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Peugeot | 11 | 36.67% | |
Toyota | 19 | 63.33% | |
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22 Jun 2012, 23:00 (Ref:3096608) | #1 | |
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Better Debut: Peugeot or Toyota
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22 Jun 2012, 23:41 (Ref:3096621) | #2 | ||
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Went for Toyota, largely due to expectation management and the fantastic first 6 hours.
Toyota's unassuming arrival, then huge over delivery at the outset, and cataclysmic end relatively early made for a better feeling somehow than Peugeot's undeniably more competitive debut. Contrast impressions in late evening in each year, in 2007 there was a growing realisation that Peugeot simply weren't fast enough, in 2012 it was all about Toyota being quite fast enough. Case closed there, but let's look at the way each campaign ended - in 07 you had the depressing blind eye taken to Bourdais sitting waiting to cross the line in an effectively dead 908 (and then celebrating in a slightly overblown way), whereas this year you had Toyota driving both entries to destruction in the pursuit of competitive pace. So on two bases Toyota has it - key is now if they can go on to translate that into the same sort of competitiveness across the rest of 2012 and into 2013 that Peugeot brought to the table. |
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23 Jun 2012, 05:09 (Ref:3096654) | #3 | ||
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I like Toyota, and I was rooting for them. But, I think Peugeot had a better debut.
2007 - Peugeot had pole, and finished second lasting 23 hours and 59 minutes. (359 laps) 2012 - Toyota qualified 3rd, and lasted 6 hours (5 under green, 134 laps) Hopefully they will produce a very exciting race next year. |
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23 Jun 2012, 06:04 (Ref:3096663) | #4 | ||
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I struggle with the question, to be honest as I think it's generally trying to make comparisons for comparison's sake. But I go with Toyota for exactly the same reasons as Ian.
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23 Jun 2012, 10:25 (Ref:3096716) | #5 | |
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Yeah tough question. Depends whether you are talking about on track performance or a complete package.
Toyota set expectations well but only because they knew they wouldn't finish the race and had endured a troubled build-up. But then again that stemmed from an admirable (lifesaving) decision to step up to the plate this year. I think Toyota have pushed the boundaries and brought in a more revolutionary car. But then again Peugeot didn't need to back in '07 and still gave a bit of a bloody nose to the established power of Audi. Both teams had huge potential. You can't say Toyota has more than Pug given the French won within three years. Despite the criticism (mine included) of their exit I believe Peugeot stayed around for longer than Toyota are about to. Hope to be proven wrong on that one. Will go for Peugeot. |
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23 Jun 2012, 10:37 (Ref:3096722) | #6 | |
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23 Jun 2012, 11:39 (Ref:3096752) | #7 | ||
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For me I voted for Toyota , probably because of a decent petrol engine , and cuz of unfinished business from them too .
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23 Jun 2012, 11:50 (Ref:3096756) | #8 | ||
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How do you measure it? Purely on results? If that's the case, then Peugeot had a better debut.
But if you measure it in context, and look at more than the results, IMO Toyota have done a better job. They turned up with much much less time with the car, a bit stretched, and they managed to run at the front. They were also good with the fans, and showed a massive amount of respect for their competitors, something Peugeot often lacked. On results, Peugeot did better. In context, and as a team, Toyota did better. |
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23 Jun 2012, 12:32 (Ref:3096766) | #9 | ||
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Toyota ofcourse. Not in the last place because they gave Audi a right scare when they passed them and, basically, ran away as like the Audi's were last years technology.
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23 Jun 2012, 12:42 (Ref:3096767) | #10 | ||
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I like Toyota, I love petrol engines, and they were absolutely spectacular this year. They showed more promise than Pug did on their debut. But as an actual Le Mans debut, I'm not sure how much better Peugeot could have done.
Le Mans is about finishing. How fast you were is completely irrelevant if you don't finish. Le Mans is purely about covering the most distance in one day. Peugeot did that better than Toyota, as well as out-performing them in qualifying. Toyota could have attacked with one car and gone conservative with another. I know they weren't going to be reliable, but they need to actually get some WEC points! There is only one way you could have made Peugeot's debut any better, and that was to finish one place higher. With Toyota, there are several things they could have done to make their weekend a better debut. I'm not trying to belittle Toyota's debut, it was great, but Peugeot were outstanding on theirs. |
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23 Jun 2012, 13:04 (Ref:3096771) | #11 | |
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Peugeot because of pole position and 2nd place.
Of course Toyota had a good debut. |
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23 Jun 2012, 13:59 (Ref:3096793) | #12 | ||
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23 Jun 2012, 15:10 (Ref:3096811) | #13 | |||
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Basically, my point is, if Toyota chucked millions at it, started this project sooner, and already had their race debut, they'd have had a better debut. Which is kinda obvious really - if Toyota was a dream team, it would have had a dream debut. That hasn't happened and it's not TMG's fault. I'm not blaming them. But this poll doesn't mention context, and I don't see how Toyota's debut can better Peugeot's near-perfect debut (don't forget how wet that race was to compound the challenge). As I said, I'm not belittling Toyota's debut. They did superbly well. They could have done better though, because we can all agree it's not perfect. Toyota #7 didn't finish, Peugeot did, and that's what Le Mans is about. This question should be asked a little longer after the race. I think when the TS030 reaches its potential, Le Mans 2012 will be seen as only a mini-demo of what was to come, while Peugeot's 2007 effort wasn't far short of what the car was capable of anyway. No idea why I wrote so much on this subject, as I like to draw a line on the Pug era and I want Toyota to be seen as a new team. I never particularly liked the Peugeots and I'm glad this season we lost some diesels. But when I vote on something I like to defend myself |
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23 Jun 2012, 15:32 (Ref:3096817) | #14 | ||
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OK, fair enough, I'll read your 'several things they could have done' as meaning if they'd started the project earlier, threw a lot more cash at it and told the drivers to be as patient as those at Audi....... well, some of them, anyway.... ).
Mine is a thoroughly emotional context-laden take, and I make no excuses for that. The TS010 was (I believe) a better car than the Pug in '92/'93 (it was certainly the most incredible-sounding car) and the TS020 was just the most sublime car to me of all time. So I guess I was excited by Toyota in a way that Peugeot never really excited me as much. Besides, Peugeot never let me in their garage....... |
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23 Jun 2012, 15:48 (Ref:3096826) | #15 | ||
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23 Jun 2012, 17:36 (Ref:3096858) | #16 | |
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hard to decide, in 2007 908HDi debuted with a victory but when faced the r10 at le mans there was no match. Toyota debuted with an incident and an engine failure but at least ran better than what everyone predicted!
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24 Jun 2012, 01:37 (Ref:3096995) | #17 | |||
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Money has never been an issue. Planning has been, however. The plan was to enter one car at Le Mans. Under the radar of Pug and Audi. Turned out Pug withdrew, so they were thrown into the deep with one steamproject car. One of which crashed at Paul Ricard. New tub costs zeven weeks in the making. 40 guys working long weeks, by hand... Given Toyota's big order, I say they performed exceptionally well and handed Audi a very serius note for next year... |
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24 Jun 2012, 11:51 (Ref:3097097) | #18 | |||
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Everyone complains about the PR nature of the Peugeot squad, and that's why they were never popular. Pescarolo gets the local support, Peugeot never did (unless young women clad in lycra gave them a free flag to wave ). I don't think Public Relations can get much better than Toyota. Honesty and humility wins the day. Let people in your garage, admit your shortcomings, apologise to other teams for disrupting your race...it's just really good to see. |
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24 Jun 2012, 11:59 (Ref:3097099) | #19 | |||
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In terms of context, it's up for debate, of course, but you have to judge this by results as it's a results business. And I hope Toyota get the results! |
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24 Jun 2012, 14:13 (Ref:3097155) | #20 | ||
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To repeat what was said above. Peugeot and this is for the obvious reason that they had more preparation.
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25 Jun 2012, 09:13 (Ref:3097636) | #21 | ||
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I'm going for Toyota. Simply because of how they had to rush their preparation to make a two car programme that they never expected. Especially when the go button was only pushed in September by the suits back in Japan.
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25 Jun 2012, 10:45 (Ref:3097686) | #22 | ||
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Toyota for me - i know on paper Peugeot's debut was the most successful, however considering the time they had to put this together and then agreeing to run 2 cars after Peugeot pulled out - to take the lead (albeit briefly) was hugely impressive.
Im a huge Audi fan, but if Toyota won i'd have been happy for them - i couldnt have said the same thing about Peugeot |
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25 Jun 2012, 11:21 (Ref:3097707) | #23 | |
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Im not really sure. On the one hand I want to say the Toyota debut was better because they basically started running flatout out whereas the Peugeots detuned there engines from Qualy for the entire race. But then I think that this was a diesel racing engine which is untreaded waters seeing only Audi do it. Whereas Toyota had been using an engine that was basically pre-tested in the Rebellion and SGT cars. Seems silly for them to have had the engine failure issues on a modern Petrol engine.
On the biased opinion that I like Toyota better than I do Peugeot with there lack of certain drivers I say Toyota had the better debut. The car looked better as well. |
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25 Jun 2012, 21:30 (Ref:3098066) | #24 | ||
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It's Toyota for me, hybrid petrol, what a good sound. Leading your first race and it looked like the whole team was present to cheer for Audi at the victory ceremonie. Well done Toyota, next year its a podium for them, for sure. But I love Toyota so don't know if my opinion is very objective
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