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Jaguar thinking in Le Mans Races!!!
Interesting news from Jaguar...
Are they planning a GT or a LMP entrance????? http://www.racecar-engineering.com/n...our-races.html |
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As soon as I saw the car I was thinking along these lines. The next few years are certainly going to be interesting. The classes will have to be revamped without a doubt.
Whoever acts quickest could have quite a few manufacturers on their hands, although, with the ILMC and the prestige of the 24 hours, I'd say the ACO holds most of the cards at this stage. |
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yeaaaaaahhhh....
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Good. I've been wishing for a proper, fully factory-backed entries from Jaguar. Perhaps Rocketsports and the pitiful GT2 program would admit their defeat as well.
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looks like a car to join the Porsche 918's class
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jaguar can not think of risking his own image and credibility in the world relying on an external team, but to take part officially. Jaguar has a long tradition of victories at Le Mans and in the rest of the world and a good screening program would be ideal LMP.
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Nice programme, hope it comes off in LMP or GT.
They will have to have an external team involved as they do not have any expertise in this area and I would say limited human resources they can allocate to it. But they have done this before with TWR in 80's and 90's. |
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If he hadn't recently passed away I'm sure this could have been a project to resurrect TWR...
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I hope for a return of them in LMP1
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Jaguar should return strong in motorsport that counts
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That comes over as someone hoping the Board will say yes... And knowing they will not.
I'd like to think Jag would run a GT team, then step into LMP after they have some experience. But I'm not holding my breath. |
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