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20 Feb 2012, 21:50
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Larbre did with a Saleen , and low and behold , won the championship too !!!
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Do GTCs get auto-invites for anything? That would make a big difference.
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"Prototypes Murphy is also a specialist in CFD, the team will work in partnership with Dell Computers on chassis development throughout the season" I wonder what chassis would that be.
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I thought P2 bodywork was homologated for the season.
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21 Feb 2012, 04:53
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I thought P2 bodywork was homologated for the season.
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Two bodywork homologations, one for Le Mans one for the rest of the season. That doesn't stop them testing bodywork for next year in private if they have the time, money and drivers.
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21 Feb 2012, 05:00
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That doesn't stop them testing bodywork for next year in private if they have the time, money and drivers.
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I'm not quite sure how this works. Can a team run their own bodywork or do they have to run whatever the car's manufacturer homologated as being cost-capped?
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21 Feb 2012, 05:11
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I'm not quite sure how this works. Can a team run their own bodywork or do they have to run whatever the car's manufacturer homologated as being cost-capped?
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They could talk to the manufacturer about re-homologating a couple of chassis in their own name and then continue development if everything stays under the cost cap for the price of the car.
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21 Feb 2012, 11:42
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They could talk to the manufacturer about re-homologating a couple of chassis in their own name and then continue development if everything stays under the cost cap for the price of the car.
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The reports seem to suggest they're looking to do just that:
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The team has also confirmed that they plan to homologate their Oreca chassis as an MG
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http://www.motorstv.com/car/enduranc...h-elms-assault
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23 Feb 2012, 12:02
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Sorry if I've somehow missed this but this is news to me courtesy of Autosport magazine today.
Nicolas Minassian and Stephane Sarrazin are set to join Loeb Racing for their ELMS campaign this year alongside Nicolas Marroc.
They are in negotiations and apparently the deal hinges on a sponsorship deal which could apparently be concluded as early as this week.
Surely that propels them to resounding title favourites given the Oreca-Nissan package! Would be great to see this team continue to grow. It's not like they will ever have trouble getting a Le Mans entry and it is a team you'd like to think sponsors would want to be associated with.
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23 Feb 2012, 12:10
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Nicolas Minassian and Stephane Sarrazin are set to join Loeb Racing for their ELMS campaign this year alongside Nicolas Marroc.
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I thought Sarrazin is doing wec with starworks...
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23 Feb 2012, 12:53
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I thought Sarrazin is doing wec with starworks...
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Loeb's team aren't doing Le Mans, so perhaps no reason why he couldn't dovetail an ELMS programme with them alongside the Starworks drive?-
It puts Sarrazin in an interesting situation of being able to directly compare the Oreca-Nissan and HPD LMP2 packages though...
...and as Simmi said, the Sarrazin/Minassian/Marroc combination, puts Loeb firmly in the frame as probable ELMS frontrunners....
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25 Feb 2012, 13:03
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Team RaceArt GTC Porsche
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25 Feb 2012, 23:17
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The basic livery looks a lot like the Pekaracing Corvette, but with red replacing the yellow.
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26 Feb 2012, 02:06
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Team RaceArt GTC Porsche
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It won't be in the ELMS apparently. Not full-time at least.
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26 Feb 2012, 15:56
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The basic livery looks a lot like the Pekaracing Corvette, but with red replacing the yellow.
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that's correct.
I helped the team with the designs, and they wanted the PK Carsport design on all their cars.
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26 Feb 2012, 17:18
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It won't be in the ELMS apparently. Not full-time at least.
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Team plans to do both ELMS and Blancpain now.
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26 Feb 2012, 23:21
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Originally Posted by Marcel ten Caat
Team plans to do both ELMS and Blancpain now.
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That team seems to be quite confused!
Are ELMS GTC cars running spec tires or what?
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