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16 Jun 2009, 04:56 (Ref:2484205) | #1626 | |
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16 Jun 2009, 05:15 (Ref:2484208) | #1628 | ||
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And do you have the testing mileage handy for Audi and Peugeot to verify your "so little testing" claim? |
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16 Jun 2009, 08:56 (Ref:2484311) | #1632 | |
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Yes, we know it's a new car... But I'm sure they have tested the begeezus out of it since they got hold of it...
Peugeot never really got the benefit of all the "oh, it's a new car"`stuff - and they were starting from scratch, unlike the ridiculously successful Audi operation... Fact is, Peugeot drastically improved in all the areas they were weak in for the last two years. It was a thoroughly impressive display... you could almost say they out-Audied Audi. Worth noting that all three Peugeots ran virtually faultlessly all race (except for a broken disc bell on #8) and were still there and running strongly at the end. The Pescarolo car looked like it would have been too, if not for the accident... |
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Which drivers (mainly interested in LMP1 and GT2) were a positive surprise and which were disappointing?
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Others i would say almost all of the Kolles drivers to be positive!, they did a good job of keeping those cars clean, without dropping in pace! (The Bakkerud clash with the barrier under one of the safety cars was not a driver error but a faulty in the R10) |
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16 Jun 2009, 14:26 (Ref:2484547) | #1637 | |
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Like I've said time and time again, Lotterer and Zwolsman did an amazing job. I was a bit surprised when I saw the article about David Richards complaining the his 009 car had been reduced to 2 drivers after Hall was excluded, saying it was unfair for only 2 drivers to do 18 or so hours. Yet, Lotterer and Zwolsman, both rookies, did the whole race themselves. They had great pace, and at the end of the 15th hour were only 2 minutes behind the 007 which would have put them in 4th place. Unfortunately, the gearbox problem put them back to 9th but they fought back to 7th, finishing only 1 minute behind the 7 peugeot. Hopefully we will see them back at Le Mans next year.
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16 Jun 2009, 14:32 (Ref:2484553) | #1638 | ||
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Lotterer is no stranger to endurance racing he race's out in Japan in the SuperGT. This of course is not taking anything away from Lotterer and Zwolsmans achievement for there first Le mans!
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16 Jun 2009, 20:33 (Ref:2484776) | #1639 | ||
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Didn't that car run with a blue front bumper for much of the race? |
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16 Jun 2009, 21:14 (Ref:2484825) | #1641 | |
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Good to see the GT2 parts exchange is still working
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16 Jun 2009, 22:30 (Ref:2484878) | #1643 | ||
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I'm satisfied with the outcome. If Audi won, there was a chance that Pug to drop the next year. Now, maybe we'll see the R15 getting some more track time, because they need the marketing revenue. Also Pug earned what they deserved.
Overall, the result of the race was pretty surprising in my opinion, didn't expect the pace of Audi, but sadly there wasn't much action on the track, apart from the crashes... or I didn't pay much attention. Aston was impressive. I thought that all their effort was only marketing, but they went pretty well. |
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Consider that Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder falling off a wall while emptying his bladder ..... Audi doc said that he was fit to race , ACO doc says no . And them the ACO excluding a driver for a mistake . I dont want to hear a word from the ACO about safety issues ..... they suit themselves !!! |
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The 1. with Karthikeyan. How would it look, if Karthikeyan crashed the R10 into another car, crew or making damage to others, because of the shoulder!. Who would get blamed for letting him race!, Not the Audi doc, but the ACO doc!.. the ACO doc must be abel to say 100% guarantee that the driver is fit to drive, because of safety! The 2. with Stuart Hall. It's hard to say wether he should been have excluded or just gotten a Stop & Go penalty. But again, if Hall made another one of these VERY stupid mistakes, then the ACO would get a lot of criticism for letting him drive.. You must take into consideration, that ACO must do what is safest, because everything else would cause even bigger problems! |
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17 Jun 2009, 02:01 (Ref:2484934) | #1646 | |
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Not to deny his the full respect of his fast laps, but was he in the car when the air filter had come dislodged? And did he maintain his pace after it was fixed or had the pump failed before he got back in the car?
Sorry, drawing a blank about the timing of the race, didn't do any of my homework over the weekend for the obvious reasons and now it's catch-up time. |
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With respect to the Hall/AMR incident , the ACO very much influenced the driver squad by suspending Hall , which I feel was irresponsible of them , considering it is them (ACO) who decided in the first place that each entry has 3 drivers per entry on safety grounds . |
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Move along, nothing to see here!
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Although, there were several cars who had limited use of the 3rd driver - has anyone got a record of total driving times for each driver? |
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Wow mac, you are a sad person. Trolling threw 1,000 posts trying to **itch about comments made during the heat of the race. I bet you feel so smart that you can go back and laugh at what you see as incorrect comments being made .
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Now, back on topic, here is amateur footage of the Pescarolo 908 crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6upFvKLkDw |
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