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18 Dec 2006, 13:41
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Dyson to Switch to LMP2 with Porsches???
Heard on the Speed Report last night that Robin Miller is reporting that Dyson will field two Porsche Spyder RS Evos in LMP2 next season.
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18 Dec 2006, 13:44
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18 Dec 2006, 14:28
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Oui - et Anglais aussi... 
LMP2 should shape up to be quite competitive.
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18 Dec 2006, 14:28
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Penske vs Dyson; Next season it will be clear at which level Dyson operates.
I think Lola isn't happy with this news.
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18 Dec 2006, 14:36
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Originally Posted by FIRE
I think Lola isn't happy with this news.
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They lost Dyson and Acura also seems to perfer the Courage chassis over the Lola one...
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18 Dec 2006, 15:00
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Originally Posted by gwyllion
Acura also seems to perfer the Courage chassis over the Lola one...
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They do? Source?
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18 Dec 2006, 15:02
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Why did they else buy Courages?
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18 Dec 2006, 15:06
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Originally Posted by FIRE
Why did they else buy Courages?
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To learn about chassis building, so that when they build their own in 08', they have more than just one to learn from. How is it you believe they preferred something, without having even tested it?
Comments from their camp would lead one to believe that it is the Lola that they far prefer so far.
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18 Dec 2006, 15:07
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Originally Posted by FIRE
Why did they else buy Courages?
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They also bought at least one Lola - that's what Fernandez is running.
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18 Dec 2006, 15:10
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They are running 2 Courages and only 1 Lola and they plan to further develop the LC75 chassis (responsability of Highcroft).
Perhaps the decision on the preferred chassis will only be made at the end of 2007.
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18 Dec 2006, 15:16
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Originally Posted by gwyllion
They are running 2 Courages and only 1 Lola and they plan to further develop the LC75 chassis (responsability of Highcroft).
Perhaps the decision on the preferred chassis will only be made at the end of 2007.
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Ummm NO. There will be NO preferred chassis at the end of 07'. They are supposed to build their own. This is about learning. The one word so far that I've heard from their camp describing the Courage's has been... "garbage".
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18 Dec 2006, 15:16
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IIRC they chose the Lola for Fernandez to have a stable, proven chassis to be able to focus more on engine development. The Courage is going to be for testing chassis development, as has been mentioned. It doesn't seem to me that they have a preferred chassis - only interim solutions ahead of an upcoming factory chassis.
EDIT: as Fogelhund more eloquently articulated while I was typing 
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18 Dec 2006, 15:19
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Originally Posted by Fogelhund
To learn about chassis building, so that when they build their own in 08', they have more than just one to learn from. How is it you believe they preferred something, without having even tested it?
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I did not know it was Acura interest to build an own chassis. I thought they wanted to build a customer engine and not so much a total package like Porsche did.
My mistake. Sorry for the confusion.
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18 Dec 2006, 15:29
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An additional reason I've heard regarding the Courage was that, and I'll quote, not that it will make much more sense, "it came apart easier". The real reasons certainly seem to be more in line with having a stable well proven chassis behind the engine developments (Lola) with a much less proven chassis provided by a manufacturer who certainly wouldn't say no to some additional development.
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18 Dec 2006, 16:50
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Radical SR9, anyone?
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