What about Spyker's GT programme?

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by Birddog07

Wow, just saw the new Spyker on the front page of PLM. Looks good. I love the yellow and blue, but black and red are a great combination aswell.

I liked the blue and orange too , but this is a nice change , you gotta admit ?
Hopefully the red in the livery will help it go faster .

Thats what Rich07, Dani & Arakis would have you believe anyway .

Hope that little Spyker does real good this season . They stick with it , put on a decent show and deserved that 5th in France last year .

Im not Dutch , but Im proud of them !!! ..... and I wear a Spyker cap too .

[Taxi645]

Most say very good drive from the Spyker pilots. Compared to their lap record they were one of the teams that were the most consistently close to their fastest pace.

[GTfour]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Im not Dutch , but Im proud of them !!! ..... and I wear a Spyker cap too .

That's the spirit!

All the details about last Sundays race for Spyker:

http://www.planetlemans.com/2010/04/...d-race-report/

[GTfour]

And the details for the pretty black and red machine of last weekends Spa race:

http://www.planetlemans.com/2010/05/...yker-squadron/

As we saw,the Spyker really ran like clockwork,spitting two simultanious arm long flames at exactly the same spots around the track.
It really was joy to see. They could do really well at Le Mans this year for this is the best developed car ever to come out of the squadron. Add to this the really fine driver line up and a bit of luck,maybe even a podiumfinish!

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by GTfour

Add to this the really fine driver line up and a bit of luck,maybe even a podiumfinish!

Don't... jinx... them! Are you trying to prove that Commmentator's Curse is a generalised phenomenon on forums nowadays?

[AX lover]

Do you guys thing that if a second Spyker is granted an entry for Le Mans they will enter the car? Will they have the resources and money to enter a second car?

I have a strong feeling that a second chassis will have to receive a lot updates because the last few years they only raced with one car.

[Lipp]

my thoughts also...
Even though I would love to see two spykers at Le Mans, I still think that they cannot run a two car effort financially.
Maybe they can slot in the engine of this saab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoDE-...eature=related

no, but seriously, the Spyker has been welded together with love, hope they do welll again this year.

[Thomassie]

Hi Everyone,

I am new here.
Spyker already confirmed at Eurosport during the race at Spa that there second car is ready to run, but they do not really expect that another entry will fall. The car they used at Le Castellet and Spa is a new chassis, last year chassis' is catching dust in de Spyker workshop. You can see them in this movie:

Time: 3:32

[Aysedasi]

Thanks for that Thomassie - and welcome to Ten Tenths!

[AX lover]

Originally Posted by Thomassie

Hi Everyone,

I am new here.
Spyker already confirmed at Eurosport during the race at Spa that there second car is ready to run, but they do not really expect that another entry will fall. The car they used at Le Castellet and Spa is a new chassis, last year chassis' is catching dust in de Spyker workshop. You can see them in this movie:

Time: 3:32

Hi Thomassie, as far as I know they are still racing the chassis they used last year (and the year before).

The Spyker with SNORAS livery on the right is a Spyder (no Laviolette) and they used this car for a 1000 km race in Lithuania. The one in the front left (#94) is the ex-Speedy Racing car and so they just gave the car from last year a new livery.

On www.spykerowner.com you can find a list of all the Spyker Squadron racing chassis.

[Marcel ten Caat]

AX lover is correct. The chassis in use this season is in fact the same car that ran in 2008/2009.

The second Laviolette you see in the video is the chassis that Speedy Racing ran in the Le Mans series in 2008.

[Stephan2738]

Originally Posted by AX lover

On www.spykerowner.com you can find a list of all the Spyker Squadron racing chassis.

C8 Double 12R:
#006: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...-squadron.html
#009: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...-squadron.html
#019: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...ouble-12r.html

C8 Spyder GT2R:
#046: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...-squadron.html
#054: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...-squadron.html
#097: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...-squadron.html
#098: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...-squadron.html
#099: Reserve chassis
#193: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...cing-team.html

C8 Laviolette GT2R:
#190: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...html#post18057
#191: http://www.spykerowner.com/forum/uno...cing-team.html

If you have conflicting or additional information please let me know!

[byronb]

Originally Posted by Thomassie

Hi Everyone,

I am new here.
Spyker already confirmed at Eurosport during the race at Spa that there second car is ready to run, but they do not really expect that another entry will fall. The car they used at Le Castellet and Spa is a new chassis, last year chassis' is catching dust in de Spyker workshop. You can see them in this movie:

Time: 3:32

http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?n...ikel&nid=24404

The article is in Dutch, but in the article Mike Hezemans says they won't race at Le Mans because the Corvette burned out at the Silverstone GT1 race, and they can't get it fixed in time.

Why there is only the PeKa Corvette on the 24H Le Mans entry list, and what the Phoenix Corvette which burned down has anything to do with it, I don't know, I guess PeKa gave their entry to Phoenix, or something. But that does mean the 2nd Spyker entry is in?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by byronb

http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?n...ikel&nid=24404

The article is in Dutch, but in the article Mike Hezemans says they won't race at Le Mans because the Corvette burned out at the Silverstone GT1 race, and they can't get it fixed in time.

Why there is only the PeKa Corvette on the 24H Le Mans entry list, and what the Phoenix Corvette which burned down has anything to do with it, I don't know, I guess PeKa gave their entry to Phoenix, or something. But that does mean the 2nd Spyker entry is in?

Nope, the withdrawal of the Pekaracing/Phoenix/Carsport Corvette was announced alongside the two Pescarolos, and it allowed a block of three cars in: KSM's Lola, the second Matech Ford and the second AF Corse Ferrari. The second Spyker will not be at Le Mans, the final entry list has already been published without it; it's still the only reserve left, but it's only the reserve entry and the deadline for it to get in the race has passed.

Perhaps Pekaracing made a deal to use that car and its drivers (I think Anthony Kumpen was the designated driver), so since the deal was concerning that exact chassis, and they weren't able to fix it in time...

[byronb]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Nope, the withdrawal of the Pekaracing/Phoenix/Carsport Corvette was announced alongside the two Pescarolos, and it allowed a block of three cars in: KSM's Lola, the second Matech Ford and the second AF Corse Ferrari. The second Spyker will not be at Le Mans, the final entry list has already been published without it; it's still the only reserve left, but it's only the reserve entry and the deadline for it to get in the race has passed.

Perhaps Pekaracing made a deal to use that car and its drivers (I think Anthony Kumpen was the designated driver), so since the deal was concerning that exact chassis, and they weren't able to fix it in time...

Ah OK, like that, I missed that.

[AX lover]

the second Spyker Squadron car was withdrawn

The ACO even allowed an 56th entry for Le Mans, but still there isn't a second Spyker. My guess is that there never was a second Spyker ready for Le Mans...

[Victor_RO]

Possible, they might have submitted two entries, both for the same actual chassis, and crossed their fingers that only one would be accepted. Although, considering how well they've done last year as a singleton entry, it's probably all for the best that they focus all their resources and energy on a single car.

[GTfour]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Possible, they might have submitted two entries, both for the same actual chassis, and crossed their fingers that only one would be accepted. Although, considering how well they've done last year as a singleton entry, it's probably all for the best that they focus all their resources and energy on a single car.

Nope,as stated on this thread before,there was another car standing on the ready,but lack of financial recourses(not enough sponsors) made Spyker revoke this entry. Shame though.

[Marcel ten Caat]

Wonder if it is just that.

You can't expect a team to be ready that was way down the reserve list just before Spa. It's not just money...you also need good drivers and a good technical team (mechanics, engineers) and perhaps even some changes to the second car itself as well. If you're not able to do it right you might as well skip it as it will only hurt your effort on the primary car.

Three weeks before leaving to Le Mans you won't be able to get everything done the way it is needed...and before last week nobody knew about the 56th pit box it seems.

[GTfour]

Originally Posted by Stranger

Wonder if it is just that.

You can't expect a team to be ready that was way down the reserve list just before Spa. It's not just money...you also need good drivers and a good technical team (mechanics, engineers) and perhaps even some changes to the second car itself as well. If you're not able to do it right you might as well skip it as it will only hurt your effort on the primary car.

Three weeks before leaving to Le Mans you won't be able to get everything done the way it is needed...and before last week nobody knew about the 56th pit box it seems.

Very logical. I geuss it just wasn't ment to be.

[nobster]

It would have been nice to see Tim Coronel finally making his Le mans debut, there are some less experienced and talented Dutch drivers on the grid this year ( Hart, Hommerson, van Splunteren )

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by nobster

It would have been nice to see Tim Coronel finally making his Le mans debut, there are some less experienced and talented Dutch drivers on the grid this year ( Hart, Hommerson, van Splunteren )

Who says he won't be making his debut this year? Do we really know for sure that Tom is Tom? They're twins after all, so a swap shouldn't be that difficult...

[AndrewF31]

Anyone know why the Spyker has the 2009 livery for the Le Mans but the new red/black one for LMS? Is it because of the sponsors?

Seems Snoras is on board for Le Mans.
Was thinking we'd see the new livery at Le Mans also.

[AndrewF31]

Guess their press release after scrutineering helps to understand the change:

"At Le Mans Spyker Squadron will be racing in the Snoras Bank colors again. As a result the C8 Laviolette GT2R will race in the same blue and yellow livery that was used here at Le Mans in 2008 and 2009 and not in the red and black livery that is in use in the Le Mans Series this season."

[Lipp]

Today in a dutch newspaper the news that the Spyker Aileron is to be fitted with the same powersource as the
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1!

Victor Muller (CEO of Spyker) also revealed plans to go racing with the Aileron. "it is the idea to develop a GT-2 version of the Aileron together with the raceteam"