Friday 12th June 2009
Pic Of The Week: Lola Aston Martin LMP1
Father and son in this Le Mans Special
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Preparations for the Le Mans are in full flow, so to keep building the excitement for tomorrow's race we've brought you this lovely shot of the mad-looking LMP1 Lola Aston Martin.
We had a snap of this car as Pic of the Week a few weeks ago, but this time it's sitting proud alongside its forbear, a beautiful 1959 DBR1. It's tough to compete with that on looks, but what the new car lacks of the old car's romance it perhaps makes up for in sheer barminess!
Aston Martin Racing (AMR) will be hoping that the LMP1 mirrors the 1959 car's victory at the 24 hours. We can't wait to watch them try!
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The_Doc
Original Poster
2,249 posts
89 months
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Car porn.
I might hide this from my other half, she doesn't like my looking at this sort of thing....
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crossle
1,387 posts
120 months
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Lovely Aston.
Shame about that horrible Lola thing parked in the foreground...
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XitUp
7,690 posts
73 months
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I'm gonna paint my house in those colours.
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tim200sx
189 posts
76 months
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Great pic, it's a real shame though that the current car doesn't run in that gorgeous green 
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bridgland
336 posts
93 months
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Great picture, but what is Skoda's involvement (sponsor sticker).........?  OK, just looked on the web site. It is the transportation side of the company, and they are just sponsors. Still not a logo I would have thought appropriate.......money talks. http://www.astonmartinracing.com/eng/skodatranspor...
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stephen300o
12,651 posts
97 months
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Gulf colours are a bit over-used now I think.
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danrc
2,453 posts
79 months
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Is it possible to get a super high resolution image in widescreen? I'm rocking 2x 26" monitors at work and need some pretty hefty sized images to cover them both.
Great picture by the way.
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TheYeti
655 posts
85 months
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stephen300o said: Gulf colours are a bit over-used now I think. How does that work then? Surely if something is sponsored by something, then its the colours, end of story.....not overused, just Gulf putting their name out, thats all..... Strange..... 
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stephen300o
12,651 posts
97 months
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TheYeti said: stephen300o said: Gulf colours are a bit over-used now I think. How does that work then? Surely if something is sponsored by something, then its the colours, end of story.....not overused, just Gulf putting their name out, thats all..... Strange..... They could easily change the way it's applied, but were supposed to say "ooh isn't it iconic" yet again.
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XitUp
7,690 posts
73 months
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stephen300o said: TheYeti said: stephen300o said: Gulf colours are a bit over-used now I think. How does that work then? Surely if something is sponsored by something, then its the colours, end of story.....not overused, just Gulf putting their name out, thats all..... Strange..... They could easily change the way it's applied, but were supposed to say "ooh isn't it iconic" yet again. Which current racing livery do you think is better?
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stephen300o
12,651 posts
97 months
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XitUp said: stephen300o said: TheYeti said: stephen300o said: Gulf colours are a bit over-used now I think. How does that work then? Surely if something is sponsored by something, then its the colours, end of story.....not overused, just Gulf putting their name out, thats all..... Strange..... They could easily change the way it's applied, but were supposed to say "ooh isn't it iconic" yet again. Which current racing livery do you think is better? Call me Philis Styne but I think Peugeot's livery suits the modern car better. But to contradict myself(again) I would love to see a decent Martini livery make a return to Le Mans. 
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DeKo
85 posts
54 months
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all of my favourite car liverys are advertising tobacco, so they couldnt really use them anymore. My all time favourite marlboro wouldnt fit well onto a LMP car anyway
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Red Firecracker
4,173 posts
96 months
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stephen300o said: Gulf colours are a bit over-used now I think. I don't think the race cars being in the familiar livery is the problem, per se, it's more the sheep like fashion that everything else HAS to be in blue and orange so that people feel they 'fit in', that gets me. It does sound like the Lola P1's, especially with Aston meddled bodywork, are quite tricky to drive this year though. The DBR1 is a thing of beauty.
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B10BRW
236 posts
90 months
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IMHO the DBR 1 is the best looking Sports/racer ever built, but then I think that the DB4GT Zagato is the best looking sports car .
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aeropilot
7,003 posts
96 months
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Proper Lola-Aston Martin  
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mikechandler
1,998 posts
71 months
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That is my wallpaper sorted... for the next few days anyway. I am looking forward to seeing what Le Mans specials there are next week 
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predding
358 posts
85 months
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XitUp said: I'm gonna paint my house in those colours. Brilliant - me too 
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