LM24 Which is the WORST car to race at Le Mans in the Last 10 years?

rdjones · 10 Apr 2002, 12:06 (Ref:256348)

We have a current poll runing,which is the best car to have raced at Le Mans, so now let turn the question round:-
Which is the WORST car to race at Le Mans in the Last 10 years?

I have only chossen the last 10 years as if we where to go back to 1923 there would be lots of bad cars.

paulzinho · 10 Apr 2002, 12:15 (Ref:256359)

Phew thank god 92 is the cut off!!!!!

Nordic · 10 Apr 2002, 12:20 (Ref:256362)

Has to the Panoz. alot of hype surrounded this effort, only for it to fail big time.
The rest either did will or we where suprised when it turned up.

**Aysedasi** · 10 Apr 2002, 12:23 (Ref:256367)

I voted for the Lucchini, as it was an even crappier little spyder than the......... (no, I can't bring to myself to insult it, bearing in mind the burgeoning membership of the new fan club!).

Actually, it probably should have been the MIG, a complete waste of an entry.

**Aysedasi** · 10 Apr 2002, 12:24 (Ref:256368)

.....or how about the Bellefroid Orion? (92).

rdjones · 10 Apr 2002, 12:25 (Ref:256369)

What's that Aysedasi, go on say it u mean the.........Deborah, the horry little thing they are they should all be put together and burned so that they do see the light of day again ! ! !

Nordic · 10 Apr 2002, 12:30 (Ref:256375)

Re the MIG, during Pre Q it ran well with a Lambo engine in it, but for the race it turned up with a Motori Moderi ( or some such ) that was hopeless. the car flexed so much that the drivers could not change gear!!
I quite liked it and admired the effort.
We must not forget Mr Canerys power boat engined Eagle....what a monster

**Aysedasi** · 10 Apr 2002, 12:31 (Ref:256376)

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Originally posted by rdjones
What's that Aysedasi, go on say it u mean the.........Deborah, the horry little thing they are they should all be put together and burned so that they do see the light of day again ! ! !

Well really rd! I'm ashamed of you! Actually, our Tourists know that I christened the Debora with a new name back in 92 when I first saw it - B.A.D. - the Bloody Awful Debora.

But, of course, I've grown to love it since then.......

(By the way - I don't think it's got an 'h' on the end, has it?)

rdjones · 10 Apr 2002, 12:33 (Ref:256383)

Sorry to all Aysedasi and all the Deborah fans out there, it is just my personal view and not that of the members of tentenths.com

Big Stu · 10 Apr 2002, 13:41 (Ref:256448)

What about the Gillete from a few years back.... Looked a bit like a hard-top seven but it made such an impact on me I can remember little else about it!

FG1 · 10 Apr 2002, 14:05 (Ref:256474)

Is the Merc the CLR from '99? The one responsible for the Guerney on the wings of the prototypes and the removal of the Mulsanne hump. Got to be a contender that one!

FG

rdjones · 10 Apr 2002, 14:24 (Ref:256495)

No the CLR was from '99 and you are right they did have a bit of habit of becoming plane. The cars from '98 where know as CLK-GTR LM which were both out in the first three hours with Engine problems.

I my opioin pretty bad cars, even with the might Merc behind them.

cybersdorf · 10 Apr 2002, 16:55 (Ref:256597)

Toyota GT-One?

SL · 10 Apr 2002, 17:16 (Ref:256609)

Want a reminder on how bad or good they really were ?

Just found this remarkable site http://gto-racing.nexen.net/Nouveau_dossier/ it is in French but has photo's of just about every sportscar you can think of, except one, sorry Paul but it might be worth looking to see if I missed it.

SL

Kid Prozac · 10 Apr 2002, 18:55 (Ref:256671)

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Re the MIG, during Pre Q it ran well with a Lambo engine in it, but for the race it turned up with a Motori Moderi ( or some such ) that was hopeless. the car flexed so much that the drivers could not change gear!!
I quite liked it and admired the effort.
We must not forget Mr Canerys power boat engined Eagle....what a monster

i remember reading about the canary in ken wells book, said it was tuned by a company that made drag race engine(!) and lasted about as long as one of them!!

the MiG had a porsche road car gearbx i think, which wasnt up to the demands of the power available, hence the flexing.

dunno why they chnaged to Motori Modena (sponsorship?) they made he minardi f1 engines for a year i think, and had a habit of not working! same with their q scale rc engine.

does anyone have any pictures of the MiG cos the only one ive seen is of the cockpit, and i really want to see what this car looks like.

what about the norma w12, also in 1990. why anyone would want to use the life w12 f1 engine i dont kow, that barely lasted to the end of the pitlane in f1 guise, were the team mad to think it would last 24 hours!! also ken wells said that no one believed it actually existed as there was never any sign of it in the paddock until scrutineering, anyone got any pics of this one as well?

View Poll Results: Which is the WORST car to race at Le Mans in the Last 10 years?
BRM P351 LM	1	3.70%
Deborah	5	18.52%
WR Peugeot	0	0%
MIG Tako M 100	8	29.63%
Lucchini SP91	3	11.11%
Harrier LR9 Spyder	0	0%
Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 (1995)	2	7.41%
Ferrari 333 SP LM (1996)	0	0%
Mercedes CLK-GTR LM	4	14.81%
Panoz LMP07	4	14.81%
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