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16 Jan 2002, 11:35 (Ref:199438) | #1 | |
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How much longer can the WR go?
Seeing as how they were just marginally faster than the GTS cars last year, and the cars don't seem to have a lot of money or development behind them, I wonder how much longer the popular WR team can go at it?
I can't believe they posted four entries for Le Mans. Isn't the maximum number allowed two? |
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16 Jan 2002, 12:09 (Ref:199452) | #2 | ||
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They are French -different rules apply!!
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16 Jan 2002, 13:20 (Ref:199478) | #3 | ||
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I guess they will carry on as long as they can scrape together enough Francs (sorry, Euros!) to do so! They know the ACO will inevitably let them have at least one entry, and, as I suggested on another thread, IMO, that ought to be the limit. If they were a British constructor (or a constructor from anywhere else but France), I seriously doubt that they would get an entry each year.
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17 Jan 2002, 17:35 (Ref:200231) | #4 | |
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i hope the factory and the mazda powered ones get in ...
and yes, one team can only enter two cars. but, that doesnt mean a different teams can use the car. that like not allowing champion or gulf because theyve r8s |
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17 Jan 2002, 21:25 (Ref:200344) | #6 | |
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i think it was put in place for the 01 race, thus why only 2 factory audis ... but, want three ocera lmps? maybe its only for factory teams ... factory teams being engine and chasis from the same manufactor ...
*needs to learn how to type better* Last edited by Es Nes; 17 Jan 2002 at 21:28. |
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17 Jan 2002, 21:34 (Ref:200352) | #7 | |||
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14* LMP900 VIPER TEAM ORECA CHRYSLER-MOPAR LMP2001 5998 V8 MICHELIN ARA/KONDO/AMORIM 15* LMP900 VIPER TEAM ORECA CHRYSLER-MOPAR LMP2001 5998 V8 MICHELIN DALMAS/SARRAZIN/MONTAGNY 16 LMP900 TEAM PLAYSTATION CHRYSLER-MOPAR LMP2001 Team playstation was effectively the Oreca team, so where do the rules stand with this?? Last edited by Abs; 17 Jan 2002 at 21:36. |
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17 Jan 2002, 21:41 (Ref:200360) | #8 | ||
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Perhaps one car got an auto entry for winning something. The other two cars then as the two car team.
Going back to the WM's they must by now get a historical entry, they have been there for as long as I can recall, at least at the start But fastest ever along the straight and a pole position all from an amatuer team is not bad going, they are often close to the mid field pace as well. So yeah, give them an entry or two. It also give the Radio Le Mans pit lane reporter something to do during the lulls seeing how the gearbox / turbo / spark plug change is going. SL |
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17 Jan 2002, 22:04 (Ref:200378) | #9 | |
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abs ... then its simply the same way with the joest, champion, and gulf audis. even though gulf and champion were/are semi works not works cars under two different names ...
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18 Jan 2002, 09:11 (Ref:200527) | #10 | ||
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With regard to the 2/3 car teams, this is how I understood how Chrysler (Oreca actually) got three entries for the LMP.
Viper Team Oreca had two automatic entries as winners of the GTS class at Le Mans and Petit Le Mans. These entries could be used in a different class (i.e. LMP) provided the engine was supplied by the same manufacturer (or something along those lines at least) and the team entering the car had the same name, hence the LMP being under the Team Viper name. Leaves the way open to enter another car (or 2?) under the Team Playstation name. I think that makes sense. Cheers Mike |
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18 Jan 2002, 10:21 (Ref:200546) | #11 | ||
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Maybe we ought to suggest to the ACO that in exchange for taking out all of the chicanes and putting the Esses back to the way it was , they can enter 6 or 7 WR's and they can act as 'mobile' chicanes instead!
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It seems strange though that the three cars were actually supported by Oreca (the third just ran a different team name) |
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