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19 Jun 2012, 19:04 (Ref:3095043)
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Who's going to replace Dindo Capello?
Just saw this article on autosport: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100506 and wondered about who is going to replace Dindo?
My bet would probably be Marc Gene because he's "old" too. Then Timo Bernhard can rejoin Romain and Loic in the other Audi. What do you think? 
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19 Jun 2012, 19:09 (Ref:3095049)
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Aren't Timo & Romain going to be driving for Porsche?
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19 Jun 2012, 19:11 (Ref:3095053)
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Someone from their DTM team?
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19 Jun 2012, 19:14 (Ref:3095054)
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19 Jun 2012, 19:26 (Ref:3095066)
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Mike Rockenfeller? Already an Audi driver and a Le Mans winner
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19 Jun 2012, 19:30 (Ref:3095068)
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My guess is Audi will run 2 cars next year.
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19 Jun 2012, 19:31 (Ref:3095070)
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Audi will probably only run 3 cars next year. So they will have to chose between 10 drivers (Lotterer, Treluyer, Fassler, McNish, Kristensen, Bonanomi, Jarvis, Rockenfeller, Duval, Gene) for only 9 seats.
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19 Jun 2012, 20:25 (Ref:3095100)
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So who do you drop!?
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19 Jun 2012, 20:27 (Ref:3095102)
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No one. You still need a spare driver. So Jarvis or Bonanomi would be my choice.
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19 Jun 2012, 20:44 (Ref:3095110)
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Wasn't 2011 supposed to be his last?
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19 Jun 2012, 20:49 (Ref:3095114)
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19 Jun 2012, 21:31 (Ref:3095135)
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mcnish and kristensen need an experienced and fast driver, in my opinion duval will be the third driver of the #1, so for the #2 the natural choice will be gené or fassler, less probable rockenfeller. Bernhard and Dumas will not put their hand anymore in a r18, and for the #3 i think will be used again jarvis and bonamoni with a third more expert driver (basicly one that won't be used in #2).
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19 Jun 2012, 21:37 (Ref:3095140)
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Would you want to break up the trio which have just won back-to-back Le Mans? I don't see Audi doing that to be honest.
I think they promote Bonanomi up into the #2 car. He's always been touted as the 'new Dindo' by Audi and TK/Nishy. That car needed a bit of a shake-up anyway. I disagree those guys need an experienced third man. What for? A youngster might keep them on their toes a bit. And he's not going to throw it off more than Allan god love him! I think the real question centres on the WEC seats. Because for me I'd want Loic Duval as one of my guys. He is too good to confine to just a few races a year. I don't know what his ties are with other manufacturers still? |
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19 Jun 2012, 21:37 (Ref:3095141)
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Looking at the 4 Audi crews for this years Le Mans, i would not have put money on the only Audi not to crash was the #4.
It will interesting to see the driver lineups next season, whether they will reshuffle them completely or will retain the #1 and #2 (With a new driver instead of Dindo). |
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19 Jun 2012, 22:00 (Ref:3095150)
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Audi need a yank , plenty of hot young lads out there .
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19 Jun 2012, 22:15 (Ref:3095159)
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They've done pretty well up to this point without one! Will be interesting to see if Porsche feel they need one like they used to. Serious question - who is deemed to be the best young American prospect in sportscars right now? |
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19 Jun 2012, 22:39 (Ref:3095169)
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What about the guys from the Deltawing project (Marino, Krumm and Motoyama would make a sick team in a top flight P1 car imo)? Or some more of the ex-Peugeot drivers who just had rides for Le Mans?
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19 Jun 2012, 23:08 (Ref:3095189)
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Charlie Sheen?
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19 Jun 2012, 23:10 (Ref:3095190)
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I think is Filipe Albuquerque, the DTM Driver.
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19 Jun 2012, 23:19 (Ref:3095195)
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The odd thing that I read Dindo as being quoted as saying it that "when Allan wins the WEC, all will be forgotten" about his late race off. Is it possible that Dindo will be in the #2 R18 the rest of the WEC season, or am I reading too much into this?
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20 Jun 2012, 02:19 (Ref:3095235)
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Piergiuseppe Perazzini!
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20 Jun 2012, 04:40 (Ref:3095244)
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20 Jun 2012, 05:19 (Ref:3095251)
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They already have a full crew of nine (+ reserve), sans Dindo, Bernhard and Dumas.
- McNish, TK, X [Duval or Gene]. - Rockenfeller, Bonanomi, Jarvis. - Lotterer, Fassler, Treluyer. - Reserve: Duval, Gene, or Y. Should Gene (or, Duval) secure a seat at Toyota, or Rockenfeller at Porsche (regardless of however unlikely), there's always the possibility of promoting another junior (e.g. Mies) for reserve. |
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20 Jun 2012, 07:15 (Ref:3095267)
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Tom K to Toyota , NcNish getting fired and Capello retiring ..... all up in the air !!!
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20 Jun 2012, 08:33 (Ref:3095298)
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