"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
03/15/2015 at 16:05 • Filed to: None
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"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
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Rumors in Japan indicate that a Subaru works team could be racing in WEC from 2017. If the project gets green light, it's said to be a common effort of the STI division and the experienced SARD team.
The second rumor is about Nissan. As you know, Nissan only confirmed a WEC presence for 2015 and 2016.
But, depending on a variety of factors, if Nissan decides to continue after 2016, they could brand their cars as Infiniti.
With the Red Bull sponsorship contract coming to an end in a couple of years, Nissan could choose to pocket that money or spend it on entering the R36 GT-R into WEC's GTE category, leaving room for Infiniti in LMP1.
And as a fun fact, Honda had quite a hard time choosing between joining McLaren in F1 or going solo in LMP1.
Who knows? Maybe they will want to share the costs of a LMP1 project as well.
daender
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/15/2015 at 16:17 |
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We need a collaborative effort from all the remaining Japanese companies to focus all their racing resources into a single dominant Godzilla. Engine by Honda, suspension by Subaru, and aero/bodywork by Dome. Line up ALL the Japanese companies to help sponsor it; Sony, Namco, Advan, etc. Run in Japanese's international racing colors of white and red.
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El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
> daender
03/15/2015 at 16:50 |
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Why? If we're lucky, we're gonna see both Subaru and Mclaren-Honda. And Dome is already in LMP2, with the Strakka partnership.
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daender
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/15/2015 at 16:54 |
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Because I think there's a higher chance of a Japanese car taking overall at LeMans if all of Japan's best racing teams worked together to create one epic titan instead of creating several of their own cars that might have a hard time beating the constantly-evolving Audi R18 .