06-30-2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 666fast
Well.......... there have been rumors of an upcoming LMP1 car since the debut of the LMP2 car in ALMS, Lemans etc..... It was announced not too long ago that by 2010, LMP1 cars would have to be closed cockpit. Maybe this is it and not an actual road car?
We'll have to wait and see it seems.
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without the competitino of that made Group C so great... i donno... racing isn't as fun as it used to be competition-wise.
If the whole field and Audi were running R10's then it might get interesting with privateer's own development programs.
thats what i like about the RK Spyder in LMP2.... its a costomer car all the way after this season... hopefully LMP racing wont be so seemingly "dull" next season
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06-30-2006, 03:14 PM
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I like the idea of a Porsche Übersupercar like the Veyron, but this is very doubtful that will be concretize. 
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06-30-2006, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by nthfinity
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Originally Posted by 666fast
Well.......... there have been rumors of an upcoming LMP1 car since the debut of the LMP2 car in ALMS, Lemans etc..... It was announced not too long ago that by 2010, LMP1 cars would have to be closed cockpit. Maybe this is it and not an actual road car?
We'll have to wait and see it seems.
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without the competitino of that made Group C so great... i donno... racing isn't as fun as it used to be competition-wise.
If the whole field and Audi were running R10's then it might get interesting with privateer's own development programs.
thats what i like about the RK Spyder in LMP2.... its a costomer car all the way after this season... hopefully LMP racing wont be so seemingly "dull" next season |
Group C failed because it's self destructed. Ther eisa limit to how much money a manufacturer is going to spend on racing. It got waaaaay to exepensive for most companies to run in Group C.
That said, there are supposedly, a lot of new manufacturers coming to ALMS an LeMans. It's all rumors right now. But a lot of the rumors over the last year proved to be true when many people said it wouldn't happen.
The Audi R10's will be in private hands soon.
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06-30-2006, 08:23 PM
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Don't forget about the upcoming diesel Peugeot LMP1 car too.
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07-02-2006, 03:23 AM
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I would love to see it and can only pray that they would make it, but I can't just see it beeing made The Veyron has set records that are just so high to see them topped so soon after its realease and for probably half the price just seems unrealistic
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People who quote "theres no replacement for displacement" have obviously never heard of power to weight.
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07-02-2006, 03:43 AM
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4 years isn't really that soon.
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07-02-2006, 03:47 AM
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just 950 bhp? that's puny compared to the veyron's 1000+ bhp
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07-03-2006, 06:24 AM
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Well they sure didn't build them to go slowly.
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07-05-2006, 12:00 PM
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So is the Gemballa Mirage and 9ff GT1 a go ahead?
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