Le Mans Series 2009 - Page 59

tlongman · 11 Mar 2009, 02:39 (Ref:2413354)

He won the Champ Car Atlantic championship in 2005 and did a fantastic job. For those who don't know, the atlantic championship is a great series that used to be a support series to Champ Car and now follows ALMS around to most of their events.

rich07 · 11 Mar 2009, 02:41 (Ref:2413355)

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Originally Posted by tlongman

He won the Champ Car Atlantic championship in 2005 and did a fantastic job. For those who don't know, the atlantic championship is a great series that used to be a support series to Champ Car and now follows ALMS around to most of their events.

Aha!! I thought I had heard of the name before but could not remember where.

cptkablamo · 11 Mar 2009, 02:53 (Ref:2413358)

Yeah, unfortunately then the CCWS seat he got was lousy - a year when Conquest had no money and if I remember correctly the Zwolsman family had a bit of trouble away from the track (I think)...
Will be interesting to see how he goes as he as been out of the seat for a while and the Atlantic yeat that he won was not stellar...

cmk · 11 Mar 2009, 04:02 (Ref:2413378)

True enough - IIRC he beat Kasements, Legge and a bunch of folks who've gone absolutely nowhere, though someone is free to correct me.

As far as the Kolles testers go (surely we have to be talking racers here, given the late date), I am a little lukewarm. I think Albers and Krumm are good choices, as both have Audi proto experience and both have proto-GT car experience (counting DTM and Super-GT as two sides of the same high-tech silhouette racer coin). The others have not proved themselves at all in this discipline, though each has a decent resume. We'll see how they go. With some experienced sportscar pilots without drives, however, I find the selection a little galling - why not grab someone like Warren Hughes if you're going for people without substantial budget (thinking Albers and Krumm here)?

Mr. Le mans · 11 Mar 2009, 09:07 (Ref:2413476)

next driver for tme r10: http://www.gt-eins.at/cms/index.php?...=3652&Itemid=1

Aslak Vind · 11 Mar 2009, 09:43 (Ref:2413498)

thank you Mr. le mans!

Although I had to write the webbie at GT-Eins, and ask them to correct the spelling of Christian´s name

gwyllion · 11 Mar 2009, 09:59 (Ref:2413515)

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Originally Posted by AX lover

Christijan Albers, Charles Zwolsman, Narain Karthikeyan, Michael Krumm and Christian Bakkerud will be testing the Audi R10 TDI for Kolles at the Lausitzring the coming days.

So no Johansson

AX lover · 11 Mar 2009, 13:58 (Ref:2413653)

Will there be three of two drivers per Kolles R10?

chocmonster7 · 11 Mar 2009, 15:11 (Ref:2413696)

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Originally Posted by gwyllion

So no Johansson

Doesn't look like it.

cmk · 11 Mar 2009, 17:07 (Ref:2413750)

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Originally Posted by gwyllion

So no Johansson

Was that actually ever more than someone's hopeful ungrounded supposition on a forum? If not, then it can't really be surprising...

Anyway, everyone but Bakkerud still seems to be referred to as a candidate. Meyrick really comes out of nowhere though. I guess he had British F3 National class success? Is that what it takes to step into a top-flight proto these days?

peckadj · 11 Mar 2009, 17:34 (Ref:2413773)

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Originally Posted by cmk

Was that actually ever more than someone's hopeful ungrounded supposition on a forum? If not, then it can't really be surprising...

Anyway, everyone but Bakkerud still seems to be referred to as a candidate. Meyrick really comes out of nowhere though. I guess he had British F3 National class success? Is that what it takes to step into a top-flight proto these days?

oh, i thougt autosport was a motorsport magazine (not some underground forum..)

AX lover · 11 Mar 2009, 20:52 (Ref:2413873)

Christijan Albers tested today and he says the was only there because Kolles asked him and he could help to determine the differences between the 2008 and 2009 spec car.

He also said we shouldn't look to much into it. So I guess the chance is small that he will drive the R10?

For our Dutch fans, he said the following:

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Albers: "Het team heeft gevraagd om te testen met de 2009-specificatie, omdat ik ervaring heb met deze auto en daardoor een goede vergelijking kan maken met hoe de wagen eerst reageerde. De testdag verliep voorspoedig. Verder moet men er niet al te veel achter zoeken. Ze hebben me gevraagd om een dag te testen en ik help ze graag."

Source: http://lms.gpupdate.net/nl/nieuws/20...r-team-kolles/

cmk · 11 Mar 2009, 23:56 (Ref:2413994)

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Originally Posted by peckadj

oh, i thougt autosport was a motorsport magazine (not some underground forum..)

Thanks for answering my question snidely rather than, you know, just answering it.

PS: Autosport's sportscar news often has about as much substance as forum supposition.

Jimmy Magnusson · 12 Mar 2009, 00:05 (Ref:2413998)

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Originally Posted by cptkablamo

Yeah, unfortunately then the CCWS seat he got was lousy - a year when Conquest had no money and if I remember correctly the Zwolsman family had a bit of trouble away from the track (I think)...
Will be interesting to see how he goes as he as been out of the seat for a while and the Atlantic yeat that he won was not stellar...

A little? That's a bit of an understatement! Don't know how much I'm allowed to say on these forums, but let's say it involved something the dutch is (in)famous for and men in black suits.

The Badger · 12 Mar 2009, 00:17 (Ref:2414008)

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Magnusson

but let's say it involved something the dutch is (in)famous for and men in black suits.

Which is it then , sex or drugs or rock & roll ?

jc_nl · 12 Mar 2009, 15:25 (Ref:2414330)

They cought senior with 160.000 kg of marihuana, and that was back in 1988 at the start of his "career". He alledgedly(!!!) been in the same line of business since then.

Jimmy Magnusson · 13 Mar 2009, 11:32 (Ref:2414825)

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Originally Posted by jc_nl

They cought senior with 160.000 kg of marihuana, and that was back in 1988 at the start of his "career". He alledgedly(!!!) been in the same line of business since then.

Yes, the run-in I'm talking about occured in late 06/early 07, which sort of affected his son's chances of getting a Champ Car seat...

The Badger · 13 Mar 2009, 12:45 (Ref:2414880)

Didnt he get done for something back in the early 1990 too , when he was running the Lola T92 Judd ?

Thumper · 13 Mar 2009, 15:14 (Ref:2414967)

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Originally Posted by deggis

Green washing announcement from the website introduces "Solar Powered Tyre Heating System". Riiiight. Possibly mandatory in 2010. Surely it is for pre-heating?

http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s03_...e.php?news=837

Fat lot of use a solar-powered tyre warmer's going to be at Le Mans . . . or the Algarve for that matter. What are the teams supposed to do after the sun goes down?

kingkai · 13 Mar 2009, 16:56 (Ref:2415008)

They place solar panels around the track and store the electricty in batteries which can heat up the tires during the night

Jimmy Magnusson · 13 Mar 2009, 22:23 (Ref:2415217)

"Solar Powered Tyre Heating System"... leave the tyres in the sun!

The Badger · 14 Mar 2009, 00:49 (Ref:2415285)

Any news about that Jenser Lola Audi ?

Graham Goodwin · 14 Mar 2009, 09:29 (Ref:2415386)

Think you'll find that was a Jenser lola without the Audi engine (ie they acquired the chassis)

The Badger · 14 Mar 2009, 14:14 (Ref:2415525)

Didnt expect much anyway Graham .

sceptic · 14 Mar 2009, 15:18 (Ref:2415545)

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Magnusson

"Solar Powered Tyre Heating System"... leave the tyres in the sun!

Not going to be very effective at Spa or Nuerburgring though...

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