The 4 aces of WEC

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 02/03/2015 at 17:13 • Filed to: None

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Two from Germany, two from Japan. Zero from America.

Because 'murica, Fuck yeah?

Fuck no! When it comes to high tech racing we're like this puppy.

A lot of bark and noise, but no actual bite.

For Sweden > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 17:17

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GT > P1

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > For Sweden 02/03/2015 at 17:19

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Overall victory>class victory.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 17:20

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at least there's strong chance for a Ford entry in LMGTE soon

For Sweden > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 17:21

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nah

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 17:21

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Are there any other LMP1 cars like Pescarolo this year?

StingrayJake > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 17:22

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From what I understand, the GT-R LM is a pretty American venture though. Apparently lots of key figures and engineers are American.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 02/03/2015 at 17:27

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Same as last year, two privateers in LMP1L

Rebellion and Lotus(now known as byKolles).

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > StingrayJake 02/03/2015 at 17:46

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There's a mixture of of people in the team. The project is coordinated from the Nismo HQ in Japan and has two additional bases, one in America and one Europe.

Darren Cox and Ben Bowlby, two important figures in the project, are European and the drivers will mostly be European and Japanese, with the possibility of one American driver being added for Le Mans or for 2016.

And in the end, there's a Japanese flag on the car.

It's hard to pass the team as American, like it's hard to pass Toyota as a German team and like it's hard to pass the NSX as American, even if it's developed and built in America.

StingrayJake > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 17:53

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True.

Now about getting Ford or Chevrolet to field a prototype...

DrScientist > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 18:36

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yikes!!! that lighting array on the lotus is like close encounters!

sweet livery though. at least we'll be able to tell it (and the nissan) apart from the others.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > DrScientist 02/03/2015 at 19:18

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That's last year model and livery. This year's car will lose the Lotus name.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > StingrayJake 02/03/2015 at 19:27

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Not Chevrolet, Cadillac. Johan was a fan of the Audi P1 cars, when he was there.

Maybe he will push for such a project at Cadillac.

StingrayJake > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 19:42

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Eh. At least it'd be an American entry. The grandpa Cadillac jokes would at least be fun.

DrScientist > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/03/2015 at 19:49

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wait... there was a "lotus" in the black/gold that raced in lmp1 last year?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > DrScientist 02/03/2015 at 20:09

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Yep, but their season was full of technical and logistical trouble, so it didn't actually raced too much.

Pessimippopotamus > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/04/2015 at 14:05

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As cool as the prototypes are, it's the GT cars that grab the public's imagination.

...and my crotch.

We'll always have Panoz Roadster S.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Pessimippopotamus 02/04/2015 at 14:30

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Negative. GT cars are nice, but they are just modified versions of cars for rich dudes.

P1 cars are the real imagination booster, because they incorporate the latest and greatest technology a car can use/or will use.

Pessimippopotamus > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/04/2015 at 14:35

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they are just modified versions of cars for rich dudes

That's exactly why people love them. People get Corvettes, Porsches, and Ferraris. Race cars based on existing ones are easily recognizable. If you ask people to tell a Zytek apart from a Courage, a lot of them will be stumped.

I'm not saying that prototype constructors don't have the same kind of racing heritage or importance as the GT constructors, but Corvettes and 911s (hell, even the recent Ford GT) have become household names and cultural icons. It's the GT cars that are the moneymakers.