Where are the 997 RSR ALMS Detractors
02-27-2008, 11:20 AM
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He was a bit put-out by not winning the Porsche Cup last year, so I'm sure he's not going to bite the hand that ultimately feeds him so to speak since he'll probably be back in the running for the Cup this year. That said, I did receive the impression that he was hopeful Porsche would just spend developing what they have rather than running off and trying something new. As with any race driver, I imagine he wants to win NOW not two years from now once a Cayman RSR has been worked out...
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This is real racing, not NASCAR. If Porsche can't design a car to win using the same set of rules as Ferrari, they shouldn't beat Ferrari. Car/team/track specific aerodynamic and weight adjustment rulings to make an inferior car competitive ruin the sport.
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Either way I doubt lizards played their full hand anyways, they beat the times everyone was in awe about, that's all that needs to be done, then shut it down. So in other words the sandbags could be in either or both paddocks.
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so far so good for FLM and Farnbacher Loles in testing for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
(996 from Slovakia will run on Wednesday)
http://translate.google.com/translat...e.php?sid=5105
Because Grand-Am is NASCAR's version of sports car racing. Ferrari winning in a Grand Turismo class is much different from the races they won with the 333 SP. The F430 GTC, along with the other GT2 cars, are based on a production automobile unlike Le Mans Prototypes except for the new 2008 rule allowing GT1 engines in LMP1 cars which is what Charouz Racing System, Aston Martin Racing have done with Lola's first closed-cockpit sports racecar in over fifteen years, the B08/60.
Bell Motorsports will race the # 008 Aston Martin DBR9 in 2008.
(tires unannounced)
Bell Motorsports
First, credit must be given to the ACO/IMSA for embracing alternative fuels and not sitting in a box like NASCAR or mandating tech freezes like F1.
Second, no automobile manufacturers have a purpose-built gasoline/ethanol engine in LMP1 nor their own chassis.
Yes, the regs are wrong in giving 37.5 % more displacement to turbodiesels over turbo'd gasoline engines.
AER, though, will continue development of the P32T motor this year. It may get direct fuel injection.
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/aerturbolmp1v8.html
How is that with three Porsche teams in LMS LMP2 and six 911s in LMS GT2?
(996 from Slovakia will run on Wednesday)
http://translate.google.com/translat...e.php?sid=5105
Bell Motorsports will race the # 008 Aston Martin DBR9 in 2008.
(tires unannounced)
Bell Motorsports
Second, no automobile manufacturers have a purpose-built gasoline/ethanol engine in LMP1 nor their own chassis.
Yes, the regs are wrong in giving 37.5 % more displacement to turbodiesels over turbo'd gasoline engines.
AER, though, will continue development of the P32T motor this year. It may get direct fuel injection.
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/aerturbolmp1v8.html
How is that with three Porsche teams in LMS LMP2 and six 911s in LMS GT2?
Last edited by Congo; 03-12-2008 at 04:40 AM. Reason: added GT/LMP debate