What is Aston Martin up to? - Page 55

AndrewF31 · 25 May 2009, 18:18 (Ref:2468927)

I agree

Good move by Aston Martin. I hope they put Kox and Verstappen together. No. 3 could be Turner or Davidson and they'd have a great trio there.

Living in Portugal, it's a shame Ramos is out. They should have gotten ridden of the whiney Primat

steve nielsen · 25 May 2009, 18:31 (Ref:2468940)

www.verstappen.nl reports that Ramos quit himself because he does'nt feel confident about driving in the dark.

now lets hope they can find out why the rear wheels blocked when Jos was driving slower than his fastes lap and did'nt brake later.

It seems it was quite a shunt: 308 KM/h and 15G

AX lover · 25 May 2009, 18:36 (Ref:2468943)

Doesn't look good...

**FIRE** · 25 May 2009, 18:39 (Ref:2468945)

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Originally Posted by Dunlop Corner

Does Kox have any experience in LMPs?

Racing for Holland/Konrad Lola in '99?

MulsanneMike · 25 May 2009, 18:42 (Ref:2468950)

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Originally Posted by AX lover

Doesn't look good...

Planetlemans is saying the tub is cracked and they are looking into using Charouz's '08 tub with the Aston-styled bodywork. A little surprised this effort doesn't have a spare tub.

Dead-Eye · 25 May 2009, 18:50 (Ref:2468958)

Didn't they write one off already in the first accident at Paul Ricard?

I thought the 08 Charouz car went to Speedy...

AX lover · 25 May 2009, 18:57 (Ref:2468965)

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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye

I thought the 08 Charouz car went to Speedy...

There were two '08 Charouz tubs.

NightStalk3r · 25 May 2009, 18:57 (Ref:2468966)

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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye

Didn't they write one off already in the first accident at Paul Ricard?

I thought the 08 Charouz car went to Speedy...

They had 2 Charouz cars last year, 1 went to Speedy the other was used as a stand in for the Ricard damaged tub at Barcelona, that has since been fixed so now there going to have to use the 08 Charouz tub at Le Mans.

Dead-Eye · 25 May 2009, 19:06 (Ref:2468971)

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Originally Posted by AX lover

There were two '08 Charouz tubs.

Right, I remember now.

Thanks @NightStalk3r - seems like it's not that big a problem if they've already done it at Barcelona.

acox93 · 25 May 2009, 19:28 (Ref:2468987)

Lola must like AMR again after the amount of spares AMR are buying of them.

Erw · 25 May 2009, 19:32 (Ref:2468988)

Who is next to Verstappen?

AX lover · 25 May 2009, 19:46 (Ref:2468997)

Are there any differences between the '08 and '09 tubs? Or is it just age and race history?

airbusA346 · 25 May 2009, 19:47 (Ref:2468999)

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Originally Posted by Erw

Who is next to Verstappen?

The person next to Verstappen is Anthony Davidson.

Tom.

Graham Goodwin · 25 May 2009, 19:47 (Ref:2469000)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erw

Who is next to Verstappen?

Davidson

The Real DMN · 25 May 2009, 20:21 (Ref:2469018)

So if their using the spare '08 tub to rebuild this car, where is the 3rd tub for Le Mans going to come from? I thought they planned to use the 08 tub to build the 3rd car.

The Badger · 25 May 2009, 20:50 (Ref:2469056)

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Originally Posted by AX lover

There were two '08 Charouz tubs.

I thought the 2nd 08 tub was the AMR/EE car ?

acox93 · 25 May 2009, 21:20 (Ref:2469080)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

I thought the 2nd 08 tub was the AMR/EE car ?

It was, hense why Verstappen was driving/crashing it.

NightStalk3r · 25 May 2009, 21:30 (Ref:2469089)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

I thought the 2nd 08 tub was the AMR/EE car ?

If that was the case then why are AMR saying they may have to replace the tub crashed today with the 08 Charouz one?

Graham Goodwin · 25 May 2009, 21:36 (Ref:2469093)

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Originally Posted by acox93

It was, hense why Verstappen was driving/crashing it.

It was for the first race but by Spa both race cars were 09 tubs

CTD · 25 May 2009, 21:38 (Ref:2469096)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

If that was the case then why are AMR saying they may have to replace the tub crashed today with the 08 Charouz one?

if (i dont have any facts other than what i read on the forum) AMR has 3x 09 Tubs and 1x 08 tub.
1 of the 09 tubs was crashed before Barcelona so the 08 tub was used.
So AMR raced 2x 09 tubs and 1x 08.
Then the crashed 09 tub was fixed by Lola.
So AMR was racing 3x 09 Tubs.
Now 1 of the 09 Tubs is again crashed so:
AMR will race 2x09 tubs with 1x 08 tub at Le Mans!

GTfour · 25 May 2009, 21:39 (Ref:2469097)

So? Are we talking about one Aston LMP1 less,or not?

B.t.w.,love the shot of Verstappen and Kox contemplating what to do next...(but that's just me)

GTfour · 25 May 2009, 21:41 (Ref:2469099)

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTD

if (i dont have any facts other than what i read on the forum) AMR has 3x 09 Tubs and 1x 08 tub.
1 of the 09 tubs was crashed before Barcelona so the 08 tub was used.
So AMR raced 2x 09 tubs and 1x 08.
Then the crashed 09 tub was fixed by Lola.
So AMR was racing 3x 09 Tubs.
Now 1 of the 09 Tubs is again crashed so:
AMR will race 2x09 tubs with 1x 08 tub at Le Mans!

Guess not then...

acox93 · 25 May 2009, 21:42 (Ref:2469101)

Lets hope the 08 tub doesn't jepordize them at Le Mans.

GTfour · 25 May 2009, 21:43 (Ref:2469103)

The question then is: how will this influence the effort of Aston Martin's LMP1 attack?

CTD · 25 May 2009, 21:49 (Ref:2469107)

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Originally Posted by GTfour

The question then is: how will this influence the effort of Aston Martin's LMP1 attack?

Not much!
Peugeot raced an year old Tub last year after the huge crash at the Test day!.
Pescarolo is racing an 1 year tub this year, and that car shouldn't be slower!.
The tub, really doesn't matter that much when it comes to performance, as far as i know!, but Mike might be the best for answering this question!

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