The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

There was also issues with the brakes on a toyota aswell

 

[MustangManiac]

So they had to fudge the rules...to lose Actually, it is pretty slick though 👍

 

[Sam48]

Dutch InMotion Team aims for Le Mans Garage 56 Entry in 2017

Redbull X2010 anyone?

 

[G.T.Ace]

The all-new IM01 should be completed at the end of 2015, with the aim to run it at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 2016 and break Stefan Bellof’s lap record of 6:11.13. After that the team wants to be in ‘Garage 56’ and compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017 or 2018.

Ambitious, too bad that most of these projects will never see the light of day.
Would be cool to see it on track.

 

[AJ]

Hi everyone,

A shameless plug for the 2014 GTPlanet 24 Heures du Mans

We currently have 3 entries still open for teams of up to 4 drivers, either 'Local' i.e. using the same rig in the same location, or 'Network' with driver changes occurring virtually.
We are also looking for solo drivers that we can group together into super teams.

The following cars are eligible;

#0 DeltaWing sponsored by Nissan at LeMans
#1 BMW Z4 GT3
#3 Audi R8 LMS ultra
#4 Ford GT LM
#7 Bentley Speed 8
#8 Audi R10 TDI
#80 NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 '13
#? Corvette ZR1 (C6) LM Race Car
#? Subaru BRZ GT300 Base Model
#? Pagani Zonda R


If you are interested please check out the thread, and if you have any questions fell free to shoot me a PM.

Hope some of you can take part, and for those who can't please watch out for the live stream.


AJ

 

[ZEROX]

Dutch InMotion Team aims for Le Mans Garage 56 Entry in 2017

Redbull X2010 anyone?

This. I like.

 

[Azure Flare]

@AJ Here is a question that I won't "shoot you a PM" for, what you posted may have something to do with the 24 hours of Le Mans, it still has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

So why pray tell did you post it here?

 

[doblocruiser]

To bad I did not make it this year to the Classic Le Mans but there is a lot of beautiful stuff to see!

http://www.lemansclassic.com/en/evenement/course/id/23/nom/Le+Mans+Classic

Images etc are not mine!

http://instagram.com/p/qCBZf-oigk/

and

 

[R0ssingt0n]

I was hoping to go this year but couldn't quite organise everything in time, went to the 24 hours this year again though so I can't complain too much! Definitely going to try and get to the classic next time...

 

[RACECAR]

Could just be me, but I think I may have found where the former AJR Lotus Evora went:



Always interesting for me to find where some cars go. Shame it wasn't any good as it just sounds spectacular.

 

[Azure Flare]

I remember seeing it in the Grand-Am GT class last year for a couple of races.

 

[catamount39]

I remember that thing in the ALMS, and it was a fiesty little car, didn't do too badly. Such a shame Lotus never took the program further.

 

[cnd01]

I remember seeing it in the Grand-Am GT class last year for a couple of races.

It had a nasty crash at Lime rock

 

[RACECAR]

The one in Grand Am was the Lotus Evora GX (The one made for that non-existant GX class)

What I was reffering to was the Lotus Evora GTE (which was the one that only competed in ALMS):

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

What I was reffering to was the Lotus Evora GTE (which was the one that only competed in ALMS):

Le Mans 2011 says hi x2

 

[Clark]

It's a shame they were like 10 seconds off the pace as they really looked good , especially in the Jet Alliance livery.

If I recall the Evora GT4 had a bit of success in British GT.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

It's a shame they were like 10 seconds off the pace as they really looked good , especially in the Jet Alliance livery.

If I recall the Evora GT4 had a bit of success in British GT.

IIRC it finished 22nd? 6/7th in class?

 

[RACECAR]

Le Mans 2011 says hi x2

Read the posts I'm responding to. They bought up the Grand-Am Evora GX when I was reffering the AJR Evora GTE that only raced in ALMS, not the Jetalliance cars that raced in the ILMC.

 

[Clark]

IIRC it finished 22nd? 6/7th in class?

Yeah but only as they lasted, they were really s-l-o-w.

 

[GTracer38]

Could just be me, but I think I may have found where the former AJR Lotus Evora went:

Doesn't seem to have done anything since 2012...

 

[Furinkazen]

RAM Racing disappear:
http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=36230

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

RAM Racing disappear:
http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=36230

Not good but you could tell even at Le Mans, after the drivers parade thier drivers had to walk/find thier own way to the hotel.

But the drivers were great and every person that stopped them they were happy enough to stop for autographs and photographs.

Funny part for me was the guy running our tour said that there would be 2 extra passengers on the way back. When we went to the meeting point there was 2 ram racing drivers standing there

 

[Furinkazen]

http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/105403-le-mans-wec-is-ford-considering-a-return-to-le-mans Hmmm. If this is true reminds me a little of Porsche's LMP2 programme with the RS Spyder.

 

[Furinkazen]

Follow on - this just in - GTE Ford GT for the future perhaps?

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans24/ford-exploring-factory-gte-program-prototype-options/

 

[cnd01]

Follow on - this just in - GTE Ford GT for the future perhaps?

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans24/ford-exploring-factory-gte-program-prototype-options/

Considering they shot down the Multimatic Mustang GTE idea really quickly, we'll see just how far this one gets. If they can get a team with funding, you'll see it. If not, it'll be just like every other rumor.

I do see the Ford EcoBoost engine coming overseas though. It's been in an LMP2 since Project Libra ran it.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Considering they shot down the Multimatic Mustang GTE idea really quickly, we'll see just how far this one gets. If they can get a team with funding, you'll see it. If not, it'll be just like every other rumor.

I do see the Ford EcoBoost engine coming overseas though. It's been in an LMP2 since Project Libra ran it.

Well it has to be a team that they think they can win and beat the likes of the top groups right now, they're already having troubles in TUDOR with the Corvette Protos and NASCAR they've only begun to rise back to success with Penske. So they need to find a group like a Penske or maybe Penske himself (though I doubt it with his V8 supercars future). Funding and drivers isn't going to see them start a GTE team if that was the case then we would have gotten the Mustang in the fastest trim possible, but they knew that car wasn't going to do the job for LM.

It'd be great to see the GT back again, I think the two years of production for the last model wasn't long enough

 

[IforceV8]

I could see a factory GTE team run by Ganassi or Penske.

 

[cnd01]

Well it has to be a team that they think they can win and beat the likes of the top groups right now, they're already having troubles in TUDOR with the Corvette Protos and NASCAR they've only begun to rise back to success with Penske. So they need to find a group like a Penske or maybe Penske himself (though I doubt it with his V8 supercars future). Funding and drivers isn't going to see them start a GTE team if that was the case then we would have gotten the Mustang in the fastest trim possible, but they knew that car wasn't going to do the job for LM.

It'd be great to see the GT back again, I think the two years of production for the last model wasn't long enough

Ford isn't going to go GTE pro unless they have a Penske type team signed to run it. They really didn't do Doran many favors when he ran the GT in the GT2 class. I really see a customer car being sold to a GTE-am team in the making. That's what Ford does. They try to make a little ROI out of their sports cars

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Ford isn't going to go GTE pro unless they have a Penske type team signed to run it. They really didn't do Doran many favors when he ran the GT in the GT2 class. I really see a customer car being sold to a GTE-am team in the making. That's what Ford does. They try to make a little ROI out of their sports cars

Which is what I just said... "Echo echo echo echo..." Doran wasn't backed by Ford factory wise.

From Doran in an old Race-car Engineering article I saved:

‘This is all our own work,’ explains Doran. ‘Ford were too busy to get involved and it didn’t really catch the interest as it’s not a production model. We worked closely with them in Daytona Prototypes and we do have some engine support via Roush Yates, but it’s really a private project.’

That includes them not helping on the GT1 cars ran by Matech as well as the GT300 version in Super GT. Yes Ford don't do much help if any unless it's NASCAR related in the past. But this is different now and why it's so interesting because they have indeed ramped up work done in Tudor and have shown interest internationally. Which makes sense with this global outreach they're trying to do with their Brand (see new mustang). I mean if you had asked me back at Le Mans this year if I would expect to see Ford anytime in the next couple years, I'd have agreed (and I did say) the wouldn't come back at all.

Now with this new news I'm not so sure or quick to say that.

 

[cnd01]

Which is what I just said... "Echo echo echo echo..." Doran wasn't backed by Ford factory wise.


That includes them not helping on the GT1 cars ran by Matech as well as the GT300 version in Super GT. Yes Ford don't do much help if any unless it's NASCAR related in the past. But this is different now and why it's so interesting because they have indeed ramped up work done in Tudor and have shown interest internationally. Which makes sense with this global outreach they're trying to do with their Brand (see new mustang). I mean if you had asked me back at Le Mans this year if I would expect to see Ford anytime in the next couple years, I'd have agreed (and I did say) the wouldn't come back at all.

Now with this new news I'm not so sure or quick to say that.

I was backing you up there 👍

I totally see a Ford backed EcoBoost LMP2 customer program. That's nothing out of the ordinary. They're getting serious like you're saying in Tudor, but I highly doubt a GTE pro team will happen