McLaren could race at LeMans as soon as 2014

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 11/07/2013 at 06:52 • Filed to: None

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Are they awesomely crazy enough to race a P1 at LeMans?

Hermann > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 11/07/2013 at 07:17

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The name is there, just add 2 more letters and it's a LMP1. They still brag a lot about 1995 LeMans with the F1.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Hermann 11/07/2013 at 07:36

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I don't see how a car maker as small as McLaren could have the money for an LMP1 entry, where they have to face giants like Toyota and VAG.

Hermann > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 11/07/2013 at 07:44

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Well, they could probably race in GTE (I think, looking at the regulations ), as the P1 is a production car.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Hermann 11/07/2013 at 07:48

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Obviously, the article, and I were talking about GTE.

Hermann > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 11/07/2013 at 07:51

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Yes, but I understood that the article speaks about the Fax Machine, not the P1. I want to see the P1 racing in GTE.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 11/07/2013 at 09:48

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I hope they do both cars. That would be epic. And interesting to see a car with batteries last at an endurance race (that doesn't recharge them with regenerative braking, which I think is odd that they don't...)

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 11/07/2013 at 12:10

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It is a shame that the regulations make it nigh impossible for a GTE classed car to win overall.

And this is why I think that the whole concept of "prototypes" is a wasted effort...simply force manufacturers to compete with production cars and let them get as crazy as they want with the development. The packaging would carryover much quicker to the production car that it is based on and would create more brand identity for non-die hards.