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The Le Mans General Discussion Thread
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Methinks Fernando spotted a cat in a bag around the Maranello factory and wants to let it out. 
UPDATE: Millennium LMP2 Team withdraws reducing the field to 55.
UPDATE: Millennium LMP2 Team withdraws reducing the field to 55.
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Ferrari announcing something?
http://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/ferrari-prepping-announcement-for-le-mans/
http://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/ferrari-prepping-announcement-for-le-mans/
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Rumour has it that its alfa
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Well that'd be weird, especially considering what happened last time Ferrari attempted to race an Alfa in the prototype ranks. Anyone remember this car? Yes? No? Maybe? Well that's because it never turned a single lap in a race. The project was abandoned. Personally, I'd prefer to see a Maserati prototype.
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That's how i see it as well that they would team it up with that from a marketing point of view.Certainly sounds possible. The Alfa brand would be a good way to go for Ferrari; it's where they've concentrated their lightweight/hybrid research in road cars (see the new, erm, 4C? 8C? Can't remember without checking the other thread).
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Well well, look who should by a cheap lottery ticket today.
Great job you two.
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Man, the livery ruins it!
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It's a test car... 
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) this week before the race.
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Risky move. The likes of OAK, Alpine, SMP, etc. will benefit. Since he has run against all-pro lineups before in P1, I'm sure Leventis' Strakka won't be too concerned. But other teams who are owned by or rely on a gentleman driver to bring in funding might struggle. They won't want to race where they cannot win, so even if they are offered safe haven in ELMS, Le Mans will be "unwinnable" and if you take that off the schedule, the entire funding package could fall apart. WEC may not be affected my such a move, but ELMS and the budding ALMS are more likely to be affected negatively.
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The only upside is that now the TUSCC guys can show up for Le Mans in Prototype. With the budget for the WEC being considerably high compared to an ELMS/TUSCC/AsianLMS budget, I don't see many teams that will be able to run the whole season pro-pro. They're already slim on car numbers. Teams like Oak will be fine because they have funds. The gentleman teams, realizing they can be the premier class in ELMS or TUSCC with less of a budget for the season may end up becoming the route of those teams. It's really dangerous because if most of the privateer teams go away, the WEC becomes factory LMP1-HY and the factory GTE-pro with a few am teams
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It's a test car...
And your point is?
I'm just saying that even a test car, with a blunt carbon fiber look, is more beautiful than the racing spec one.
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Lotus LMP1 launch - countdown in less than 1 hour!
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Mine says 17
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This is the background image from that page:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I see the Prodrive logo behind the rear wheel, my interest has been captured...
Correct me if I'm wrong but I see the Prodrive logo behind the rear wheel, my interest has been captured...
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Going with a AER engine as well, it seems...This is the background image from that page:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I see the Prodrive logo behind the rear wheel, my interest has been captured...
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Dunno if you guys knew already, but this just came in my news feed.
Turns out Loic Duval, after further medical checks, won't race this weekend. Marc Gene will replace him.
Here's wishing him a speedy recovery from what should've been one nasty hit 👍.
Mine says 16 hours!
Turns out Loic Duval, after further medical checks, won't race this weekend. Marc Gene will replace him.
Here's wishing him a speedy recovery from what should've been one nasty hit 👍.
Mine says 16 hours!
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