can increase their involvement if they like what they see. Or am I day dreaming again?!
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26 Jun 2013, 18:26 (Ref:3270133) | #123 | |
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They'll have to wait till '16 for the engine - so everything could have changed by then.
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27 Jun 2013, 01:08 (Ref:3270267) | #124 | ||
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This Le Mans was the coming of age that Oak has been seeming to be on the cusp of for a few years. Absolutely commanding job. I don't know whether it's enough to make them a serious contender to run a factory programme (because those aren't falling from trees yet) but I don't think they could have produced a better advert.
Obviously the chassis and the race team were up to it, but I think they also showed very good business acumen in assembling their driver lineups. They obtained 2 of the very fastest and most consistent Silver drivers out there and also showed (and received) good loyalty buy running 4 pros who'd all driven for them last year in some form or another. I don't think that would be lost on a manufacturer either... |
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