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13 Jul 2013, 15:50 (Ref:3277340) | #2777 | |
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I would like to see Strakka expand to LMP1 and LMP2 with Nick running in the LMP2 car. He's been having crashes at every round this season. Its not really fair of him to keep asking(even though he owns the team) to be in the P1 car. They're not going to win anything like that. Not when the rest of P1 is a bunch of razor sharp knives...
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13 Jul 2013, 21:59 (Ref:3277423) | #2778 | |
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Did Nick crash at Le Mans this year? I thought it was the pro guys who had issues when they were in the car?
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108771 Think this is Sato done as a potential sports car driver. |
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14 Jul 2013, 09:38 (Ref:3277512) | #2784 | ||
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I think Strakka are probably somewhat disappointed with the performance of this years ARX-03c.The Rebellion, basically a much modified "old" Lola,has been much quicker all year and would have been 5/6 laps clear at Le Mans but for it's troubles.
Why do we think the new Wirth Coupe will be any better? It will be expensive but will it be fast? Unless Honda really commit and give some financial backing a cheaper alternative might be attractive........................... |
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14 Jul 2013, 10:08 (Ref:3277516) | #2785 | |||
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His downfall in IndyCar is his accident-prone nature....his 10th place in the standings doesn't tell the story of his speed, but he's too erratic and ends up with too many DNFs. There are plenty of IndyCar team owners, I'm sure, who would actually say Sato should not have had his chance and wouldn't dream of hiring him! He won't race for Penske or Ganassi... The reason why I'm discussing this though is not to have some off-topic talk about Sato. It would seem HPD are keen on stepping up their involvement again and as a result, I would expect a Japanese Honda driver to find a seat. I just don't think it will be Sato, unfortunately, and I think a few heads might be scratched if it is. |
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14 Jul 2013, 13:15 (Ref:3277556) | #2788 | |
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I had thought that the later HPDs were fresh designs. I know the original HPDs were based on the Courage, but that was almost ten years ago with the ARX-01a etc. I thought the -03s were ground-up. I will go check at Mulsanne Mike's site in a while---he will know.
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14 Jul 2013, 17:03 (Ref:3277607) | #2789 | ||
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The ARX-03 are still based on the Courage C70 family's tub. Wirth Research just made enough changes to the design of the cars' tubs to avoid copyright litigation or royalty payments to Oreca. I'm pretty sure that a fair number of parts from the -01 and -03 will interchange, which is probably the main reason for the similarity of design.
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14 Jul 2013, 17:19 (Ref:3277611) | #2790 | |
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The only 100% HPD/Wirth chassis is the ARX-02!
The first to have rear tires in the front. It was design to be a sprinter over an endurance racer because most of the ALMS races that year were short or street and even at the only race they raced Audi(Sebring)they got the pole but couldn't keep pace in the long race. The only fault of the car was that Acura didn't give HPD the budget to build a new engine,they had to stroke the 3.4L to 4.0L(drivers said engine sucked!) instead of building a new 5.5-6L V10. The power would of been close but the torque and lower-end of the bigger engine would help to keep up with the diesels. The other problem was it was hard to work on(F1 tech) and big tires! |
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14 Jul 2013, 17:42 (Ref:3277618) | #2791 | ||
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In a pratical way wich means the "8Mj" hybrid power???
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14 Jul 2013, 18:23 (Ref:3277630) | #2792 | |||
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Neither Wirth nor Michelin had tested enough to realize that a special front tire was required. Since that first season, teams running large fronts have had the benefit of the HPD's trials. Front tires are now constructed to heat up more quickly. Another issue was driver strength. If I recall correctly, Scott Dixon set the pole time, he was a veteran of open wheel cars that often ran without the benefit of power steering. He could muscle those wide fronts probably a little easier than the regular Sportscar drivers. Granted De Ferran was an open wheeler too but he was long past his prime. The car's 50/50 weight balance increased the weighty feel of the 02a. At speed, it most likely was not a serious issue, but grabbing full lock to make the hotel hairpin or the back and forth sawing needed to zip through the esses before the final straight, all these made the car just a little heavier to steer. |
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15 Jul 2013, 11:18 (Ref:3277900) | #2795 | |||
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What exacly did he do? I haven't watched. The article says he ran into someone in the pit-lane. As in 'on purpose'? If that's the case, probation is jsut a slap on the wrist, for things like that one should be looking for a new career. |
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15 Jul 2013, 11:22 (Ref:3277901) | #2796 | ||
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It was accidental, just very clumsy. He came into the pits, as planned, just slowing down for the pit lane speed limit didn't really seem to be part of that plan, as Hunter-Reay found out.
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15 Jul 2013, 11:23 (Ref:3277902) | #2797 | ||
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Back to HPD and Ganassi - plenty of rumours about them wanting to race in America, but what about Le Mans? Because, if they do race in the US only, that would be massively disappointing from my point of view. Shame if only one country would get to see the cars race.
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I feel for him. Whether it's bad luck or whatever, it will only worsen his image of unreliable driver.
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15 Jul 2013, 13:11 (Ref:3277944) | #2799 | |||
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Soheil Ayari seems to be a rather accident prone driver, yet he found himself in a winning car in 2005. But the bar has been raised somewhat since the mid noughties, to the point where there's a massive overlap in talent between LMP1/GTE Prod, and the seats taken lower down on the grid in F1. If HPD/Honda are going to step up and offer a much better package, that rise in interest will probably lead to a Japanese driver or two finding a seat. As interesting as Sato may be in a prototype, I think it wouldn't take a lot of serious thought to realise that there's a long list of drivers who could do a more reliable job. |
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