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Jun 22, 2005 11:00:13 AM
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Re: Porsche back on racetracks!
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vtrader said:
I am planning my vacations for next year, what are the chances that the Porsche LMP2 would appear at LeMans?
Porsche wants to win the ALMS-series. LeMans was not the main target. So the car could be to slow on the straight course in LeMans. Maybe Porsche is affraid of the new Audi-prototyp.
Re: Porsche back on racetracks!
I don't think Porsche is afraid of Audi or Audi's prototype. It's more likely their respective managements have some informal non-agression pact. As long as Audi wants to compete in LMP1, Porsche will stay away.
Another theory that fits is the one about profit motive. Porsche is not presenting the LMP2 as a factory sponsored effort. They are producing the vehicle to sell to private teams. Porsche will get back into prototype racing with minimal out-of-pocket expense. A factory backed LMP1 effort would be very costly.
Another theory that fits is the one about profit motive. Porsche is not presenting the LMP2 as a factory sponsored effort. They are producing the vehicle to sell to private teams. Porsche will get back into prototype racing with minimal out-of-pocket expense. A factory backed LMP1 effort would be very costly.
Re: Porsche back on racetracks!
Porsche fears no one! 
It was stated that the LMP2 project was mainly for customer based racing. Porsche would take the chassis development and use it for a LMP1 car, after the LMP2 project was well under way. The Porsche race dept has to make money too like in the 911 RSR cars. The LMP2 project was for the US based ALMS but, I wouldn't be surprised to see it race at Lemans.
It was stated that the LMP2 project was mainly for customer based racing. Porsche would take the chassis development and use it for a LMP1 car, after the LMP2 project was well under way. The Porsche race dept has to make money too like in the 911 RSR cars. The LMP2 project was for the US based ALMS but, I wouldn't be surprised to see it race at Lemans.
Re: Porsche back on racetracks!
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NeverLift said:
Porsche fears no one!
I had read in Panorama that someone had overheard Porsche reps at Daytona speaking of this progression from LMP2 to LMP1, but in the current issue of Panorama the thinking is that it may be LMP2 only, so as not to compete with Audi, at least for now.
I agree about Le Mans. I think we can expect to see Porsche's new LMP2 there at some point.
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