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19 Mar 2004, 18:36 (Ref:911014) | #1 | ||
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Anyone car to guess how long it takes the car to either overheat or catch fire if it starts the race. They had lots of these problems back then.
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I actually think the car will last until at least half way....but as far as a competitive project, this thing is a joke. Half the GT cars are faster.
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19 Mar 2004, 19:11 (Ref:911051) | #3 | |
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If run to its full potential its should be capable of a sub 2m lap.
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They must be having trouble. It seems it should be at least able to compete with the Panoz GTP. But this is another example of a car that is out of place.
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19 Mar 2004, 20:43 (Ref:911137) | #5 | ||
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Well this car wasn't exactly fast when it was new either. I'm sure there would have been better options instead of the lotus.
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yeah, but, no matter how out of pace it is. its still nice to have it there ... now, will it get any tv coverage?
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20 Mar 2004, 03:16 (Ref:911400) | #7 | ||
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You'll see it when the Morgan laps it every half hour or so...if it lasts that long, but if it causes a yellow you will see it then too...thats probably about it!
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It's a shame because I think it's a lovely looking car - even if it is as slow as a tortoise!
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20 Mar 2004, 16:11 (Ref:912217) | #9 | ||
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Lotus retired after 7 laps? :P That really wasn't too long race for them.. Why they even tried to start..
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Haven't they got long term plans with a 2 car team for 2005. Must be with a new car!
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Mark my word you will be seeing a lot of the Lotus this year.....
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20 Mar 2004, 21:24 (Ref:912776) | #12 | |
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Did I hear right on RLM that the Lotus will compete in the LMES (with a Judd engine) before returning to the ALMS?
I did hear for sure that they intend to compete at the Silverstone LMES event. Last edited by JAG; 20 Mar 2004 at 21:25. |
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Yeh I heard the Silverstone bit but I didn't catch the bit before it.
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You did hear that right - in fact I have known about this for a couple of weeks now.
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I can hardly wait !!!
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If you upgrade the car, maybe with the Judd, and set the car out to all the news rules with tons of testing and development you could get up there eventually, but of course to do that you need money...
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The car was only so slow due to technical problems. If running well it would have been as quick as the best GTS cars. With more development and the freedom of the LMP1 rules (it was afterall a former prodcution based GT1 car) the car can go much quicker.
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Johnny Herbert has been recruited to test and develope the car so I read, if this is the case surely it should get better!!!
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