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Old 1 Apr 2016, 07:03 (Ref:3629177)   #322
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Just to add to that, Starworks has purchased a new Riley/Multimatic P2 car, but is still shopping for a manufacturer to partner with. They have the option to run the car both in IMSA and overseas in "plain" Gibson form, but I thought it was interesting they chose the RM chassis over any of the others if they were going to be buying the generic car without hopes for a manufacturer tie-in. So are they trying to get a Mazda deal? or one of the other manufacturers who are shopping around for a chassis partner?
Remember teams can brand the standard Gibson engine whatever they wish...

This from Beaumesnil in May last year, “Being able to put different names on the engines can help teams to find partners and that’s where we are heading,”

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