WEC series 2016,,,AMR at it best,,,your comments here please
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Would be great to read forum members thoughts on this fantastic series. Starting tomorrow 6 hours at Silverstone,,,this is how AMR see it:
With the team looking to claim a strong finish in this weekend’s race, Aston Martin Racing Team Principal Paul Howarth knows the importance of claiming points consistently across what is tipped to be the FIA WEC’s most competitive season to date.
“We’re in a great place ahead of Silverstone,” he commented. “We’ve had a positive off-season and after working closely with our new partners including TOTAL and Dunlop in each of our test sessions, we’re confident that we have a great package. It’s important that we hit the ground running and score points at every round, to be in with a chance of winning titles in Bahrain”.
Aston Martin Racing will enter three cars in this year’s championship. Two GTE Pro and one GTE Am. With the #95 GTE Pro occupied by Nicki Thiim, Marco Sørensen and Darren Turner, the second GTE Pro entry of #97 will be piloted by Richie Stanaway and Fernando Rees.
In GTE Am, the trio of Paul Dalla Lana, Mathias Lauda and Pedro Lamy will launch their 2016 campaign, after finishing 2015 on a high with victory at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.
The Six Hours of Silverstone starts at midday on Sunday 17 April 2016. Fans in the UK can watch the race live on Motors TV from 11:30 and can join the team on social media using the hashtag #teamAMR.
Driver line-ups:
6 Hours of Silverstone
GTE Pro
95: Nicki Thiim, Darren Turner, Marco Sørensen
97: Richie Stanaway, Fernando Rees
GTE Am
98: Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda.
Bring it on AMR, let this be our best season ever.
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With the team looking to claim a strong finish in this weekend’s race, Aston Martin Racing Team Principal Paul Howarth knows the importance of claiming points consistently across what is tipped to be the FIA WEC’s most competitive season to date.
“We’re in a great place ahead of Silverstone,” he commented. “We’ve had a positive off-season and after working closely with our new partners including TOTAL and Dunlop in each of our test sessions, we’re confident that we have a great package. It’s important that we hit the ground running and score points at every round, to be in with a chance of winning titles in Bahrain”.
Aston Martin Racing will enter three cars in this year’s championship. Two GTE Pro and one GTE Am. With the #95 GTE Pro occupied by Nicki Thiim, Marco Sørensen and Darren Turner, the second GTE Pro entry of #97 will be piloted by Richie Stanaway and Fernando Rees.
In GTE Am, the trio of Paul Dalla Lana, Mathias Lauda and Pedro Lamy will launch their 2016 campaign, after finishing 2015 on a high with victory at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.
The Six Hours of Silverstone starts at midday on Sunday 17 April 2016. Fans in the UK can watch the race live on Motors TV from 11:30 and can join the team on social media using the hashtag #teamAMR.
Driver line-ups:
6 Hours of Silverstone
GTE Pro
95: Nicki Thiim, Darren Turner, Marco Sørensen
97: Richie Stanaway, Fernando Rees
GTE Am
98: Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda.
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Bring it on AMR, let this be our best season ever.
Dewi 1 said:
I have just looked at the qualifying results, Bob.
Pro class pole position (Ferrari) = 2:12.981
Fastest Aston Martin (5th out of 7 cars) = 2:21.091
On paper it looks tricky, but perhaps there is more to it, than is shown by these figures.
In the AM class
Pole (Porsche) = 2:15.102
Aston Martin (6th out of 6 cars) = 2:23.005
Historically on several occasions Aston Martin have done well in qually,,,only to have then struggled in the race. Tomorrow will be interesting. Pro class pole position (Ferrari) = 2:12.981
Fastest Aston Martin (5th out of 7 cars) = 2:21.091
On paper it looks tricky, but perhaps there is more to it, than is shown by these figures.
In the AM class
Pole (Porsche) = 2:15.102
Aston Martin (6th out of 6 cars) = 2:23.005
Edited by Y100 on Saturday 16th April 17:27
Great shots, thanks for posting Mr T.
Although I've given this thread the WEC title, there are a number of other series running during the year, if anyone knows of any race event in which AMR, Beechdean or ROFGO AMR are entered and its covered by TV or Live streamed, please give us the heads up here, thanks.
Although I've given this thread the WEC title, there are a number of other series running during the year, if anyone knows of any race event in which AMR, Beechdean or ROFGO AMR are entered and its covered by TV or Live streamed, please give us the heads up here, thanks.
That 51 car came from the back of the grid and had a 3 minute stop and go penalty yet still beat us into 3rd place. 
Once again super pix Mr T, thank you and yes, the track times from Free practice 2 show less than a second splitting the top 4 Pro cars, in order 51 (AF corse) 97 (AMR) 71 (AF corse) and 95 (AMR). Our AMR 98 car lies 3rd in the Am class with less than a second splitting the top 3. So, thats more than enough to set my stomach butterflies off,,,hoping for a great race and a great result for our Aston Martin Racing team.
Great pix Mr T, thank you.
We don't like being 'beat' at the best of times, but these pesky Itys do have a bit of a podium history. I hope we don't have to rely on them experiencing reliability problems, on the other hand, we had our share of that in 2015 (steering rack) etc. It may have been coincidence but the 51 car having pre-race experienced mechanical issues, it did succumb when really pushed.
At Le Mans anything can happen, Lady Luck on our side would be great and would more than make up for a .5 sec lap deficit. If at the end of that gruelling 24 hour race all 3 AMR cars finish and can step up on to the podium in both Pro and Am I shall be delighted.
We don't like being 'beat' at the best of times, but these pesky Itys do have a bit of a podium history. I hope we don't have to rely on them experiencing reliability problems, on the other hand, we had our share of that in 2015 (steering rack) etc. It may have been coincidence but the 51 car having pre-race experienced mechanical issues, it did succumb when really pushed.
At Le Mans anything can happen, Lady Luck on our side would be great and would more than make up for a .5 sec lap deficit. If at the end of that gruelling 24 hour race all 3 AMR cars finish and can step up on to the podium in both Pro and Am I shall be delighted.
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