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It's not the last race for the 458?
http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/fia-wec-ferrari-458-italia-final-race-112015
It's not the last race for the 458?
It's still going to be racing in WEC next year and AF Corsa are as much "works manufactur" as AMR.
That wasn't the issue that larbre had.I don't believe any AM teams are permitted to run the 488 as it will be too new. Same issue Larbre had with the C7.R.
It's the final race for the 458 in the GT-Pro class. The car is still eligible to run in the Am class if a team chooses to.
Hopefully it will stay in competition in the GTE-AM class next year.
What else would AF use?I know bro, that's why I was saying,
That's if they decide to use it that is.
That's what they are wanting I hope Poulsen goes back to AMR.Isn't Larbre possibly becoming a Pro team next year?
I think that move was tied to the Taylor's but since they are now running with the factory team at Le Mans who knows now.Isn't Larbre possibly becoming a Pro team next year?
If those are the conditions....I think we can do without them thank you very much.
Nothing new there then.So if we sacrifice 12 goats and 25 llamas and 2 Ox to kali they'll join, I mean the demands seem to be on par and just as outrageous.
Nothing new there then.
Well they came into WTCC forced a rule change so they could enter thier car (they built the car before the rules were changed) which put massive cost on the other solely "private" teams now they are taking thier toys away.Just let them throw money into all the other racing endeavors that no one cares nearly as much about, and seems just as expensive. The Dakar running for example isn't cheap and yet they spend the money, and for what? I don't see anything used in it that comes back to the road going end like the Sports cars did. Plus you spend about as much money maybe a bit more than you did to do the Dakar program and the year you challenged for Pikes title and you run in a series that last longer over a year.
I wish IMSA had said backbone....Well they came into WTCC forced a rule change so they could enter thier car (they built the car before the rules were changed) which put massive cost on the other solely "private" teams now they are taking thier toys away.
At least the ACO has the backbone to stand up for themselves one of the reasons why I like them.
You mean almost as bad as a WRC and WTCC project then when no one watches themOver reaction much?
1) They need to make sure the company is financially sound.
2) They need to see cost control measures in place.
3) They need time to get ready (i.e. stability of regulations during the development phase)
Seems perfectly reasonable and sensible to me. Blindy pissing away hundreds of millions of Euros for the sake of saying you're in the WEC is moronic. If that's at odds with a governing body then so be it, it doesn't happen, and nobody has lost anything.
You mean almost as bad as a WRC and WTCC project then when no one watches them![]()
Peugeot has clearly shown they almost never have long term goals and don't really give a whole lot of effort now days. We don't need them barging in making demands for a series to change, especially when that series has nailed down the formula for the best racing on the planet and has an almost unrestricted class (LMP1).
They are demanding that the series become cheaper with cost cutting... that's changing right there.I'm only going off the link Furi posted, but I do not see them "barging in", or making demands for change?
Yeah but at that point, things weren't all that brilliant. Audi was the last factory team left in LMP1, and things were being laid out (the changes they asked for helped things along actually). Now we have a perfected championship, the best in the world. Between LMGTE and LMP1 things are insane (LMP2 being the only **** up thanks to the FIA). The WEC doesn't need Peugeot, it's not starving for manufactures. Peugeot is a whiny company who never stays anywhere long. They're a liability and not an asset.Well, asking for change seemed to work for Toyota, still without a LM24 win...
Yeah but at that point, things weren't all that brilliant. Audi was the last factory team left in LMP1, and things were being laid out (the changes they asked for helped things along actually). Now we have a perfected championship, the best in the world. Between LMGTE and LMP1 things are insane (LMP2 being the only **** up thanks to the FIA). The WEC doesn't need Peugeot, it's not starving for manufactures. Peugeot is a whiny company who never stays anywhere long. They're a liability and not an asset.
They are demanding that the series become cheaper with cost cutting... that's changing right there.
Perhaps you could link to that, because like I say, I don't see that in the article linked above.
“The second condition is having, at the level of the World Endurance Championship, a control on the regulations that results in a cost control that makes this sport and this practice reasonable.
2) They need to see cost control measures in place.