It's getting a bit like 1982 all over again. Some F1 rejects who never really hit the heights, youngsters wrongly muscled out of drives they deserve, and those who probably know they aren't good enough for F1 but can make a very decent showing in sportscars. And competitive factory teams. If the FIA made Audi and Porsche sell their products to privateers...
FIA World Endurance Championship 2014 Thread
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Victor_RO
, Mar 28 2014 08:04
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Posted 04 April 2014 - 14:08
I know it has not a lot to do with the topic, but I can't find an other place to put this, so here is the livery I made for the AT Racing team (GTE) and it's Ferrari 458 GT2.
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Posted 04 April 2014 - 19:33
Entry list for Silverstone:
http://www.fiawec.co...list_040414.pdf
No real surprises, Rebellion running the old Lolas... and the vaporware Kodewa/Lotus T129 entered under a Romanian license? 
If it's funds from Romanian investors involved with the government, then the car will turn up at Silverstone about 1/3 finished, about 6 months after the race and waaaaay over any kind of reasonable budget. Like any government project in this damn country. (and yes, I'm speaking as a Romanian citizen)
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Ross Stonefeld
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Posted 04 April 2014 - 20:00
Is that designed to have fangs and eyes or is it just the way it came out?
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Posted 04 April 2014 - 20:10
Is that designed to have fangs and eyes or is it just the way it came out?
I think it's the head of a snake.
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Posted 05 April 2014 - 11:35
Is that designed to have fangs and eyes or is it just the way it came out?
KingTiger is right, it's supposed to be a snake ;)
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Ross Stonefeld
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Posted 05 April 2014 - 12:31
Cobra Commander lives!
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Posted 05 April 2014 - 13:13
It's getting a bit like 1982 all over again. Some F1 rejects who never really hit the heights, youngsters wrongly muscled out of drives they deserve, and those who probably know they aren't good enough for F1 but can make a very decent showing in sportscars. And competitive factory teams. If the FIA made Audi and Porsche sell their products to privateers...
Even if they said they could sell non-hybrid versions... Toyota could sell a TS040 with the same engine Rebellion use! Porsche could use the RS Spyder engine or something similar, and Audi could use an R8 LMS V10?
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Posted 10 April 2014 - 19:52
There was a Silverstone WEC launch event at Kensington Palace yesterday (mainly for the press by the looks of it). There were a few cars (Toyota TS030, Audi R18 e-tron quattro and Aston Martin Vantage V8) and drivers (Tom Kristensen, Darren Turner (Aston Martin Racing), James Calado (AF Corse Ferrari), Maro Holzer (Porsche Team Manthey), Johnny Mowlem and Ben Collins (RAM Racing Ferrari) present. One interesting thing to take from it is the launch of a new WEC app at Silverstone.
http://sportscar365....sington-palace/
http://sportscar365....sington-palace/
