'10 LMS Finalé • Silverstone • '10 ILMC Round 1 - Page 2

Victor_RO · 2 Sep 2010, 08:06 (Ref:2753515)

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Originally Posted by Lam Pak

if this race count for same championship of zhuhai, cant understand why no gt3 cars gonna race in this england race.

in zhuhai they expect many gt3 cars cause gt3 is future.

ACO-sanctioned races don't include the GT3 class. Zhuhai will probably have them in an invitational class to boost grid numbers in case there's not enough entries in the ACO classes. Championship points for manufacturers are only awarded in LMP1 and GT2, and for teams in LMP2 as well (I think).

ubrben · 2 Sep 2010, 11:52 (Ref:2753607)

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Originally Posted by Lam Pak

cause gt3 is future.

Who told you that :-p

GT3 is a Stephan Ratel thing. ACO sanctioned races will run to GT-E regs from next year, which is a close derivative of the current GT2 regs.

Ben

Mike_Wooshy · 2 Sep 2010, 15:10 (Ref:2753666)

The sun & The metro have both interview Ant Davidson .... intresting little read really. You can see the Manufactures are coming to Silverstone this year much more media hype than 2009 .... I for one am really looking forward to this year lets hope there is a Big crowd like 2008

**Aysedasi** · 2 Sep 2010, 16:07 (Ref:2753691)

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Originally Posted by Mike_Wooshy

I for one am really looking forward to this year lets hope there is a Big crowd like 2008

Me too. And whatever the crowd, it almost certainly won't be as big as the event deserves.....

sceptic · 2 Sep 2010, 20:23 (Ref:2753793)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

That of course is true........

Unless of course you were relying on recording the Silverstone TV coverage because you had planned to spend the day at Croft

chernaudi · 2 Sep 2010, 23:55 (Ref:2753884)

Weather.com is forcasting rain for Thursday and Friday next week--any serious activity on Thursday?

Tim the Grey · 2 Sep 2010, 23:56 (Ref:2753885)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Me too. And whatever the crowd, it almost certainly won't be as big as the event deserves.....

Bloody right. I've NEVER seen half the Brits at LMS in UK that attend LM24! Shame, Boo...

**Bentley03** · 3 Sep 2010, 00:05 (Ref:2753887)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

........any serious activity on Thursday?

None at all.

cmk · 3 Sep 2010, 00:55 (Ref:2753894)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Such a shame Oreca never let Duval run in the car again after Le Mans, he was dynamite until the engine let go.

His 'day job' in Japan would prevent him from driving at Silverstone much as it does Treluyer and Lotterer for Audi. I agree, he was the business at Le Mans, and I'm sure Peugeot agrees as well.

Tom87 · 3 Sep 2010, 07:33 (Ref:2753950)

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Originally Posted by Tim the Grey

Bloody right. I've NEVER seen half the Brits at LMS in UK that attend LM24! Shame, Boo...

Whilst I agree that the turn out is often dissapointing, hopefully the organisers will be a little better prepared than the last big race in 2008, the queues to get into the circuit were a bit silly.

Mike_Wooshy · 3 Sep 2010, 09:06 (Ref:2753974)

What I liked about 2008 I spoke to so many people who had never turned or seen sportscar's before, and explained they enjoyed it so much, especially being able to walk around for the duration. Only thing I would say Silverstone Could do with is maybe some sort of fun fair or something over the weekend to compliment the race. I also enjoyed the Audi and Peugeot stands with the various cars. (think there was the Bentley speed8, Audi R8, Audi R8C. Overall Im looking forward to the weekend.

Tim the Grey · 3 Sep 2010, 10:19 (Ref:2753983)

Oliver Quesnel in a Peugeot Press Release...
"What evolutions will the 908 HDi FAP run for these three races?
"We won’t have any real evolutions; they are more adaptations. We will run the same high-downforce aerodynamic package we used at Spa and Sebring, and we have reverted to steel con-rods for the engine."

My highlighting...

Thursday is Admin/signon/scrutineering. All can be done indoors, so rain is no worry.

Yakuncha · 3 Sep 2010, 11:51 (Ref:2754000)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Me too. And whatever the crowd, it almost certainly won't be as big as the event deserves.....

Probably as its not an excuse for a weekend long pi/isup

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Originally Posted by Tom87

Whilst I agree that the turn out is often dissapointing, hopefully the organisers will be a little better prepared than the last big race in 2008, the queues to get into the circuit were a bit silly.

Was no problem last year, getting in or out, then again there were no free tickets thrown about like confetti!

chernaudi · 3 Sep 2010, 20:49 (Ref:2754243)

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Originally Posted by Bentley03

None at all.

McNish said in his site's blog that he planned on driving around the track on Thursday--he didn't make it clear if it was a promoters' test session (like in the ALMS) or just drive a rental car around the track. It seems that he now meant the latter.

**Bentley03** · 4 Sep 2010, 06:59 (Ref:2754356)

55 car provisional entry list for CER.: Here

Seems Bobby Rahal's back again this year.

Danny_GT2 · 4 Sep 2010, 10:07 (Ref:2754386)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Pathetic!

They're showing "Live MCE British Superbikes" all afternoon. 5 hours of motorbikes and they can't show more than 3 hours of endurance racing.

Vuelta a España on Eurosport 2 so basically Silverstone is 3rd in line, nowhere to go.

Eurosport boys said they would get up to 4 hours of coverage @ Hungary, or maybe I was hearing things!

Nick49 · 4 Sep 2010, 10:49 (Ref:2754398)

I heard that as well so lets hope Eurosport makes it happen as I will be working that weekend. Mind you I will be listerning to RLM as usual.

Nick

Deleted · 4 Sep 2010, 11:05 (Ref:2754404)

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Originally Posted by Danny_GT2

Eurosport boys said they would get up to 4 hours of coverage @ Hungary, or maybe I was hearing things!

Yes, for non-UK viewers!

Gulf's GT2 Lamborghini is a nice addition to the grid. Are they planning to take that machine amnywhere else this year?

manthey · 4 Sep 2010, 14:17 (Ref:2754456)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

Yes, for non-UK viewers!

Gulf's GT2 Lamborghini is a nice addition to the grid. Are they planning to take that machine amnywhere else this year?

maybe they have to spread a remaining motorsport-budget

chernaudi · 4 Sep 2010, 21:33 (Ref:2754572)

Probably too early to ask, but which cars (serial number) will Audi and Peugeot be likely to run at Silverstone? The #9 for Audi (LM winner) and the #3 for Peugeot (LM winner in '09 and tub damage at LM '10) are unlikely to be used. Also, do Audi and Peugeot have spare tubs incase something happens?

fieldodreams79 · 5 Sep 2010, 01:37 (Ref:2754612)

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Originally Posted by Bentley03

55 car provisional entry list for CER.: Here

Seems Bobby Rahal's back again this year.

...and he don't mess around out there, as it should be.

Victor_RO · 5 Sep 2010, 10:03 (Ref:2754680)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

Probably too early to ask, but which cars (serial number) will Audi and Peugeot be likely to run at Silverstone? The #9 for Audi (LM winner) and the #3 for Peugeot (LM winner in '09 and tub damage at LM '10) are unlikely to be used. Also, do Audi and Peugeot have spare tubs incase something happens?

Most likely the other two R15+ tubs for Audi (202 and 203) and, since Peugeot are running car number 1 here, they'll probably have the tub that's raced with #1 this year (chassis 09).

chernaudi · 5 Sep 2010, 16:31 (Ref:2754783)

Anyone know the SN of the car that Peugeot sold to Oreca (all I know is that it's an early tub)?

And is it known if Audi and Peugeot have any spare tubs avaliable (Peugeot could, and Audi has had to have 1-2 Audi R15 test cars/spare tubs for this year)?

Victor_RO · 5 Sep 2010, 16:40 (Ref:2754786)

According to RacingSportsCars, Oreca used chassis 04 until Le Mans and chassis 05 for Algarve and the Hungaroring. To me it looks as if Oreca haven't bought the cars, they're running them as a semi-privateer with as much backing from the factory as possible. And they're not exactly the oldest 908 tubs lying around, they're 2008 tubs (although 02 is probably the only one still raceworthy from 07(EDIT: 02 is probably also a write-off, LM '08 test day crash), 01 was a test car and 03 was destroyed at Le Mans in '09).

Tom87 · 6 Sep 2010, 09:11 (Ref:2755052)

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Originally Posted by Yakuncha

Was no problem last year, getting in or out, then again there were no free tickets thrown about like confetti!

Yes, last year and '07 were fine, however 2008 was a bit of a nightmare getting in.

Also agree about the lack of other entertainment.

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