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Old 19 Oct 2005, 09:31 (Ref:1437740)   #1
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According to some reliable source of Mulsanne's Mike, the new Audi LMP1 will be powered by a V12 diesel engine (so no V10 as assumed previously). In this way the engine will be able to develop more revs.

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Old 19 Oct 2005, 09:47 (Ref:1437753)   #2
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By my calculations, an R10 can expect between 4 and 8 less stops over a 24 hour race. That could give the R10's 2 clear laps advantage at Le Mans over an identically paced petrol LMP1. Game, set and match?
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 09:50 (Ref:1437756)   #3
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No way, I just cannot see the Audi getting nearly as much power out of a V12 Diesel as a 5.0 litre V10 Judd petrol - it simply is not plausible.

Also where on earth is the R10 - there has been no test cars banging around tracks, no signs of any engine, not even some rumours, are Audi really going to run such a radical prototype without extensive testing?????.........................is there actually going to be an R10 next year????...............................if not, what are Champion going to run...........................Zyteks?
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 09:58 (Ref:1437764)   #4
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No way, I just cannot see the Audi getting nearly as much power out of a V12 Diesel as a 5.0 litre V10 Judd petrol - it simply is not plausible.

Also where on earth is the R10 - there has been no test cars banging around tracks, no signs of any engine, not even some rumours, are Audi really going to run such a radical prototype without extensive testing?????.........................is there actually going to be an R10 next year????...............................if not, what are Champion going to run...........................Zyteks?
Didn't one of our members post something to the effect that they have a finished R10, (which must be testing,) but which looks so hideous that they are trying to find a way to make it a bit prettier!!
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 12:03 (Ref:1437872)   #5
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No way, I just cannot see the Audi getting nearly as much power out of a V12 Diesel as a 5.0 litre V10 Judd petrol - it simply is not plausible.
Why not? The Ricardo-Judd diesel V10 produces 600 bhp out of 4.7 liter. LMP1 allows a displacement up to 5.5 liter for diesel engines.

The regulations limit the engine power to 650 bhp via the engine inlet restrictor. So diesel, turbo and NA gasoline engines will produce the same maximum power.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 12:09 (Ref:1437882)   #6
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Also where on earth is the R10 - there has been no test cars banging around tracks, no signs of any engine, not even some rumours, are Audi really going to run such a radical prototype without extensive testing?????.........................is there actually going to be an R10 next year????
I am sure they will have tested different solution (V10 and V12) on an engine testbench.

There have been rumours that Lamborghini was building a diesel powered Gallardo because a test mule was driving around (e.g. http://autocar.co.uk/news_article.asp?na_id=212640). I guess this could have been a test of the R10 engine.

I hope I will see the new Audi LMP1 at the Motorshow in Essen. From then on public testing will really start.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 10:38 (Ref:1437800)   #7
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Who says they're not already testing? Who's to say they haven't already got a finished race version and have been putting miles on it for the last 2 months?

Just because no ones got a picture of it, doesn't mean to say it doesn't exist.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 10:46 (Ref:1437806)   #8
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I think the car does exist and has been testing behind closed doors. I also think that there is fair chance that the engine has been put in the back of an R8 has been pounded round the test for at least the year or so. Audi normally confirm there plans for the following year at the Essan Motorshow which takes place in December, no dobut they will tell use what they are up to then.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 11:20 (Ref:1437832)   #9
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So (and i don't usually count chickens before they hatch) we can look forward to another period of Audi dominance, with the added bonus of the putrid smell of diesel mixed with meguez (sp?) for a good few years.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 11:58 (Ref:1437866)   #10
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period .. don't think so . they are no longer alone . Pug is also coming
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 12:09 (Ref:1437881)   #11
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I think the car does exist and has been testing behind closed doors.

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Old 19 Oct 2005, 12:17 (Ref:1437887)   #12
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Boy that thing will make some torque...
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 13:08 (Ref:1437927)   #13
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And break a hell of a lot of gearboxes!!!

Whether Audi will dominate or not will be down to the other teams - the new Zytek LMP1 is bound to be a good/great car if it is anything like the 04s (which it is most likely to be, aerodynamically especially). Creation's hybrid(s) are also likely to be competitive.........the Courage C70(s).................Pescarolo(s).........the list goes on............

On the existance factor, do you not think that if it had been banging around test tracks somebody might have seen it?

I guess we will just have to wait and see.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 13:44 (Ref:1437963)   #14
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On the existance factor, do you not think that if it had been banging around test tracks somebody might have seen it?
As was send above the car has been testing, but on there own Private test track and behind closed doors well out of the way of the members of the media and the general public. Look at Porsche there LMP2 was developed behind closed doors and broke cover a matter of few months before its race debut.

I read on another forum a couple of months back that when the Ford World Rally team are testing, no one is allowed to take either a camara or a camara phone to test just in case something that isn't meant to be seen leak's out.
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 14:54 (Ref:1438018)   #15
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And break a hell of a lot of gearboxes!!!
The Ricardo sportscar gearbox currently handles 750 Nm. A LMP1 diesel will produce 1000+ Nm.

The Ricardo 7 speed DSG gearbox of the Bugatti can handle 1250 Nm, but it weighs 180 kg
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Old 19 Oct 2005, 15:35 (Ref:1438057)   #16
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And break a hell of a lot of gearboxes!!!

On the existance factor, do you not think that if it had been banging around test tracks somebody might have seen it?

I guess we will just have to wait and see.

How long did it take for the few pics of the abandoned Porsche LMP1 to escape? Sure, we all reckoned the car was out there, but proving it was another matter
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VW / Audi have a test track in northern Germany, called Ehra Lessien.

Say that this is a high security area would be very reserved. They could test space ships there and nobody would take a note about that.

So it would be possible that they have the diesel already in testing.

But I read some time in a reliable magazine that they program isn’t yet so developed as people may think. They don’t started the construction yet and have also no engine yet on the dyno. But let’s wait and see if that’s true.

They will announce their 2006 program not before the Essen show, but I don’t expect they will display any other prototype there except the R8.
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They will announce their 2006 program not before the Essen show, but I don’t expect they will display any other prototype there except the R8.
Just read that the press conference of Audi Sport at Motorshow Essen is cancelled
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ther´s a lot of parts being made in the next months....but if you ask me it´s a bit late for LeMans 06 already.....
But as they are outsourcing it looks like it could happen.
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My local dealer told me that they are expecting to next Audi S6 to be diesil powered and it will be launched next year to coincide with the assault on LeMans

Also VAG are already getting over 300bhp out of the V10 diesel in the Toureg so I am sure thay could get massive power out of a race tuned diesil.
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I find it very unlikely we will see an R10 at Sebring 2006, I am only basing this on what i have heard through the 'vine, which in the past has been extremely reliable................however everyone is entitled to thier own opinions.............as i said, we will have to wait and see.
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I find it very unlikely we will see an R10 at Sebring 2006, I am only basing this on what i have heard through the 'vine, which in the past has been extremely reliable................however everyone is entitled to thier own opinions.............as i said, we will have to wait and see.

I'm sorry, but if this "vine" is where you get the rest of your information then forgive me if I think little of it.

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I find it very unlikely we will see an R10 at Sebring 2006, I am only basing this on what i have heard through the 'vine, which in the past has been extremely reliable................however everyone is entitled to thier own opinions.............as i said, we will have to wait and see.
Another example of someone who needs to trade in his sources on new ones. Remember the bit about Audi being "out to get" Zytek at Petit? This "opinion" is as realistic as that one.
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Another example of someone who needs to trade in his sources on new ones. Remember the bit about Audi being "out to get" Zytek at
Petit? This "opinion" is as realistic as that one.
I remember posting (on the ALMS board) what I heard a guy from the Zytek team say on the broadcast. It was something like "I hear they were gunning for us...". I believe I said "now that's a little much ". I took what the guy from Zytek said as he believed Audi was trying to take them out, not that I thought Audi was trying to take Zytek out. Still a little much, but not as bad as saying Audi was aiming to wreck the Zytek.
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I remember posting (on the ALMS board) what I heard a guy from the Zytek team say on the broadcast. It was something like "I hear they were gunning for us...". I believe I said "now that's a little much ". I took what the guy from Zytek said as he believed Audi was trying to take them out, not that I thought Audi was trying to take Zytek out. Still a little much, but not as bad as saying Audi was aiming to wreck the Zytek.

I think this is a case of mis-understanding of an English way of saying things.

"out to get" is more likely that everyone is out to beat them, rather than trying to destroy them. "Gunning for us" is the same.

I'd hardly believe that anyone would want to purposely destroy someone. Least of all a factory team...
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