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Old 12 Oct 2007, 19:51 (Ref:2038794)   #1
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Ferrari LMP2 engine?

Ferrari will supply the A1 Grand Prix series with V8 engines for six years from the 2008/2009 season. Currently the A1GP cars are powered by a Zytek engine which is based on the LMP1/LMP2 engine.

What do you think? Will we see this engine in a LMP in the next few years? Or will this be a A1GP deal (for the €€€) only and do the Italians stay out of Le Mans?

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Old 12 Oct 2007, 20:11 (Ref:2038806)   #2
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Ferrari has a very successful car now in GT racing, winning all the 3 majors series, so why coming to LMP competition, especially in P2 ?
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Old 12 Oct 2007, 21:52 (Ref:2038857)   #3
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Good observation, but doubt Ferrari would do it & (correct me if I am wrong) the cars are only leased to the teams, remaining property of A1 so no chance of a 3rd party getting hold of it either.
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Old 12 Oct 2007, 22:07 (Ref:2038869)   #4
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Actually I think Lucchini was going to use the engine, but it rebadged as Alfa Romeo...
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Old 13 Oct 2007, 10:41 (Ref:2039129)   #5
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Ferrari has a very successful car now in GT racing, winning all the 3 majors series, so why coming to LMP competition, especially in P2 ?

money .. they're trying to run a business .. with the success of the 430 .. i'm sure they'll try to expand .. first step A1GP .. next .. who knows .
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Old 13 Oct 2007, 10:48 (Ref:2039131)   #6
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Actually I think Lucchini was going to use the engine, but it rebadged as Alfa Romeo...
Alfa Romeo engines used on various Lucchini were based on the V6 "stock-block" used since the late 70S on models such as Alfa6, GTV V6, and others
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Old 13 Oct 2007, 12:08 (Ref:2039170)   #7
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Good observation, but doubt Ferrari would do it & (correct me if I am wrong) the cars are only leased to the teams, remaining property of A1 so no chance of a 3rd party getting hold of it either.
I am sure Ferrari owns the design of the engine and are free do develop it into an endurance engine.
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Old 15 Oct 2007, 06:34 (Ref:2040454)   #8
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I am sure Ferrari owns the design of the engine and are free do develop it into an endurance engine.
They might as well with all the customer engine business they've been doing as of late (A1GP and F1)
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Old 15 Oct 2007, 07:02 (Ref:2040459)   #9
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I would think they are more likely to rebadge it as a Maserati and run it in endurance racing
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Old 15 Oct 2007, 07:08 (Ref:2040463)   #10
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I would think they are more likely to rebadge it as a Maserati and run it in endurance racing
...or even Abarth

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Old 15 Oct 2007, 16:26 (Ref:2040865)   #11
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...or even Abarth

Yes it is in a revival of sorts isn't it.



Fiat even ran it on their Sponsored Yamaha Moto GP team at Phillip Island. Livery and leathers for Rossi and Edwards. Fiat does seem to be inserting the Abarth branding in all of their raceteams since its re-launch earlier this year.

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Old 15 Oct 2007, 16:53 (Ref:2040882)   #12
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I am sure Ferrari owns the design of the engine and are free do develop it into an endurance engine.
Why would they? They're starting to fall behind a little in F1, and the a1gp thing is distraction enough. Plus, they already race in GT racing.
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Old 16 Oct 2007, 12:25 (Ref:2041675)   #13
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Ferrari have only dropped back in F1 due to no German driver! Still a match for McLaren and easily better than the rest.

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Old 16 Oct 2007, 13:59 (Ref:2041765)   #14
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A Ferrari P2 project is a rumour that just won't go away
It won't if people decide that every new project has possible new links to an LMP2 project, will it? So it might happen. So might a Hyundai LMP2 for all we know.
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Old 17 Oct 2007, 20:15 (Ref:2043027)   #15
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true but I've not heard of/seen Hyundai staff sounding out LMP2 teams.
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Old 17 Oct 2007, 21:33 (Ref:2043124)   #16
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Why would they? They're starting to fall behind a little in F1, and the a1gp thing is distraction enough. Plus, they already race in GT racing.
Distraction ? Absolutely No , free test and free development for F1 Team Yes

With the Test restriction this is a golden mine and Cash for the company
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Why would they? They're starting to fall behind a little in F1, and the a1gp thing is distraction enough.
Having won half of the races this season can't really be called falling behind, can it? Besides, if you increase your staff, additional activities aren't a distraction but a chance to explore other things, not counting the business side.
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Old 18 Oct 2007, 08:22 (Ref:2043337)   #18
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funny I wonder how a 2.4 V8 would do breathing through a restrictor... 1500km from an F1 engine? er yes thats what they all do!
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