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Big news! Wonder if they are going to Grand-Am?
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It does sound as though Lizards will be moving on to a new chassis for next year. Are they going to Ferrari, or something else? Interesting.
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That's a big one. The release is pretty ambiguous.
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All development for the 997 has stopped, working on the 991 now. Interesting. Could it be that they are a 991 development team, and this is just semantics?
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I have a hard time seeing Flying Lizard in anything other than a 911...
I really hope this is not a sign of them moving to grand am early or poss. going WEC? Definitely my favorite GT team by a long ways - hard to think they would quit racing in America... Would they miss the last year of ALMS to develop a 991 outside of competition? |
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There's 2 GT cars on the confirmed list that won't be there. But the team(s) will be... -mike |
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Lizards to P2?
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Based on all the Prototype teams that have said they are coming or are seriously considering, the 2013 Sebring grid could be better than a lot of folks are predicting. Just the facts so far, add the speculation and who knows?
P1: Audi x 2 (are evaluating) Rebellion x 1 or 2 (said they will do a few ALMS events) Strakka x 1 (looking at a possible full ALMS season) JRM x 1 (expressed interest) Muscle Milk x 1 Dyson x 1 or 2 (Mark Patterson said he would like to do this race with them) P2: Greaves x 1 (1 announced, maybe 2) Starworks x 1 (announced) The P1 grid (maybe 9 cars) alone is worth the price of admission IMO. Then add a P2 grid which we have no idea about at this point. Even if the standard ALMS GT grid shows it will be great, and there will be a couple of extras from WEC (AMR, Krohn) no doubt. |
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Toyota has a very real chance to win the last real 12 Hours of Sebring.
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Thank you Graham. Are there any others you can add to the list? Or of you cannot name, is there a number you can give on how many more P cars to possibly expect? Autosport had mentioned Strakka was looking at ALMS 2013, maybe just sabre rattling for more rules breaks versus the factory teams I guess.
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Also - if Audi do it it will likely be a single car.
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I don't see how it makes much sense for Audi to run just 1 car at Sebring.
Being the fastest car in the field isn't a guarantee at all to win Sebring. The track can easily break a car and you can easily wreck in lap traffic. Not to mention new parts and pieces can malfunction. Plus if Rebellion is there, you can't count on every other P1 car failing or having problems. Audi had 3 cars at this year's race and Muscle Milk would have finished 2nd if they didn't have their problems near the end. |
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