[LM24] Pescarolo Sport future plans...?!?!

[alexkiller8]

nice spot, even if in the pic the 03 hasn't those latches in the internal side of the wheelarch. Le mans will tell the truth

[gwyllion]

Originally Posted by alexkiller8

nice spot, even if in the pic the 03 hasn't those latches in the internal side of the wheelarch.

Perhaps latches near the fin and at the outside of the wheel arch are enough to attach the bodywork.

I just toke a random example. Another one could have been the Porsche RS Spyder:

[CTD]

A few photos of the 03!

[CTD]

A picture that Mike posted on his FB page.
Hope it's alright that i post it in here too, Mike?

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by CTD

A picture that Mike posted on his FB page.
Hope it's alright that i post it in here too, Mike?

It's not Mike's picture it was in a French newspaper last week. All over the previous page of the thread.

Really good to see this car 'exists' even if it hasn't run yet.

[gwyllion]

It seems that Luxury Racing is not happy with the French newspaper l'Equipe: http://www.luxury-racing.com/site/op...ournal-lequipe

Perhaps l'Equipe blamed Luxury for the delay of the Pescarolo 03?

[gwyllion]

Apparently Henri explained in l'Equipe that Luxury Racing only paid 10% of what they promised. The reporter of l'Equipe tried to contact Luxury for a reaction, but he was unsuccessful.

Pescarolo is now getting some financial help from Roald Goethe, who is the owner of the AMR-One monocoque that Pescarolo is using.

Perhaps this means that the Pescarolo 03 will also get a Gulf livery. However, this might be difficult with Pescarolo long term partnership with Motul.

Scans from the l'Equipe article can be found at http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.ph...2973img399.jpg and http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.ph...5218img400.jpg.

[alexkiller8]

h.p. should be more grateful to luxury managment for the economic support that he is receiving... complaining for this in a newspaper i don't know how much smart is! i won't be surprised if luxury will interrupt their support.

[Dead-Eye]

Originally Posted by alexkiller8

h.p. should be more grateful to luxury managment for the economic support that he is receiving... complaining for this in a newspaper i don't know how much smart is! i won't be surprised if luxury will interrupt their support.

If they only paid 10% of what was agreed upon they've already stopped their support and going public about it won't make it any worse.

[rich07]

Maybe its a ploy by Henri to force Luxury to cough up the other 90%. Could backfire though and he doesnt see any other monies owed to him. Sick of this crap.

[Simmi]

Would be interesting to see one of the journos try and delve deeper into this.

We know that Luxury have had changes in their Am line-up with Jakubouski (sp) and Farnbacher out of the door and Jeannette/Montecalvo in.

Wonder if someone was unhappy about the situation at Sebring?

[alexkiller8]

Originally Posted by Dead-Eye

If they only paid 10% of what was agreed upon they've already stopped their support and going public about it won't make it any worse.

good spot! but we have to know if this agreement is a legal agreement, a contract between pescarolo team and luxury racing, so in this way is right that luxury must to pay the remaining 90% of the remaining money, even if i disagree with h.p., he could be more discreet than report this to a newspaper casting in a bad light the luxury racing team, that should be a partner team. But if this is a gentleman agreement, well maybe luxury racing managment is having some economic difficulties too and has the priority to ensure the safety of his team first than think to someone else problems.
However i disagree with pescarolo attitude this time, a useless and counter-productive rant, reported by a man that has spent the last years to pay a lot of debts because of a bad administration (that in 2011 has been able to run just because of someone else good will).

[gwyllion]

Literally Henri said the following in the interview with l'Equipe:

But for reasons that I do not know, our main partner was not able to fulfill its commitments regarding the payment deadlines. Luckily, at the beginning Luxury, who was very enthusiastic and had a real role as a motor in this project, paid a little. This allowed us to start the construction of the car but we remain very short on money. What was settled do not represent 10% of the amount on which we made a commitment. I hope that these delays are not the result of a major problem.

[Simmi]

So are they still 'partners' with Luxury? I'd assume so otherwise I don't see how they'll go racing.

I find the whole thing strange to be honest unless Luxury are looking to go to LMPs in the long term and want to buy some expertise.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Would be interesting to see one of the journos try and delve deeper into this.

We know that Luxury have had changes in their Am line-up with Jakubouski (sp) and Farnbacher out of the door and Jeannette/Montecalvo in.

Wonder if someone was unhappy about the situation at Sebring?

Well Farnbacher is a SRT Viper factory driver now....Cant have him working for Ferrari at the same time.

[The Badger]

Doesnt sound good , does it . Tight on money while your building up a new chassis . Shame really .

[CTD]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Doesnt sound good , does it . Tight on money while your building up a new chassis . Shame really .

And the possibility of a socialist president in France doesn't help.
A socialist lead government has the tendency of making company cut down on non-production cost, like sponsoring, in fear of heavier taxation.

A company like Total, is a company which i fear will cut back severely on their Motorsport spending - unfortunately. (This is just an example, i know Pescarolo isn't sponsored by Total)

[gwyllion]

It seems that the honeymoon period is over.

Luxury Racing and Team Pescarolo kept to themselves ...
If at Sebring the two entities were merged into the paddock, this is not the case this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. It seems that the association Luxury / Pescarolo is well and truly ended after only one race.

source: http://endurance-info.com/version2/a...nce-10542.html

[alexkiller8]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

It seems that the honeymoon period is over.
source: http://endurance-info.com/version2/a...nce-10542.html

this basicly means that pescarolo won't have the budget to build the remaining parts of 03 if someone else doesn't finance it.... if things with 03 will go bad, i hope that they can keep in the WEC using the dome s102.5

[Deleted]

Or ACO just grants them a "force majeure" waiver or something to use the old fossilized Pesca 01...

[gwyllion]

That is never going to happen. The waiver for non-compliant aero was a one time exception (Sebring). Additionally the 01 does not have the correct engine either.

[Deleted]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

That is never going to happen. The waiver for non-compliant aero was a one time exception (Sebring). Additionally the 01 does not have the correct engine either.

Rules are meant to be broken and modified, it's a FIA championship... hell, we have a "GT1" World Championship that only goes to two continents

[alexkiller8]

but in a 01 can be placed a judd 3.4 as oak did, maybe some hole here and there and a fin....

[gwyllion]

There is still the issue of tyres. Michelin stopped development of the smaller front tyres.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by alexkiller8

but in a 01 can be placed a judd 3.4 as oak did, maybe some hole here and there and a fin....

At that point it would be easier to actually finish the 03