06-15-2005, 01:00 PM
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Michael Schumacher To Test Drive New Corvette
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06-15-2005, 01:11 PM
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LOL!! This should be in the jokes section 
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06-15-2005, 01:14 PM
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i think someone forgot the fact that Schumacher can't drive anything not badged Fiat or Ferrari
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06-15-2005, 02:17 PM
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lol, i guess thats cool though. I wonder how much GM had to pay Ferrari to let him drive it.
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06-15-2005, 02:23 PM
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lol funny, well not really, I think there is a Schumacher, ontario canada?
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06-15-2005, 02:34 PM
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who said anything about 7 time world champion, Michael Shumacher driving a vette...  just a buisness man from Germany
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06-15-2005, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronin005
"Mr Schumacher, a 40-year old German businessman who works in Canary Wharf"
the REAL MS cant drive anything not Ferrari or Fiat (recall Race Of Champions)
not to mention hes wouldnt want to drive one anyway and get his hands dirty.  |
I have a feeling RC gonna say something about this :roll:
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06-15-2005, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
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Originally Posted by Ronin005
"Mr Schumacher, a 40-year old German businessman who works in Canary Wharf"
the REAL MS cant drive anything not Ferrari or Fiat (recall Race Of Champions)
not to mention hes wouldnt want to drive one anyway and get his hands dirty. |
I have a feeling RC gonna say something about this :roll: |
Other than to boost my post count *cough* - it doesn't really warrant a response.
Besides - we won LeMans when it counted.. and if Ferrari couldn't get the 550/575's to win enough even with all that Formula 1 heritage behind them - you have to wonder what good "race heritage" is at the end of the day...
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06-15-2005, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
you have to wonder what good "race heritage" is at the end of the day... |
Good enough do dominate FIA GT, give the Vettes a run for their money for the time that prodrive was in ALMS and to win Le Mans....and all that by privaters, without the "factory" supporting them everyday 
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06-15-2005, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SFDMALEX
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Originally Posted by RC45
you have to wonder what good "race heritage" is at the end of the day... |
Good enough do dominate FIA GT, give the Vettes a run for their money for the time that prodrive was in ALMS and to win Le Mans....and all that by privaters, without the "factory" supporting them everyday |
Yeah - like ProDrive don't have the ferrari guys on speed dial and can what ever they want when ever they want -
Anyway - ferrari is an ENTIRE company devoted to high performance - what's their excuse when they don't win?
The Corvette barely has a program to support it - privateers are what fuel the Corvette racing success..
And you can't count GTR victories in this one.. hehe
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06-15-2005, 04:13 PM
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^^^ thus proving that if it turns right on a track, big companies don't want anything to do with in the states 
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06-15-2005, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Toronto
^^^ thus proving that if it turns right on a track, big companies don't want anything to do with in the states |
Proving nothing - factory involvment in racing has been a touch and go venture for most car companies since the inveiton of the automobile.
The 100% backed fully promoted factory campaigns have been few and far bewteen - and mostly limited to companies who tried to make a living racing, rather than selling product.
It is after all - still a profit driven market
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06-15-2005, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
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Originally Posted by SFDMALEX
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Originally Posted by RC45
you have to wonder what good "race heritage" is at the end of the day... |
Good enough do dominate FIA GT, give the Vettes a run for their money for the time that prodrive was in ALMS and to win Le Mans....and all that by privaters, without the "factory" supporting them everyday |
Yeah - like ProDrive don't have the ferrari guys on speed dial and can what ever they want when ever they want -
Anyway - ferrari is an ENTIRE company devoted to high performance - what's their excuse when they don't win?
The Corvette barely has a program to support it - privateers are what fuel the Corvette racing success..
And you can't count GTR victories in this one.. hehe |
Yeah yeah yeah...The LM Vette team has full 100% factory backing, all their hardware is from GM, whilst prodrive basicly took a road car 550 and made it into a racer, Ferrari started selling their own GT/GTS ready 550s/575s not so long...
Why would prodrive have Ferrari on speed dial when they do not use Ferrari hardware? Basic chassy and engine block is all they use thats stock I guess, no need for speed dial to Maranello there....
Ferraris exvuse when they dont win? Well the only motorsport that FERRARI races in is F1, so their excuses for current loses is basicly "we fucked up"...
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06-15-2005, 05:06 PM
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Uhm - just to set the record straight - the idea that there exists a GM factroy team is misinformation.
GM does not race - period.. the C5R is a GM endorsed project that was undertaken by Pratt & Miller and dates back to 1998/99.
So - at the end of the day I would declare the "factory" effort of the Ferrari winners and Corvette winners a draw.
Now that the factory is "in on the program" (As always - the big wigs step up to take credit after all the ground work is done ) they make it seem like the C6R was a GM conceived idea - so sure you can have your C6R factory team branded as such - but the C5R is still being provided to and supported as a privateer fieled car - with nothing more than GM parts being sold to the owners
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06-15-2005, 05:28 PM
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Doesnt GM own a small percentage of Fiat?
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