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Penske haven't pulled out, Porsche didn't want to race at Le Mans as a factory (Penske) team, at least in 2007.
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Just because Penske arent racing at Le Mans with the Porsche it doesent mean that there wont be a works Porsche spyder at Le Mans. The Spyders racing in the LMS, do any of them have factory backing in the way Penske does? If so theres a good chance one of these teams may enter instead.
Works teams are coming to LMP2 whether we like it or not, Mazda has said recently that they will be increasing their commitment to the ALMS and providing new chassis for 2007 and perhaps a new engine. That combined with the Penske Porsches means there are effectively 2 works LMP2 teams in the world at the moment and several with works support, Rollcentre being 1 I would imagine. |
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Aren't Rollcenter now concentrating on moving to LMP1 only - as in other thread?
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I wants one RS Spyder Evo for ASM Racing in 2007.
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Rahal !!!
Many rumors in the past, but now its looks like it gets true |
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Im gonta stop speculating in future ..... im was sure Rahal would have gotten an RS Spyder !!!
Still , should be a quick car and a crack team , good news . |
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There's an interesting interview with Hartmut Kristen on Endurance-Info.com. It would appear (amongst other things) that Porsche are clearly not in favour of the proposed 2010 coupe rule.
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And this shows Porsche are/were looking at P1. Why give them a reason not to enter the top category?
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When it comes to the ACO Jeremey I often find myself asking "why?". Dont you?
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I am not sure that Porsche wants to go against the Audi's! I am not saying that they can not compete with them. It might not be in their best interest business wise. Porsche A.G. owns 27.4% of VW A.G. and shares cross platforming with it! It would make better business sense, to dominate both prototype classes, than to race against oneself (sort of)!
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