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Old 5 Apr 2009, 15:30 (Ref:2434311)   #247
Tom87
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Tom87 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by whitec21 View Post
Why does everyone think that a new team can just show up and beat everyone in sports car racing, particularly with a bunch of open-wheel drivers? This isn't quite as easy as it looks.
It depends on the outfit - if you have the right mindset, the right drivers and the cash to invest in developing a good car you can be quick out of the box, but perhaps in this case the challenge was underestimated...? Too early to say for certain.

What is a certainty is that the choice of the R10 is one which can't have been taken lightly, to me it seems like a poor one as last yeat the car was barely quicker than the Lola-Aston. Furthermore the cost and complexity which comes with the Audi badge makes me wonder why they didn't go for a different customer option.
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