View Poll Results: Will Porsche Win Le Mans Outright In 2014?
Yes, Daddy's home.
7
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No, but they will triumph shortly thereafter
5
35.71%
No, Audi will continue to win.
2
14.29%
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Will Porsche Win Le Mans
06-23-2013, 02:27 PM
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Will Porsche Win Le Mans
Simple question mainly directed at your analysis of whether Audi can be stopped. They've been beaten twice, once by Reinhold Joest who was running a faster Bentley chassis, and again by Peugot. I think the Peugot effort was a great one but eventually Audi's financial position and dedication to continue to pour money into their racing outlasted the opposition.
Can Porsche go from not having raced prototypes to having the fastest and/or most reliable car? Can they train their mechanics and team as well as Joest has trained his? To me that's the big concern. Audi's in the swing of things on the track level. Even if Weissach's engineers manage to produce one heck of a car, more than a few of Audi's victories have come as a byproduct of strategy, setup, and pitlane efficiency. Effectively, has Audi become the new Porsche?
Can Porsche go from not having raced prototypes to having the fastest and/or most reliable car? Can they train their mechanics and team as well as Joest has trained his? To me that's the big concern. Audi's in the swing of things on the track level. Even if Weissach's engineers manage to produce one heck of a car, more than a few of Audi's victories have come as a byproduct of strategy, setup, and pitlane efficiency. Effectively, has Audi become the new Porsche?
06-23-2013, 02:34 PM
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In another thread there was a discussion about Porsche vs. Audi at LeMans while they are under the same roof - questioning why....
Recently article in Automobile looks into this:
http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...storm_at_audi/
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Recently article in Automobile looks into this:
http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...storm_at_audi/
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Watching all of this very closely is Porsche. The two brands contribute to the same bottom line, but make no mistake: there is no love lost between them. Both realize they won't forever be able to conceive their model ranges independent of one another, and each wants to be the senior partner. Audi already controls Lamborghini, Ducati, and Italdesign Giugiaro, and it makes more money. Porsche clears higher margins and is flexing its muscle through Bentley, for which it sought to develop the component set for the next Continental and Mulsanne; Audi fought back with its own component set, but in this league, two is a crowd. Porsche also claims to lead all VW Group sports car development, which would not only include Lamborghini but also the next R8. We smell conflict here. In short, Audi's management must steer toward a set of sustainable priorities, or else Volkswagen and Porsche will take the wheel.
