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26 Apr 2012, 07:31
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Please correct me, I thought Porsche ended their effort in the VLN, meaning no works drivers and no facotry support this season !
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26 Apr 2012, 09:19
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Originally Posted by Subaru_WRX_STi
Please correct me, I thought Porsche ended their effort in the VLN, meaning no works drivers and no facotry support this season !
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manthey team decided to move to gt-open retiring as official porsche team in VLN (the yellow/green gt3r/gt3rsr cars won't run this year in VLN and surely won't be also in 24H) but still remains in VLN to support some private team as they did in the past.
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26 Apr 2012, 09:20
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Originally Posted by Subaru_WRX_STi
Please correct me, I thought Porsche ended their effort in the VLN, meaning no works drivers and no facotry support this season !
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Your are right but they changed their mind a bit. There will be no real works support from Porsche, only the usual customer support. But the factory drivers are allowed to drive. Which driver in which car is not clear at the moment.
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26 Apr 2012, 10:22
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VLN Race 3 deserves a bit of a mention. Entry list released has plenty of top-end talent in it, including 2x Young Driver AMR V12 GT3s, complete with Turner and Mucke at the wheel of one.
Haribo RT Callaway Corvette GT3 confirmed, with Tommy Milner and Jan Magnussen. Great lineup, but news from Denmark suggests that the lineup for the N24 will be those two plus Richard Westbrook, if I understand correctly.
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Great to see Aston there with the new Vantage and Turner and Mucke alngside the Stuck brothers.
But that lineup in the Corvette is brilliant. Im guessing that Milner is the only one that doesnt have experience at the Ring?
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26 Apr 2012, 12:22
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Originally Posted by rich07
But that lineup in the Corvette is brilliant. Im guessing that Milner is the only one that doesnt have experience at the Ring?
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He has driven the ring a few times last year including the 24 with Schubert.
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26 Apr 2012, 16:59
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Is it me or are there a lot of GT4 cars?
Also nice to see the Dorr Z4-GTR back!
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27 Apr 2012, 07:19
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the third round is looking brilliant this weekend 
btw is Vita4One Racing a factory team there ? they are listed as "BMW Team Vita4One"
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27 Apr 2012, 11:11
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He has driven the ring a few times last year including the 24 with Schubert.
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Oops, my bad, I totally forgot about him racing with Schubert last year.
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the third round is looking brilliant this weekend
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Schubert is the official BMW Motorsport team for N24 not too sure about status of Vita4One, they might be supported but not as much as Schubert?
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27 Apr 2012, 15:38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodger Davies
Haribo RT Callaway Corvette GT3 confirmed, with Tommy Milner and Jan Magnussen. Great lineup, but news from Denmark suggests that the lineup for the N24 will be those two plus Richard Westbrook, if I understand correctly.
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That is correct. Maoam/Haribo have a deal in place to race in the 24hrs with those drivers. The deal includes hiring Daniel Keilwitz (from Callaway Competition), Magnussen, and Milner. Westbrook will be there for the 24, as Haribo UK is one of his sponsors. Look for the car to only have sponsorship from them (not even Bilstein logos), as they are the primary sponsor for this car.
picture of the car: http://tinyurl.com/d2uqd99
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28 Apr 2012, 09:46
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208 cars went out in morning practice & although times are pretty much pot luck in VLN, it's good to see the P4/5 (14th) & Lexus (22nd) put on a good show.
Cars are on the grid & will be off on the pace lap any time now
streaming http://www.vln.de/tv
ticker http://live.vln.de/
live timing http://vln.wige-livetiming.de/
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28 Apr 2012, 10:20
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hmm, the Haribo Corvette seems to have not managed to complete lap 1 - if it's not recovered, is Magnussen still able to do the 24?
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28 Apr 2012, 10:30
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I think there was a timing glitch - the Vette is showing in 12th.
Not a good race for Aston Martin, zagato has a tyre down & the Stuck car in the pits already.
Incredible start for the Mercs (especially Graf) had a 1-2-3 for a bit.
Couple of Audis in trouble early as well (14 -Mammerow & 44 - Raeder)
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28 Apr 2012, 10:52
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oh, ok - there it is! Yeah, not on timing screens.
Great start off the line for the Mercs, but I'm wondering if the Hankooks are lasting as well on the heavy SLS as they did on the Ferrari previously?
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28 Apr 2012, 10:55
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Can't believe it's just three weeks 'til the second best race of the year, time has gone by fast! The May date suits the 24 hours much better, too
Oh, nice to see P4/5 higher on standings, 10th now!
Last edited by Chiana; 28 Apr 2012 at 11:07.
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28 Apr 2012, 11:30
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Problems for Mercedes on lap 9 - Rowe & Hankook (31) cars both off (unrelated) & out of contention.
So Olaf "I don't like the BOP so am taking my toys somewhere else" Manthey's car is leading again (after taking the win in the last round)
The P4/5 was running well inside the top 10 but has also seemingly had a problem.
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