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Old 22 Aug 2024, 18:23 (Ref:4223440)   #151
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I don't think they will return.
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Old 22 Aug 2024, 20:53 (Ref:4223458)   #152
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They WANT to return, but desire is always there for Le Mans. Too bad, I hoped it'd score a point at least.
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 08:47 (Ref:4223501)   #153
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I don't think they will return.
It just seems a huge waste to throw it all down the drain after one part season.
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 10:03 (Ref:4223510)   #154
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The thing is if you have enough money to consider a WEC Hypercar programme, you probably have enough money to go 963 or something better than an IF. I think there are people who would consider the challenge, but it is a huge challenge, you would pick up fans obviously but that does not mean results, look at Mr James, he has gone the whole hog and pushed Aston into a Hypercar thing that is the kind of person you need, someone to drive it on with the acumen to do it properly, it would need a huge development budget to make that car improve as I am sure it would, but again a 963 costs so much to run and lease, OK it is never yours unless you buy it outright (not sure if you even can) but you would need to double the purchase price of an IF to develop it, then recruit decent drivers, a team to run it, it's clear the two teams who did got exasperated with the whole thing.
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 13:15 (Ref:4223522)   #155
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It just seems a huge waste to throw it all down the drain after one part season.
But you need deep pockets. If I had them I would go for the Porsches.
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 13:24 (Ref:4223523)   #156
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Yeah but some would rather build their own toy than buy one off the shelf. But one must have the money to fully fund and compete and you see what Glickenhaus had to do to be reasonably competitive against only 1 other team. Once the GTPs came around they fell back quickly without development
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 16:02 (Ref:4223538)   #157
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Financial questions aside, it's clear that the FIA and ACO don't give a damn about specialty manufacturers.
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 16:15 (Ref:4223541)   #158
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Yeah but some would rather build their own toy than buy one off the shelf. But one must have the money to fully fund and compete and you see what Glickenhaus had to do to be reasonably competitive against only 1 other team. Once the GTPs came around they fell back quickly without development
It's true but Glick finished Le Mans in 6th against multiple factory cars from major OEMs, 7 laps down. While Isotta's car finished 14th, 9 laps down despite a flood of safety cars (pun intended) that were bunching things up. Also the Isotta was more off pace in qualifying than the 007 LMH was. So let's give it the credit it deserves They even had an evo kit ready, just never manufactured due to tight budget. That was a proper effort and the same can't be said about Kolles and (sadly) Isotta as well. To waste cash that you don't have much on development of both the engine and the hybrid, in order to later be even more dependent on paydrivers... not the way to go.
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Old 23 Aug 2024, 17:43 (Ref:4223547)   #159
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When you see that after c five years of development and racing with two different cars Peugeot can't achieve a good result it gives an idea of what it takes to be better than Toyota in the LMH field. IF didn't go for the easiest way.
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Yeah but this is the problem with the current rules of locked in homologation. If you dont get the initial car right (see Peugeot) Then you are screwed because you cant develop the car outside of "jokers" and the BOP system doesn't seem to make huge changes in performance (which is a good thing imo).
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Old 24 Aug 2024, 07:59 (Ref:4223597)   #161
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The whole IF story looks like they were having a funding issue. They have jumped from Vector to Duqueine. As not enought money, silver drivers have been involed. There motorsport responable has gone a couple of weeks ago and now, they are bailing out. It is a shame. Michelotto had done a good work but developing and making the car. Let see if Michelloto can find an other outlet for it
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Old 24 Aug 2024, 09:00 (Ref:4223599)   #162
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When you see that after c five years of development and racing with two different cars Peugeot can't achieve a good result it gives an idea of what it takes to be better than Toyota in the LMH field. IF didn't go for the easiest way.
It's true they were ambitious, no one can take it away from them. But as I said, to be that ambitious you need to have a decent budget that these guys clearly didn't have...
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Old 24 Aug 2024, 19:00 (Ref:4223661)   #163
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I really do not think it was that bad, the car was fairly reliable with two really average drivers in it, they might have done OK with better. I simply think that early on they thought someone big firm going to come in and fund the whole thing, and that never came so both operators have just had to quit.

I dont think we really know of the car is any good as it has probably had hardly any development and certainly none by good solid drivers
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Old 26 Aug 2024, 17:14 (Ref:4223967)   #164
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Yeah but this is the problem with the current rules of locked in homologation. If you dont get the initial car right (see Peugeot) Then you are screwed because you cant develop the car outside of "jokers" and the BOP system doesn't seem to make huge changes in performance (which is a good thing imo).
You can, but you can only do 2. So if you make a new car it better be right.
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Michelotto expects the car to be on the grid next season. All they need is somebody to pay for it and run it......

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Old 27 Aug 2024, 14:00 (Ref:4224062)   #166
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Now that's what I call an overdose of optimism.
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All they need is somebody to pay for it and run it......
Time to hire 6 paying silvers instead of just 2
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Yes it sounds optimistic but if they can have another entry for 2025, which is TBC by instances, there's hope. Michelotto are not newcomers and they say the eight-year agreement is still valid.
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By that logic I'm ready to enter MX-5 next season, just need to find someone to pay for it and run it
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Industry sources have suggested too that a significant single-seater team has shown significant interest in acquiring the Isotta Fraschini programme, but at present, this appears to be a plan that has not progressed past exploratory talks. Michelotto though remains keen to see if it can source a programme for their LMH platform if at all possible.

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Could that be Prema?
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Could be a good option imo! They already had some drivers like Gasly, Ocon, Giovanazzi, Fuoco, Stroll, Zhou, N de Vries, M Schumacher, Schwartzman, Piastri, Sargeant, Kubica and kvyat and they do know the Mercedes engines and the LMP2 Oreca car. But if Proton enters two cars only one place will be left if I'm right. Could the FIA/ACO make an exception?
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Could that be Prema?
Prema and Iron Lynx have same owner.

I thought of Rodin.

In recent past ART showed also some interest in endurance racing.
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Well, since Prema and Iron Lynx are effectively the same team that would be a no!
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I seriously doubt an outfit with the WEC presence of Prema would be getting involved in a project such as this, to be honest it is possibly what IF needs, a team of this stature to hopefully employ better drivers, have a decent enough group of experienced engineers to try and get the thing to a better level.

But it would be a bit like Jota, United or the like taking it on, bit below their level I would say,
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