Le Mans Series 2010

[cmk]

Originally Posted by davehenrie

ok, one out of three. lol! (who the heck is RTN?)
dh

I'm just having fun, don't feel chastised! It was nice to go and check on what I remembered, started off a little bit of reading which ended up - don't ask how - looking at pictures of late 60s Porsches.

RTN was Racing Technology Norfolk in the UK. They collapsed at some point in late 08 or early 09, while they were making at least the body of Embassy's WF01, which was a contributor to its delay. They also built Creation's not-so-successful CA-07.

[Graham Goodwin]

RTN's old facility is now the base for the new Lotus F1 outfit

[Mirage M6]

Originally Posted by Bentley03

Careful!

[arakis]

who is making the new R15 audis

[Acid09]

Dallara I assume? Audi has worked with them in the past...

[hoppelemine]

Can we even call them 'New' R15's? I would guess they are last years 3 races old cars with changes and update made to them.

[Dead-Eye]

Originally Posted by Acid09

Dallara I assume? Audi has worked with them in the past...

I thought I heard that Audi moved production of the R15 in-house, but I'm not sure.

[arakis]

I just read an article abou the new R15, it said they are fully designed by Audi, but dallara does the CF building

[kingkai]

Originally Posted by arakis

I just read an article abou the new R15, it said they are fully designed by Audi, but dallara does the CF building

Instead of the crab nose it has got upgraded to a Manta ray nose (Manta birostris)

Audi got inspired by sea animals nowadays?...

[JAG]

Originally Posted by The Badger

You must be kidding mate !!!

Very few drivers delve into their own pocket . He hasnt driven a proto since Toyota .

Nice thought , but I cant see it ever happening .

I don't expect him to be driving, nor dipping into his own pocket.

I do however believe there's a fair chance he'll be headhunted to lead a team, Jaguar, (TWR) Nissan, Toyota and Bentley all used his services as much for his technical ability and experience, as his driving skills.

[courageous]

Plus being a BBC man (who has been talking Le Mans up on broadcasts as of late), it might be a good idea to get him on board in some capacity in the hope of mainstream coverage.

[Victor_RO]

Just checked if the LMS put up the ticket prices for the Hungaroring 1000km, where I'm trying to plan a trip in the summer, and I've had a peek over the provisional entry list. And what do I find there?

#7 and #8, Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi R15...

Of course, I know that it's provisional, but... I thought it would be of interest. Perhaps Audi have sneakily lodged a full-season entry in the LMS, while publically only announcing the LMIC and Ricard+Spa?

[The Badger]

I think Joest realise the importance of racing , and not testing alone .

If Joest had his way , he would be racing im sure .

[Graham Goodwin]

Audi did post a full season entry - they were on the original entry list remember - but have already announced the races they intend to take part in

[Victor_RO]

Thank you Graham, as always you've got the right piece of information.

[FWX]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Thank you Graham, as always you've got the right piece of information.

Yeah, what they tend to do is just put the entry list announced at the start of the year as the "standard" field for each event, and then only change it accordingly (i.e with the race-by-race entries) a week or whatever before each round.

So you'll see that each of the six rounds have exactly the same provisional entry, but we all know some rounds will have much bigger entries than others.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by Graham Goodwin

Audi did post a full season entry - they were on the original entry list remember - but have already announced the races they intend to take part in

What did they have to gain by doing that? Why not just enter the races they intend to run? Is it a cost issue? - are they keeping their options open? - are they expecting to win the series running just three races?

[ger80]

Hope they get the Spa track ready again for the 2nd LMS round. Tunnel collapsed today
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121591

[Tim the Grey]

Shoot. My birthday was the day of the race! They cannot cancel...

[CarolK]

Originally Posted by ger80

Hope they get the Spa track ready again for the 2nd LMS round. Tunnel collapsed today
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121591

same here, really don't want to face fees and higher costs to change airline tickets, but whatever is necessary for the event....one article said they were hoping to have it completed in time for the F1 race - not so good for us in just a tad over 5 weeks time for the LMS race! Just glad no one was injured...as previously mentioned not so good for this to occur, especially in F1 and could be more ammo for the noise issues from the past. I would hope that any decision regarding race location would be announced ASAP, be it remaining at Spa or elsewhere.

[dj choc ice]

Originally Posted by CarolK

same here, don't want to have to pay fees and higher costs to change airline tickets, but whatever is necessary for the event....one article said they were hoping to have it completed in time for the F1 race - not so good for us in just a tad over 5 weeks time for the LMS race! Just glad no one was injured...as previously mentioned not so good for this to occur, especially in F1 and could be more ammo for the noise issues from the past.

Forgive me, but how can the recent tunnel collapse be more ammo for the noise issues from the past? the two are not linked in any way shape or form, anyone trying to link the two protesting against the track would just make a complete fool of themself.

[CarolK]

Originally Posted by dj choc ice

Forgive me, but how can the recent tunnel collapse be more ammo for the noise issues from the past? the two are not linked in any way shape or form, anyone trying to link the two protesting against the track would just make a complete fool of themself.

one would think that but sometimes people can do/say crazy things if they don't want things to occur, stupid as it sounds crazy people might say now it's a safety thing too??? I hope that the tunnel is fixed asap, I want to go to Spa that's our most favorite circuit.

[dj choc ice]

its more than likely that there will be some kind of safety protest from the NIMBY's unfortunately, its just the way the world works. One could argue back that with all the bad weather that it is a Force Majeure (is that the right spelling?) Either way, Spa will be up and running again, whether it is in time for the LMS remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, im not very optimistic with the time frame of 5-6 weeks, seems like a lot of work will need to be done.

[ger80]

TV times - the "german" schedule is probably valid for the rest of "non UK" europe.

British Eurosport - UK time
10:15 CAR RACING Live Le Mans Series - 8 Hours of Castellet (105min)
13:00 CAR RACING Live Le Mans Series - 8 Hours of Castellet (30min)
19:00 CAR RACING Le Mans Series (30min)

Eurosport Deutschland
11:15 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010 Der Start (45Min)

Eurosport2 Deutschland
12:00 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010(60Min)

Eurosport Deutschland
14:00 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010 (30Min)
19:00 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010 (30Min)

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by ger80

TV times - the "german" schedule is probably valid for the rest of "non UK" europe.

British Eurosport - UK time
10:15 CAR RACING Live Le Mans Series - 8 Hours of Castellet (105min)
13:00 CAR RACING Live Le Mans Series - 8 Hours of Castellet (30min)
19:00 CAR RACING Le Mans Series (30min)

Eurosport Deutschland
11:15 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010 Der Start (45Min)

Eurosport2 Deutschland
12:00 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010(60Min)

Eurosport Deutschland
14:00 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010 (30Min)
19:00 Motorsport: Le Mans Series 2010 (30Min)

both the british and german schedules are equal timewise . only difference is the split between esp and esp2 in the german schedule. Still too few from an 8h race