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Old 31 Mar 2009, 17:55 (Ref:2429918)   #1176
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Dont know what happened here , but Gigawave have pulled out . Now there is little chance of a decent DBR9 given that LLH is first named driver for JetAlliance .

Amazing , how a great car like a DBR9 has petered out !!!
Jetalliance have named all three drivers for LM: Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer, Alex Müller, and Thomas Gruber.

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Old 31 Mar 2009, 20:11 (Ref:2430018)   #1179
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They might consider giving the first and second place to Corvette in advance, like ALMS. Low change to see another 8 dropouts to have Larbre in the playing field.

I don't know what to say, I think I have to hope for a miracle that Spartak wins my former favourite racingclass.
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Old 3 Apr 2009, 14:03 (Ref:2432406)   #1180
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Old 3 Apr 2009, 14:27 (Ref:2432424)   #1181
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I think we are going to se the swan neck rear wing on a lot of cars soon!
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Old 8 Apr 2009, 00:29 (Ref:2436340)   #1183
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Murphy has a new poop and some good news for us Aston fans in North America. Possibly 2 Vantage GT2 after Le Mans with a reality show following them on Spike to boot!
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Old 8 Apr 2009, 11:53 (Ref:2436637)   #1184
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Aston Martin Racing, together with Peugeot, are testing @ Monza since yesterday...
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Old 14 Apr 2009, 19:47 (Ref:2440741)   #1186
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Did I say DBR1 mk2?

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Old 15 Apr 2009, 00:58 (Ref:2440957)   #1187
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I reckon they got it wrong ..... Its supposed to be a DBR1 1/2 , half Lola & half AMR !!!
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It looks like a Lola B0960 with an Aston Martin engine. Perhaps DBR1-2/1 is the engine number.
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I just read http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4...in-B09-60.html and it pointed out an interesting detail:
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Another interesting feature is the rear break cooling, which uses rearward pointed ducts that feed air onto the discs with fans. This eliminates the need for air-intakes on the rear deck, which is now exceptionally clean.
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Old 15 Apr 2009, 22:04 (Ref:2441784)   #1190
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I suspect those fans blow, not suck...
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Old 15 Apr 2009, 22:18 (Ref:2441788)   #1191
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I suspect those fans blow, not suck...
Thus the primary draw being through the wheel center itself? Very interesting...

Devil's advocate time...what would keep someone from using similar fans to say, improve airflow through the tunnels ala Brabham fan car?
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Old 15 Apr 2009, 23:31 (Ref:2441837)   #1192
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Mike, that's what I was thinking too. Glad to hear a voice agreeing.

I wonder if this additional airflow could help with engine bay cooling?

Hmmm. Vent into the venturi just after the lowest pressure point? Increase airflow? I suspect Moveable Aero Device would get quoted before they finished rolling it off the transporter...
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Old 16 Apr 2009, 00:38 (Ref:2441863)   #1193
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Mike, that's what I was thinking too. Glad to hear a voice agreeing.

I wonder if this additional airflow could help with engine bay cooling?

Hmmm. Vent into the venturi just after the lowest pressure point? Increase airflow? I suspect Moveable Aero Device would get quoted before they finished rolling it off the transporter...
I think it sets a dangerous precedent, fans that is. But I did have a look through the regs and the ACO seems pretty explicit what openings are allowed in the under floor:

The only openings permitted are the minimum gaps necessary for wheel and suspension part movements (suspension travel and steering), air jack holes, sensors for measuring the ground clearance (LMP1 only), closed hatches (maintenance operations) and the overflow fuel pipe.

So you wouldn't get away with any kind of "cooling" hole (sort of what F1 has recently had issues with--which also mean a F1 type double-decker diffuser is out of the question but I digress) that could draw air out of the under floor via fan. But we're looking at the obvious. You could still blast air across the trailing edge of the top side of the floor (much as the exhaust is some times positioned). Either way, this is dangerous precedent I think. It won't take much thinking from "full-time" people to figure something to do with them that the ACO didn't anticipate.
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Mike? Not being that much of a tech head...

This 'double diffuser' malarkey that the self important single seater ego trippers are using couldn't rear it's head in LMS could it? Only I read of there being a gap between floor and diffuser feeding the upper diffuser, you see. Following your comments above, I assume not?
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Would be lovely to see AMR or Prodrive in F1 again!, but i hope it's not on the behalf of there entrance in Sportscarracing!
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Old 23 Apr 2009, 07:13 (Ref:2447578)   #1198
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No, No, No....

AM are a sportscar racing outfit (apart from the DBR4 on the late 50's early 60's), always have been. A move to F1 would be a mistake in my opinion!

If AMR/Prodrive or whatever you want to call them do go into F1 then the L-AM LMP1 programme will almost certainly go, leaving only customer GT4/3/2 entries.
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F1 is for Oiks

Aston if they know their market should stay in GT racing, leave F1 to the Oiks

Simple really.
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Aston if they know their market should stay in GT racing, leave F1 to the Oiks

Simple really.
Whilst I would agree, in principle, I sense Richards is looking to make the Aston Martin brand accessible to more people with lower priced entry level models. An F1 programme may better serve his marketing objectives, especially at a fraction of the current cost.
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