AsLMS 1000km of Okayama 30-31 Oct.-1 Nov. - Page 4

ger80 · 1 Nov 2009, 10:02 (Ref:2573312)

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Taking the combined results of the two races into account, four lucky entrants have received automatic invitations to the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours:
LM P1 : Sora Racing’s Pescarolo-Judd (Tinseau-Nakano),
LM P2 : OAK Racing’s Pescarolo-Mazda (Lahaye-Nicolet-Hein),
LM GT1 : JLOC Racing’s Lamborghini (Yogo-Iiri),
LM GT2 : Hankook – Team Farnbacher’s Ferrari F 430 GT (Farnbacher-Simonsen).

No no no - another one lap LM entry

The359 · 1 Nov 2009, 10:37 (Ref:2573338)

They won a race here and you still assume they're going to last 1 lap?

ger80 · 1 Nov 2009, 11:09 (Ref:2573354)

well, they drove races in Japan all the time and still sent a piece of scrap to LM last year

Gingers4Justice · 1 Nov 2009, 15:43 (Ref:2573480)

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Originally Posted by The359

They won a race here and you still assume they're going to last 1 lap?

If they get twice the amount of spare parts and put twice the effort in then I can see no reason why they can't complete 2 laps.

WMUCarGuy · 1 Nov 2009, 16:17 (Ref:2573503)

Does anyone know which chassis number the Nova DBR9 is?

dxk1 · 1 Nov 2009, 16:35 (Ref:2573526)

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Originally Posted by The359

They won a race here and you still assume they're going to last 1 lap?

Even if they manage to run the car for 24 hours, they will still finish near the back of the pack and never contend for the lead and after last years embarrassment, who needs them?

DK

911 GT1 · 1 Nov 2009, 19:11 (Ref:2573611)

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Originally Posted by Gingers4Justice

If they get twice the amount of spare parts and put twice the effort in then I can see no reason why they can't complete 2 laps.

To get these spare parts for Le Mans they have to order some. What they didn´t do the last years. No parts, no race....

ger80 · 1 Nov 2009, 19:56 (Ref:2573639)

Well, just get the car and part of the crew from Reiter - thats the way to go

The359 · 2 Nov 2009, 03:23 (Ref:2573862)

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Originally Posted by dxk1

Even if they manage to run the car for 24 hours, they will still finish near the back of the pack and never contend for the lead and after last years embarrassment, who needs them?

DK

Well by that logic I guess anyone besides Audi, Peugeot, Corvette, and Aston Martin shouldn't even bother showing up for Le Mans. I mean they're never going to contend for the lead, right?

They earned it. One bad race isn't worth writing off a team in my books.

old man · 2 Nov 2009, 10:06 (Ref:2573982)

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Originally Posted by whitec21

Jonny Cocker is the most under-rated sports car driver around right now. He is the man!

Quite agree, he has been hidden in GT2 with the under-performing Aston and the need to give time in the car to Le Patron but ever since he drove in the British Carrera Cup at 16 he has been a natural, twice British GT champion, Asian Carrera Cup Championand then a front runner in an Aston in GT3 he is still only 23. He has shared drives in the last two years with Turner, Bell and Sugden and none of them have outrun him.

JayBMS · 2 Nov 2009, 11:45 (Ref:2574045)

Just needs a better team mate IMO,

Drayson is getting better but he's still not on top pace

JayBMS · 2 Nov 2009, 13:44 (Ref:2574140)

Just heard there are more protests about race one. Anyone know what?

carsten66 · 2 Nov 2009, 15:37 (Ref:2574196)

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Originally Posted by JayBMS

Just heard there are more protests about race one. Anyone know what?

The protest was made to a broken louver by the third placed Audi...

Marcel ten Caat · 2 Nov 2009, 15:53 (Ref:2574201)

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Originally Posted by ger80

Well, just get the car and part of the crew from Reiter - thats the way to go

So basically your telling JLOC (and other none European teams) to get an entry and then 'just get a factory car and crew' to run it? ;-)

JayBMS · 2 Nov 2009, 16:03 (Ref:2574207)

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Originally Posted by carsten66

The protest was made to a broken louver by the third placed Audi...

Another one? after the AMR protest?

carsten66 · 2 Nov 2009, 16:04 (Ref:2574208)

Interesting comments on prospective developments from the ACO general manager Rémy Brouard:

"... I saw that the two types of event dovetailed perfectly! Endurance on the one hand and thirty-minute sprints on the other. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to try the same thing again..."

"... For 2010, our aim is to improve the quality of what we’ve just done on a Japanese circuit, which may be different, as several of them are now candidates. And we’d also like to organise a second event in Asia in the two weeks following the first one. We have to concentrate on Japan, which has so many car manufacturers, and on China for economic reasons and also because of its future perspectives. I don’t know yet if we’ll have a Chinese event on the 2010 Asian Le Mans Series calendar, but clearly, that’s our aim."

Dead-Eye · 2 Nov 2009, 18:52 (Ref:2574322)

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Originally Posted by carsten66

Interesting comments on prospective developments from the ACO general manager Rémy Brouard:

"... I saw that the two types of event dovetailed perfectly! Endurance on the one hand and thirty-minute sprints on the other. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to try the same thing again..."

"... For 2010, our aim is to improve the quality of what we’ve just done on a Japanese circuit, which may be different, as several of them are now candidates. And we’d also like to organise a second event in Asia in the two weeks following the first one. We have to concentrate on Japan, which has so many car manufacturers, and on China for economic reasons and also because of its future perspectives. I don’t know yet if we’ll have a Chinese event on the 2010 Asian Le Mans Series calendar, but clearly, that’s our aim."

These two quotes in conjunction obviously mean they'll be joining WTCC in Macau next year

HORNDAWG · 2 Nov 2009, 19:00 (Ref:2574330)

Torn about that! Could be a hum dinger, yet it could also be a crash fest!

L.P.

JAG · 2 Nov 2009, 19:07 (Ref:2574334)

Getting Toyota and Nissan back has to be a priority for the ACO. Additionally an increased presence from Mazda, plus the re-emergance of Honda/Acua/Wirth with a European/Japanease program, would be ideal.

Seeing as GT500 engine's and technology dovetails neatly with 2011 P1 there's a great opportunity.

HORNDAWG · 2 Nov 2009, 19:24 (Ref:2574348)

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Originally Posted by JAG

Getting Toyota and Nissan back has to be a priority for the ACO. Additionally an increased presence from Mazda, plus the re-emergance of Honda/Acua/Wirth with a European/Japanease program, would be ideal.

Seeing as GT500 engine's and technology dovetails neatly with 2011 P1 there's a great opportunity.

I agree that these should be among the ACO's highest priorities/goals.

L.P.

Dead-Eye · 2 Nov 2009, 19:57 (Ref:2574373)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Torn about that! Could be a hum dinger, yet it could also be a crash fest!

Just to make sure: The "

" was there for a reason, there's no way LMPs could race at Macau.

911 GT1 · 2 Nov 2009, 21:00 (Ref:2574425)

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Originally Posted by ger80

Well, just get the car and part of the crew from Reiter - thats the way to go

For sure that would be the better way. But JLOC is not willing to pay for that....

Marcel ten Caat · 3 Nov 2009, 01:49 (Ref:2574599)

Why bother paying anyway...as per 2010 the current Lambo is no longer eligible

NaBUru38 · 3 Nov 2009, 04:26 (Ref:2574644)

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Originally Posted by carsten66

Interesting comments on prospective developments from the ACO general manager Rémy Brouard:

"... For 2010, our aim is to improve the quality of what we’ve just done on a Japanese circuit, which may be different, as several of them are now candidates. [...] We have to concentrate on Japan, which has so many car manufacturers, and on China for economic reasons and also because of its future perspectives."

Okayama is a kartodrome for LMPs. Fuji and Motegi aren't too bad, but they desperately need to recover the Suzuka 1000km. I'm not sure whether the WTCC will want to go there, though. Shanghai isn't the best circuit of the world, but it's the only decent track in China for such machines. I mean, would you expect them to visit Chengdu, Zhuhai or a narrow street circuit?

Asa · 3 Nov 2009, 06:59 (Ref:2574686)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Okayama is a kartodrome for LMPs. Fuji and Motegi aren't too bad, but they desperately need to recover the Suzuka 1000km. I'm not sure whether the WTCC will want to go there, though. Shanghai isn't the best circuit of the world, but it's the only decent track in China for such machines. I mean, would you expect them to visit Chengdu, Zhuhai or a narrow street circuit?

Yes, for Zhuhai I would. Zhuhai hosted FIA GT Championship and A1GP in the past and is certainly capable of staging the Le Mans Series race. If you go to Shanghai it will cost you an arm and a leg just to touch the circuit.

They can ship everything of WTCC and LMS from Japan to Macau and then the Le Mans Series cars can be moved by trucks over the border to Zhuhai. It is very easy to organize.

They have to race on separate weekends but it can be done and it is quite easy.

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