Customer RS Spyders.....

[The Badger]

I got a sneaking feeling that tracy Krohn will be heading back to the Alms with a couple of RS Spyders ..... something I read but cant remember where . It wasnt mentioned specifically about a RS Spyder , but a hint about Alms was mentioned .

Maybe together with Petersen ?

[JAG]

Plenty of rich Porsche enthusiats in Japan!

[paul-collins]

Originally Posted by The Badger

I got a sneaking feeling that tracy Krohn will be heading back to the Alms with a couple of RS Spyders ..... something I read but cant remember where . It wasnt mentioned specifically about a RS Spyder , but a hint about Alms was mentioned .

Maybe together with Petersen ?

http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=1977

[ger80]

Welcome backk in the LMP675 / LMP 900 times. There is no real differnece in buying costs and running costs between both classes any more. The only differnece is that a LMP2 normaly will not win in general in Le Mans and you havent to race against Audi

[Dauer 962]

Originally Posted by ger80

Welcome backk in the LMP675 / LMP 900 times. There is no real differnece in buying costs and running costs between both classes any more. The only differnece is that a LMP2 normaly will not win in general in Le Mans and you havent to race against Audi

I don’t understand the connection between your posting and customer RS Spyder´s…….

[isynge]

Originally Posted by Dauer 962

I don’t understand the connection between your posting and customer RS Spyder´s…….

I guess it comes down to whether you think you could get and run a competitve LMP1 for RS Spyder money. The key bit here is competitive - I'd guess you'd have to spend that bit more to compete with Audi/Peugeot etc whereas an RS Spyder should get you to the front of LMP2.

The big difference between now and 900/675 days is that there isn't supposed to be any equivalency between the classes - nothing I've seen so far convinces me that a well sorted LMP1 still won't be comfortably quicker than a similarly put together LMP2 will be.

[SebringMG]

There is no doubt that the Porsche is a pricy bit of kit compared to a Radical for instance - however as others have pointed out it should command a higher retail price should you wish to sell it, combined with the extra support at races by porsche and the likely upgrades they will make available for it. Also selling your car to sponsors is much easier with a porsche than with any other car.......

However, i am not convinced that it is a better car than the Radical as the porker still seems to have woeful reliability which a year into the programme should have been sorted. Plus i assume that it was designed with the ALMS races in mind which are of a shorter duration that the LMS (not that it has fininished many of them either)....to sum up the porsche is probably the class of the lmp2 field BUTi see no reason that privateer lola/radical/courage chassis cannot compete with a privateer porsche IMO porsche and acura should not be allowed to race virtually manufacturer entries into lmp2 - leave that to lmp1.

My understanding is also that lmp1 / 2 are fairly close in terms of power to weight ratio (the R8 did set fastest lap at Houston and was generally faster last year), however at certain tracks (tight twisty ones mainly) the greater mass of an lmp1 will count against it and a n/a lmp2 should be competitive as they are generally more nimble cars. The problem so far this year is that most of the lmp1 field are new cars and are experiencing major problems and are not showing there true potential...

[FIRE]

Noël Del Bello is on the list for buying a Porsche LMP2 for next season. Source: www.racingworld.be

[FIRE]

Als Teamchef ohne Team tauchte Rob Schirle am Nürburgring auf. Nach der Trennung vom Team Modena ist Cirtek von den Entry-Lists verschwunden.
...
Offener äußerte er sich über seine Planung 2007: "Wir wollen mit einem Prototyp in der Le Mans Series fahren. Einem LMP2 aus Deutschland"

Source: www.projectlemans.de

So Cirtek wants to run a Porsche Spyder next season.

[Adam43]

So do I?

That would be great, although I prefer some new teams. Perhaps someone will take over Cirtek's cars?

[JAG]

There should be at least one new team running RS Spyders, Manthey Racing.

[panoz.lmp1]

Originally Posted by AdamAshmore

So do I?

That would be great, although I prefer some new teams. Perhaps someone will take over Cirtek's cars?

Which Cirtek cars?

Originally Posted by JAG

There should be at least one new team running RS Spyders, Manthey Racing.

Did Olaf know this too?

[dj choc ice]

my money i feel would be inching towards horag or autorlando running an RS spyder next year in the ALMS or the LMS maybe even alex job racing or petersen white lightning but great news to see del bello noel having a car i loved their little courage C65 mecachrome from 2005 it looked wonderful and its great news

[JAG]

Originally Posted by panoz.lmp1

Did Olaf know this too?

When potential Spyder customers crop up, Manthey's always mentioned.

Not many obvious candidates out there.

[The Badger]

Ive heard Cirtek being mentioned with respect to the Spyder RS , along with Konrad , Petersen , Flying Lizards and Manthey and Del Bello . Any of them true ?

I personally reckon on a partnership between Petersen and Krohn . Just a feeling is all .

[panoz.lmp1]

I think that in the next season we´ll would see Manthey Racing in FIA-GT -maybe at Le Mans like in 1999- and the Deutsche Langstreckenmeisterschaft on the Nürburgring.