Nurburgring 24 hours - Page 15

GTfour · 24 May 2009, 10:01 (Ref:2468099)

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Originally Posted by Acid09

Wow...it's over now then.... shame for Audi... but I can't even pretend that I´m not liking this

Nooo. I'm really gutted for the big'nd filthy rich factory team...

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**FIRE** · 24 May 2009, 10:06 (Ref:2468102)

It would not be good for the sport if Audi would win here outright. Let them come back next year.

Dead-Eye · 24 May 2009, 10:25 (Ref:2468114)

Personally I wouldn't have minded not seeing the same team with largely the same car win the fourth time in a row.

Acid09 · 24 May 2009, 10:29 (Ref:2468115)

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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye

Personally I wouldn't have minded not seeing the same team with largely the same car win the fourth time in a row.

It is an impressive effort though, you have to admit. Fighting off four works-backed cars and running what could be the fourth flawless 24 hour race in a row...incredible.

Andy77 · 24 May 2009, 10:29 (Ref:2468118)

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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye

Personally I wouldn't have minded not seeing the same team with largely the same car win the fourth time in a row.

I second that

Graham Goodwin · 24 May 2009, 10:33 (Ref:2468121)

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Originally Posted by GTfour

Nooo. I'm really gutted for the big'nd filthy rich factory team...

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As opposed to the factory backed team with three factory drivers?

Acid09 · 24 May 2009, 10:35 (Ref:2468124)

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Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

As opposed to the factory backed team with three factory drivers?

Yes Manthey has some factory support but it's more of a close-knit privateer team than Abt or Phoenix.

AndrewF31 · 24 May 2009, 10:38 (Ref:2468125)

At least this year, we had a race for 19+ hours.

Would be great to see more Ford GTs next year. They do show promise. Come on Matsch!

Hopefully the media support will improve. I'm sure that the efforts of RLM can't go unnoticed by the organizers in order for them to think about changing some things because it's frequently near impossible to figure out what's going on.

jc_nl · 24 May 2009, 10:41 (Ref:2468128)

I've been away for some lunch, can anyone tell me how far behind the 97 audi to the 1 Porsche?

Graham Goodwin · 24 May 2009, 10:49 (Ref:2468133)

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Originally Posted by jc_nl

I've been away for some lunch, can anyone tell me how far behind the 97 audi to the 1 Porsche?

5 minutes plus a pitstop to come

Acid09 · 24 May 2009, 10:49 (Ref:2468134)

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Originally Posted by jc_nl

I've been away for some lunch, can anyone tell me how far behind the 97 audi to the 1 Porsche?

Roughly five minutes.

Acid09 · 24 May 2009, 10:51 (Ref:2468135)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Hopefully the media support will improve. I'm sure that the efforts of RLM can't go unnoticed by the organizers in order for them to think about changing some things because it's frequently near impossible to figure out what's going on.

I wouldn't count on that. Nothing has changed compared to last year, even though a massive factory effort was involved this year. I don't see why things should improve next year...

The sad thing is that the ADAC doesen't care much about the international exposure of the event.

AndrewF31 · 24 May 2009, 10:55 (Ref:2468137)

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Originally Posted by Acid09

Yes Manthey has some factory support but it's more of a close-knit privateer team than Abt or Phoenix.

Abt, Phoenix and Rosberg definitely aren't like Joest. And, as Graham says, Manthey is factory backed but, unlike Audi, noone clearly states they are partnered with Porsche yet everything points to it.

The 3 Audi teams are presented as Audi partner teams. Can't see how different that is to Manthey or some Porsche teams at Le Mans.

All these teams mentioned are professionally organized motorsport companies experienced and dedicated to racing and dealing cars.

GTfour · 24 May 2009, 10:56 (Ref:2468139)

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Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

As opposed to the factory backed team with three factory drivers?

I won't deny the fact that some well known Porsche factory faces are to be spotted in the Manthey pitboxes,but they're still the little David against the big Goliath which is Audi...

Dear Mr.Goodwin,

May I use this thread to thank you and your two passionate colleages for another job well done?
We're all looking forward to hearing the lot of you on our headsets and radio's at Le Mans,next month

Cheers! Keep up the good work !

jc_nl · 24 May 2009, 10:57 (Ref:2468140)

Judging by the amount of coverage on dsf they don't care to much about the german tv exposure either.

But a 5 min (plus a pitstop) gap might just be small enough to make for a nice finish. To bad live timing is so bad, hard to find out how the lap times are compared to each other.

AndrewF31 · 24 May 2009, 11:03 (Ref:2468142)

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Originally Posted by Acid09

I wouldn't count on that. Nothing has changed compared to last year, even though a massive factory effort was involved this year. I don't see why things should improve next year...

The sad thing is that the ADAC doesen't care much about the international exposure of the event.

That's a shame because this is truly a unique race. It ranks up there, in my books, with Le Mans, Sebring and Spa as one of those classics of the year.

Possibly the rule changes, despite the removal of all the 'classic' cars will attract more and more entries since many have said, despite the glamour of those cars, they were a bit of a hassle and a danger during the race. If we keep getting even better entries over the next years, clearly ADAC has got to wake up. They might not care now but by RLM's efforts it's already being done unofficially.

Without RLM, fans would either have to go to the race or follow it on the web or tv on German broadcasts and that would scare away a few fans. With RLM, people end up staying on longer than they would because they can see and understand much better what's going on.

Just my 2 bits.

Gingers4Justice · 24 May 2009, 11:13 (Ref:2468147)

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Originally Posted by GTfour

Dear Mr.Goodwin,

May I use this thread to thank you and your two passionate colleages for another job well done?
We're all looking forward to hearing the lot of you on our headsets and radio's at Le Mans,next month

Cheers! Keep up the good work !

Consider that seconded by Gingers4Justice! Looking forward to it, very good coverage of this race too.

AndrewF31 · 24 May 2009, 13:16 (Ref:2468210)

Indeed, many thanks to RLM once again!

With Dumas, Bernhard and Lieb winning (left out Tiemann on purpose) these guys could do the double this year at Le Mans either overall or in class (Lieb).
No matter which car Dumas and Bernhard get put into those 2 together are fantastic and, of course, Lieb is in the Felbermayr Porsche with 2 other works drivers so he's definitely a big favourite.

Has anyone ever done the double?

**FIRE** · 24 May 2009, 13:47 (Ref:2468221)

1 lap to go?

**FIRE** · 24 May 2009, 14:03 (Ref:2468236)

Congrats to Manthey!

tlongman · 24 May 2009, 14:13 (Ref:2468242)

Damn I was rooting for the Audi's... Oh well. Well done by Manthey

Speed-King · 24 May 2009, 14:19 (Ref:2468251)

Well done, Manthey.

With all their lobbying Audi really didn't deserve that one.

NightStalk3r · 24 May 2009, 14:25 (Ref:2468257)

Well done to Manthey, proving that even with all these stupid restrictions the RSR is still unbeatable.

Dario911 · 24 May 2009, 14:41 (Ref:2468266)

Greatful win! One of the most fought edition of the race! Congratulations to Porsche and Manthey team!:

But... Ferrari?! The announced a version of the F430 by Michelotto for VLN series. They raced the car in 2008 edition but...?!
It was not good enough to catch Porsches!

Porsche rulez!

charly-says · 24 May 2009, 14:42 (Ref:2468267)

Great race. Porsche + Manthey = Phenomenal.
Really looking forward to visit Nurburgring 24 next year. What an atmosphere!

PS. Many thanks to RLM (wish I knew a bit earlier about their live coverage).

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