Re: 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship

by **Biggsy tv** Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 11:48

Adrian has gone + 1 for comedy reputation, but - 1 on getting a sound judgement.

You sir, are wrong.

by narboza22 Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 12:16

Like the track or not, look at it this way. F1 didn't go to Bahrain because Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault, and the myriad of sponsors those cars carry had no wish to be associated in any way with that country. There is no reason to think that Audi, Peugeot, Toyota, Nissan, BMW, etc. will feel any differently.

Now consider the timing of the race, that it conflicts with Petit Le Mans. I wasn't expecting Petit to be part of the WEC, but I was still under the impression that a lot of the WEC teams would still come to Petit simply because its that big of a race. That's no longer possible.

And finally, the entire schedule conflicts with DTM which can't be making Audi or BMW happy at all.

by **CQR Rogue** Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 12:25

Simon wrote:Adrian has gone + 1 for comedy reputation, but - 1 on getting a sound judgement.

You sir, are wrong.

Totally agree guys look difficult situation but I have a feeling the WEC will go to Bahraian why becuase the WEC is no way as popular (yet) as F1 so wont cuase the same controvosy

by AMR of the Apex Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 20:22

As far as the Grand Prix was concerned, no matter what layout, was always a bit of a joke, even in 2009 where FINALLY they had got things right.

As for other forms of motorsport, the v8s were good around there, A1GP would have been AWESOME around there because they were very entertaining around the ones that tilke built, as if herman was designing tracks for A1 and not F1. It COULD be a good venue for the LMPs and GTs, but the F1 races and also the Arab Spring have clouded my judgement.

by **Matt** Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 21:55

I really think (considering the growing following for the 24hr event) that Dubai would have been a better bet. The track is extremely good and we know it works well with sportscars Wink

by nickyf1 Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 22:04

I do like Sao Paulo being part of the calendar, the LMS raced there in 2006 for their 1000 mile race they hold.

by AMR of the Apex Sat 12 Nov 2011 - 23:26

...and probably going to get less mugged than F1 stars...

by nickyf1 Sun 13 Nov 2011 - 1:33

by Stonewall458 Sun 13 Nov 2011 - 14:14

118 days, 12 hours, and 45 minutes until Sebring 2012. Razz

by **Biggsy tv** Sun 13 Nov 2011 - 23:57

Funky

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by narboza22 Sun 18 Dec 2011 - 5:43

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-krohn-evaluating-expanded-wec-effort/

Reading this makes me sad. I get that the WEC is a world championship and that means that it has to go all over the world, but wouldn't the series be better served by having more than one north american race to try to attract teams like Pratt and Miller, RLL, Risi, or the Lizards? As it is now, the WEC is just going to be the top teams from Europe competing in GTE. That's not a world championship.

Also, why does Manthey not compete outside of VLN races? They've been as much of a Porsche factory team as anyone else and they are very, very good. Is there a reason they don't take their day glo cars to Le Mans or elsewhere?

by HCR generaltso Tue 27 Dec 2011 - 22:49

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96840

oh man. i hope this happens. i'm a big fan of his.

by lfcnicklfc Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 12:02

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96891

JRM steps up from GT1 to WEC LMP1 in a Acura ARX-03a

by **Matt** Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 12:08

Damn it Nick you beat me to it! lol
Awesome news and a big move for them.

by **Biggsy tv** Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 12:55

Whhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt? Shocked

by F4H Bullet Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 18:10

Just read that JRM are going into LMP1. Endurance Sport Car racing is on the rise. Very Happy

by nickyf1 Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 18:18

Eh?

It's always been up there, for decades. It's the only type of racing left that can rightly challenge F1 as motorsport's pinnacle.

There has been heavy investment and large grids in Sports Prototypes for over a decade now.

by HCR generaltso Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 19:00

yep. if you're toyota, why spend a billion per year to come 12th.

spend 1/10th of the budget and you've got a pretty reasonable chance to win.

by nickyf1 Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 19:13

Hmmm... I would say the budget is much much more than a tenth of an F1 budget.

I can't imagine 4,000,000 Euro (WHY DO UK KEYBOARDS HAVE NO EURO SIGN) covering the cost of Audi's R18 programme.

by HCR generaltso Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 21:26

the point is that you dont have to spend billions to win.

by **Radiation Louis** Thu 5 Jan 2012 - 22:15

just have to change the "b" to an "m" and you'll be good

by EZT Challenger Thu 12 Jan 2012 - 14:54

David Brabham is back in JRM's HPD ARX-03a LMP1. He'll be teamed-up with Peter Dumbrreck and Karan Chandhok.

by narboza22 Thu 12 Jan 2012 - 17:49

Good news for us, can't believe that it took this long for someone to scoop Brabs up. Not so great news for Highcroft and the Deltawing.

by **Radiation Louis** Thu 12 Jan 2012 - 21:45

No they'll prbably get Milka Duno or some [Censored] driver

by XTI Jon Snow Fri 13 Jan 2012 - 2:45

Highcroft plans to run an LMP1 version of the delta wing indycar concept as the 56th entry in the 24h of Le Mans
http://www.highcroftracing.com/deltawing/
http://www.highcroftracing.com/project-56/

ITs older news but its not on here

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