2015 General WEC/ELMS/AsLMS Discussion ThreadSports Cars

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

There's bound to be some scrap laying around somewhere near the eco bins

Wouldn't mind one of the DI V12's to be honest.

 

[trustjab]

Sam Bird having his go at Toyotas sim and getting a seat fitting

 

[IforceV8]

Thanks to JEV in the electric golf cart league no Heidfeld in Bahrain. http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/123746-injured-heidfeld-to-miss-wec-finale

 

[Furinkazen]

Nissan to persist with two cars in 2016 👍

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Sam Bird having his go at Toyotas sim and getting a seat fitting

Is this how it works, you wreck a leading Toyota one year in the rain with a Ferrari and then you get a driver a couple years later with the same team whose car you wrecked...

Autosports is such a interesting thing

 

[GTPorsche]

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/11/19/fia-wec-bahrain-gte-manufacturer-notes.html

Porsche is keeping quiet on their sabbatical from GTE-Pro next year.

 

[catamount39]

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/11/19/fia-wec-bahrain-gte-manufacturer-notes.html

Porsche is keeping quiet on their sabbatical from GTE-Pro next year.

Still curious about that rumor about a different car replacing the 911 in the role of the GTE car.

 

[GTPorsche]

The only thing currently that they could even think of replacing it with would be the Cayman, but it makes no sense for Porsche to not race their signature car.

 

[catamount39]

The only thing currently that they could even think of replacing it with would be the Cayman, but it makes no sense for Porsche to not race their signature car.

And the Cayman just became a GT4 car, highly doubt they'd make a GTE version of that.

And that's what confuses me all the more, if you're Porsche, you have to run the 911 in the top level of GT racing, it'd have to be a pretty special car to top the 911 as the flagship car for the brand.

Watch it's a neutered 918.

 

[IforceV8]

And the Cayman just became a GT4 car, highly doubt they'd make a GTE version of that.

And that's what confuses me all the more, if you're Porsche, you have to run the 911 in the top level of GT racing, it'd have to be a pretty special car to top the 911 as the flagship car for the brand.

Watch it's a neutered 918.

2017 Porsche 960 http://www.autocarnewshq.com/all-new-2017-porsche-960-redesign/

The last paragraph of that GTE article, John Gaw of Aston Martin.

He also confirmed that it was Aston Martin Racing’s view that tyre development had been the principal factor that had seen the Astons drop back from their early season form agains the GTE Pro competition.

💡

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Nissan to persist with two cars in 2016 👍

One car to race, one for spare parts?

 

[SK8RBOI]

One car to race, one for spare parts?

I see. Ahaha!

 

[TheBook]

They should run like 5. Win LM the old-fashioned way: throw more cars at it and hope one of 'em makes it.

 

[Furinkazen]

One car to race, one for spare parts?

They should run like 5. Win LM the old-fashioned way: throw more cars at it and hope one of 'em makes it.

2 for full season, including just 2 at Le Mans.

 

[Eva]

Make customer cars too. Stack the deck and have a fleet kamikaze the leaders lap one. It'd be genius, but really expensive.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

They should run like 5. Win LM the old-fashioned way: throw more cars at it and hope one of 'em makes it.

They tried 7 back in 1990 and look how well that went.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Had a feeling the Nissan hater would have to get a word in.

 

[Eva]

I appreciate that they're seeing the project through, however ill-fated it may seem. Not too many projects get that.

 

[GTPorsche]

It's had more development time. I don't think it's so ill-fated as people may think.

 

[Furinkazen]

They tried 7 back in 1990 and look how well that went.

Had a feeling the Nissan hater would have to get a word in.

Well... it was a fact , Porsche threw around 9 cars at the race those years

 

[RACECAR]

Well... it was a fact , Porsche threw around 9 cars at the race those years

How did anyone afford THAT many cars back then?

Also, pretty sure he's reffering to this:

One car to race, one for spare parts?

 

[-Fred-]

How did anyone afford THAT many cars back then?

Well it was in the 80s, so cocaine would be my guess.

 

[trustjab]

Porsche takes pole again. Record amount, pole every race.

 

[IforceV8]

ESM to partner with OAK next year. http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/esm-joins-forces-with-oak-racing-for-team-operations/

 

[IforceV8]

Championship for 17 drivers in doubt now.

 

[SK8RBOI]

Championship for 17 drivers in doubt now.

The Audi number 7 needs to win the race to win the championship!

 

[Furinkazen]

KCMG and G Drive swapping positions.

 

[IforceV8]

The Audi number 7 needs to win the race to win the championship!

They are 12pts behind the 17 crew so they to finish on the podium and hope the 17 finishes outside of the top 10 overall.

 

[fortbo]

Go Audi!!!!!

 

[catamount39]

When's the race?