Le Mans Series 2007 - Page 48

minimangler · 5 Jul 2007, 10:48 (Ref:1955036)

Petrol looks (no smoke) smells (no smoke) and sounds a million times better than diesel.
Wanna hear a diesel?
Go to a bus station. Leave the racing to the real engines.

henk4 · 5 Jul 2007, 10:56 (Ref:1955045)

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Originally Posted by minimangler

Petrol looks (no smoke) smells (no smoke) and sounds a million times better than diesel.
Wanna hear a diesel?
Go to a bus station. Leave the racing to the real engines.

have you smelled the Pug engine????have you seen smoke coming from it???

brielga · 5 Jul 2007, 11:34 (Ref:1955072)

Henk, I have. In fact I was almost intoxicated at the Le Mans pitlane (also by the Audi of Pirro on Thursday night... I had to think of what some Dutch politicians would have said there and then ha ha ha) but I have not experienced this on the LMS races to be honest...

henk4 · 5 Jul 2007, 11:42 (Ref:1955077)

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Originally Posted by brielga

Henk, I have. In fact I was almost intoxicated at the Le Mans pitlane (also by the Audi of Pirro on Thursday night... I had to think of what some Dutch politicians would have said there and then ha ha ha) but I have not experienced this on the LMS races to be honest...

talking about being intoxicated, I was standing behind a Matra 650 at the Goodwood FoS....but only for a very short period.
Yuo can get killed by any exhaust fumes if you are just close enough

brielga · 5 Jul 2007, 12:33 (Ref:1955120)

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Originally Posted by henk4

talking about being intoxicated, I was standing behind a Matra 650 at the Goodwood FoS....but only for a very short period.
Yuo can get killed by any exhaust fumes if you are just close enough

This was more like cloud-size and pitch black, 1966 Mercedes 190D taxi-style when firing up early morning

Pity I did not get a cab ride on it....

henk4 · 5 Jul 2007, 12:43 (Ref:1955130)

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Originally Posted by brielga

This was more like cloud-size and pitch black, 1966 Mercedes 190D taxi-style when firing up early morning

Pity I did not get a cab ride on it....

the Audi or the Pug?

brielga · 5 Jul 2007, 14:37 (Ref:1955246)

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Originally Posted by henk4

the Audi or the Pug?

Audi

henk4 · 5 Jul 2007, 14:54 (Ref:1955254)

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Originally Posted by brielga

Audi

not fitted with the HDi-FAP technology

The Badger · 5 Jul 2007, 15:39 (Ref:1955281)

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Originally Posted by henk4

that almost looks like a personal attack

Anyway, I have to say that being in the pitlane and hearing the Peugeot setting off after a pitstop is much more comfortable to the ears than say a Porsche 997 or an Aston Martin...

Then you should be going

mate ..... motorsports is supposed to attack your ears !!!

The Badger · 5 Jul 2007, 15:41 (Ref:1955282)

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Originally Posted by minimangler

Petrol looks (no smoke) smells (no smoke) and sounds a million times better than diesel.
Wanna hear a diesel?
Go to a bus station. Leave the racing to the real engines.

Be interesting to have a vote as to who likes diesel and who doesnt .

How do you start a thread like that ?

henk4 · 5 Jul 2007, 17:13 (Ref:1955395)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Then you should be going

mate ..... motorsports is supposed to attack your ears !!!

as it used to be taken for granted that people died on a regular basis....

The Badger · 5 Jul 2007, 19:53 (Ref:1955533)

I thought they still do , or is it purely random ?

henk4 · 5 Jul 2007, 20:05 (Ref:1955541)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

I thought they still do , or is it purely random ?

predestination..but don't worry, I will continue to work in the pitlane...

The Badger · 5 Jul 2007, 20:41 (Ref:1955571)

I just found this on GT-Eins ..... i think it says that Team Modena were disqualified from the Nurburgring !!!

Why ?

http://www.gt-eins.at/cms/index.php?...=1612&Itemid=1

jaysalv · 5 Jul 2007, 20:45 (Ref:1955575)

i think it is fuel related weather there was not enough left in car at end of race thatwas the rumour anyway

jaysalv · 5 Jul 2007, 20:50 (Ref:1955584)

having spoken to one of the mechanics at team jota who are running the charouz racing car he said that it was down to a air leak from the air box that caused there demise to back of the grid

Justin Moran · 5 Jul 2007, 20:51 (Ref:1955586)

David Leslie said they could be in trouble if there was less than 3Ltrs left in the tank for "Testing purposes" ! OOPS!

jaysalv · 5 Jul 2007, 20:53 (Ref:1955588)

yeh i heard the same im sure thats what has happened

vorsprung · 6 Jul 2007, 05:27 (Ref:1955757)

Modena's fuel tank was 0,8L too big. the-paddock.net

bil588 · 6 Jul 2007, 05:33 (Ref:1955760)

why doesn't team jota have news about the charouz lola judd?

http://www.teamjota.co.uk/home/index.asp

jaysalv · 6 Jul 2007, 06:48 (Ref:1955785)

there site has not been updated for a couple of years . there was no mention of them running the essex invest zytec last year either . i think there reputation throughout the paddock and various motorsport sites etc speaks for itself.

Justin Moran · 6 Jul 2007, 14:23 (Ref:1956229)

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Originally Posted by vorsprung

Modena's fuel tank was 0,8L too big. the-paddock.net

OUCH!!!!! Thats not good! But did they go longer than the other GT1's before re-fuelling? i.e. did they get an advantage?

henk4 · 6 Jul 2007, 14:24 (Ref:1956233)

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Originally Posted by C9/89

OUCH!!!!! Thats not good! But did they go longer than the other GT1's before re-fuelling? i.e. did they get an advantage?

you can never tell, suppose the car was less frugal than the others, it could have been forced to stop one lap earlier....

Justin Moran · 6 Jul 2007, 14:34 (Ref:1956251)

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Originally Posted by henk4

you can never tell, suppose the car was less frugal than the others, it could have been forced to stop one lap earlier....

True enough I suppose. They were on the pace tho for a smallish customer team, to have to compete with Oreca and the Larbre cars it was still a ballsy effort imho.

henk4 · 6 Jul 2007, 14:59 (Ref:1956268)

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Originally Posted by C9/89

True enough I suppose. They were on the pace tho for a smallish customer team, to have to compete with Oreca and the Larbre cars it was still a ballsy effort imho.

well, they had other troubles in the first practice session on Friday. No tyres, as they had not yet paid Michelin....

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