[WEC] Porsche Prototype Discussion

[deggis]

Webber in ACO's mandatory (for rookies ) sim training:

http://sportscar365.com/features/vid...aining-course/

I doubt that simulator itself is too impressive compared to Porsche's own.

[nobster]

Funny that a few years back dutch driver Jaap van Laagen was given a waiver on the mandatory 10 laps at testing for the race, yet a driver liake Webber, who was a world championship contender must do the rookie test in a simulator, times have changed!

[CTD]

Originally Posted by nobster

Funny that a few years back dutch driver Jaap van Laagen was given a waiver on the mandatory 10 laps at testing for the race, yet a driver liake Webber, who was a world championship contender must do the rookie test in a simulator, times have changed!

Webber is a driver like every other driver is.
He hasn't participated on La Sarthe since 1999, and a lot have changed since, so therefor there should be given so special treatment to him.

And honestly, I'm a bit tired of this over-promotion of Webber. He's mentioned before previous Le Mans winners and world champions.
It is a sad attempt to lure F1 fans into the Sportscar world, with the result of disrespecting the elite sportscar drivers, even though they have won "bigger titles" than Webber.
It is getting to the point where I hope that the Sportscar drivers will out perform him so comfortably that no one can question the quality of these drivers, and they get the appraising they deserve.

Sorry for this "hick-up", but I felt it needed to be said.

[Simmi]

Porsche not messing around with hospitality at Silverstone.

http://instagram.com/p/m2tb1_uHX8/

Very intrigued to see what they do at Le Mans.

[Spyderman]

Nice!

[GT6]

Well in two days time we will see what it is like if they let us in

[Bandicoot17]

I doubt us peasants will be allowed in!!!!

[GT6]

Originally Posted by Bandicoot17

I doubt us peasants will be allowed in!!!!

If they think you might buy a porsche then you might get in and as a lot of porsche buyers are of a certain age and look we should all get in easily

[nobster]

Good luck in getting in guys, or else pretend to be press.
That took me right in front of mr. Villeneuve at Le Mans in a Peugeot press conference.
By the time the pr lady found out I had all my photos signed by a smiling Villeneuve who understood what had happened.

[Bandicoot17]

Originally Posted by GT6

If they think you might buy a porsche then you might get in and as a lot of porsche buyers are of a certain age and look we should all get in easily

I'll have to make my dad into a potential Porsche owner then!
Doubt many 18 year olds from Birmingham own a Porsche

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by GT6

If they think you might buy a porsche then you might get in and as a lot of porsche buyers are of a certain age and look we should all get in easily

I know for a fact that Simon has his eye on this one.......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUGE-46-19...item35d47d4165

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by CTD

And honestly, I'm a bit tired of this over-promotion of Webber. He's mentioned before previous Le Mans winners and world champions.
It is a sad attempt to lure F1 fans into the Sportscar world, with the result of disrespecting the elite sportscar drivers, even though they have won "bigger titles" than Webber.
It is getting to the point where I hope that the Sportscar drivers will out perform him so comfortably that no one can question the quality of these drivers, and they get the appraising they deserve.

Sorry for this "hick-up", but I felt it needed to be said.

That's naive thinking at best. In the (admittedly unlikely) event that Webber is soundly beaten by fellow factory drivers, this will be the majority response:

Originally Posted by Typical F1 fan

See I told you so, he was crushed by Vettel last season and every other season apart from 2010. Look at how well Ricciardo is doing in Red Bull now, that just shows what we knew all along, that Webber is well past it. All those other drivers who are going faster than him still wouldn't deserve a test drive for a midfield team because beating Webber is no real challenge.

I'm sure you can see how many things wrong there are with that statement, but this is an example of the short-termism that dominates the the upper echelons of every major sport, F1 included.

[GT6]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I know for a fact that Simon has his eye on this one.......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUGE-46-19...item35d47d4165

Very funny Andrew, you know full well i am a Jag man now if it was an e type pedal car

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by J Jay

That's naive thinking at best. In the (admittedly unlikely) event that Webber is soundly beaten by fellow factory drivers, this will be the majority response:

I disagree with the first assumption. On what can you possibly base the contention that it's unlikely Webber will be beaten by other factory drivers?

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by GT6

Very funny Andrew, you know full well i am a Jag man now if it was an e type pedal car

Your wish is my command........

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tri-ang-Ja...item2a399995f6


Or this is even better

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XK1...item2c7ff0b1b3

[deggis]

[GT6]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Your wish is my command........

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tri-ang-Ja...item2a399995f6


Or this is even better

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XK1...item2c7ff0b1b3

I like the XK but boy oh boy that is a whole load of money, remember looking to buy an e type in the late seventies, and for not much more than that you could get a runner, but for my budget at the time i could not find one i liked, ended up pay £800 for a Jensen Healey, a wonderful car and not a bad car for a 19 year old bloke to impress the ladies.

[GT6]

Originally Posted by deggis

Very good Deggis did you do that yourself or pinch it fromsomewhere

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I disagree with the first assumption. On what can you possibly base the contention that it's unlikely Webber will be beaten by other factory drivers?

No, I am assuming that it is unlikely that Webber will be "comfortably outperformed" by other factory drivers, especially to such an extent that CTD described originally, hence my use of the words "soundly beaten". I am not assuming that he won't be outperformed at all.

[Aysedasi]

Fair enough.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by nobster

Good luck in getting in guys, or else pretend to be press.
That took me right in front of mr. Villeneuve at Le Mans in a Peugeot press conference.
By the time the pr lady found out I had all my photos signed by a smiling Villeneuve who understood what had happened.

Nicely done there haha

[GT6]

confidence and cheek can get you to many places you should not have been allowed into

[nobster]

Exactly, just try over and over again. Every year thusfar we managed to sneak into the garages behind the pits. How? Have a good look at the gates on the T34 if you have a seat there, once in while a gate is left without a guard, then you can sneak in.
Sometimes it takes a long wait sometimes not. We find it worth a try!

[Aysedasi]

Yep, I managed it one year when the gate to Hugh Chamberlain's pit was left undone......

[Spyderman]

This is all so riveting....and I love the way it dovetails nicely with the Porsche LMP1.