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16 Jun 2012, 18:41
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#751
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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glad Ant is fine as reported...
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16 Jun 2012, 18:41
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#752
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Interview with #81 driver.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:41
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Maybe it's time for the Sentinel system like used in the Dakar rally. This system is warning a competitor when a faster car is approaching.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:41
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#754
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregtummer
Wow, I didn't know most GT cars had the Audi rearview mirror system in them.
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Ever wonder where Audi got their "innovative" rear view mirror system from?
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16 Jun 2012, 18:41
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#755
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Really thought 2 hours or more to get everything rebuilt and replaced, excellent work by the track workers there
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16 Jun 2012, 18:42
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He saw Ant in his mirror. 
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16 Jun 2012, 18:42
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Keep seeing the replays of that and I do wonder if there will be calls to review the fins and holes on the cars, it appears as though the Toyota didn't really properly start to take off until it was sideways on, would that have been caused by the little bit of air already underneath the car at that point? Shouldn't the new rules/fins combat that anyway?
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16 Jun 2012, 18:42
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#758
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 160
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DSC:
Anthony is concious, aware but complaining of back pain (from Toyota)
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16 Jun 2012, 18:43
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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You can tell from the interview that he knows hes in the wrong but doesn't want to admit it.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tux
You can tell from the interview that he knows hes in the wrong but doesn't want to admit it.
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What a poor human being... how hard would it have been to say "I'm sorry"?
No class at all, disgusting.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:46
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Originally Posted by airbusA346
So if Silver and Bronze drivers aren't allowed then who pays the bills and it also means a lot of good drivers can't race at Le Mans. |
Precisely. The system doesn't need changing, some drivers just need to wake up. Without the 'gentleman' drivers we wouldn't have Le Mans, but there is still no place for dangerous driving. There should be off-putting penalties for drivers who do cause such incidents, but don't discourage amateur drivers in the process.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by airbusA346
So if Silver and Bronze drivers aren't allowed then who pays the bills and it also means a lot of good drivers can't race at Le Mans.
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if were "good" drivers surely won't have the bronze status... about bills i disagree... even small teams like JLOC, spyker squadron, JMB etc... are able to pay bills to join the race.
Think that: ok, 6-7 years ago gt3 cars have born as pro/am drivers category, but times change... as shown during blancpain race of silverstone, the z4 gt3 scored a pole with a time of almost 2 seconds better than the gt-pro pole of 2011 ILMC race marked by m3 gt... so performance is not a problem! electronic helps shouldn't be too, because can be switched off (gte cars have electronics help too btw). With the entry of gt3 cars we will have a GTE class with porsche (felbermayr), ferrari (af corse), aston martin (AMR) and chevrolet (corvette racing) official teams while a GT3 class with good, competitive and known teams like mvds, vita4one, hexis etc.... and official/backed teams like phoenix or schubert. All these cars ran by pro drivers.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:47
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#763
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Clearly, there needs to be a better rookie testing program. And the driver ranking system needs some work also.
The bill-payers have to be balanced against one simple fact. It won't matter who might be paying the bills if one of these drivers causes an accident that gets the whole thing shut down. There are certainly places where, if another car gets launched like that, it could very possibly end up in one of the enclosures; it almost happened last year with McNish.
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16 Jun 2012, 18:47
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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What happened to Greaves Motorsport... they were doing really well but since Brundle handed over to Ordonez they're now at 16th in class?
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16 Jun 2012, 18:47
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#765
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acid09
What a poor human being... how hard would it have been to say "I'm sorry"?
No class at all, disgusting.
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This is like the complete opposite to the Rob Kauffman incident in regards to driver attitudes
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