Henri's "new" car

[Great Dane]

More pictures after the first test Tuesday

[vincegail]

Not a topper in the good looks department imho.

But I am happy to change opinion with more and better pictures later on.

[Red Firecracker]

Big hints of its lineage from the front.

Certainly a challenging look, let's hope it is better than the sum of (some) of its parts. Henri has a much better partner this time though.

[Tyre Smoke]

Christ! That's been hit with the ugly stick!

[RobbyJ]

Hi Great Dane, please don't take my post the wrong way but for those of us who aren't "in the know" I never you what you're posting about, I don't know who the random bloke taped to a chair was, what the warehouse full of boxes was about and who Henri is? I'm sure you've got the inside track on a team and that's cool but for those of us who are slightly less informed it would be great to have some more of the back story please?

[Great Dane]

Hi

Henri Pescarolo has had big problems over the last couple of years including being present when his whole team was being auctioned off by the administrators. Luckily Richard Hein from Oak bought the whole lot and handed over the keys to the factory to Henri there and then and told him to go racing...

Going into 2012 was very precarious as the regulations demanded new cars and his old chassis could not be upgraded (they had been running that car on dispensation for two years already). However he managed to use an old Dome car from Japan which could be upgraded. He couldn't afford to develop a brand new car for himself and he was not willing just to be a customer at Lola or HPD which are the only manufacturers with a P1 car to sell. So to save money in their own development they bought the chassis from Aston Martin's AMR one (which incidentally also forms the base for the Deltawing as they bought two chassis as well) and Pescarolo went about modifying it with the help of money promised by the Luxury team owner Stephanie Horner. The money never really materialised (now there is a surprise -NOT)and luckily another backer stepped in (Roald Goethe) The new car does not have the AM in line 6 cylinder turbo engine which caused so many problems but a Judd which Pescarolo has been associated with for many years. Recently they have had problems with that P1 engine so that was another complication. - When this has meant for the new car project is athat some serious delays have crept in - the car was expected at Spa's WEC round but that was not possible. It is not good to debut at car for the test day - Toyota has had to do that but they have a few more resources available.

Edited by Great Dane on Tuesday 29th May 11:23

[RobbyJ]

Awesome that's great thanks for the back story, very interesting and a great fight to keep the team going in some form. So will they be racing this year then? If so they need to take a look at the "stickerd up" thread for some inspiration

[muppetdave]

I've not read it yet, but this month's Motorsport magazine 'has lunch' with Henri, so I would imagine a lot of those issues are discussed there.

[Slurms]

Tyre Smoke said:

Christ! That's been hit with the ugly stick!

Yes it appears to have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

[gt6]

who cares what it looks like, it is how it goes that counts

[joekarter]

And I thought the AMR-one looked awful ! I hope they manage to get some decent miles on it before the race and that it goes a lot lot further than it's former incarnation did !
Good luck Henri !

[Printertosh]

I think it'll look pretty cool once the livery is on it. Don't think it's the best angle / photo of it due to the background. Always like to keep an eye on the Pescarolo cars. Bet it'll sound ok.

[vincegail]

This looks better:

[Red Firecracker]

Certainly looks better with a bit of colour;



from;

http://ecurie-ecosse.tumblr.com/

Looks to be some interesting little bits on the car as well, the use of the fin area for the air intake for one (higher than on the AMR-ONE)

[thanetspeedshop]

Stuart Hall down to drive it as well (no, not that one), to add a little Brit interest...

[Red Firecracker]

Hoping for a less controversial run this year, no doubt.

[Great Dane]

looking ok from the side and much better than the AMR One

Edited by Great Dane on Wednesday 30th May 10:14

[Slurms]

Yes, ok those do look better

I retract my ugly tree comment from earlier

[Great Dane]

I think they have hit on something with the big (honking) fin. The way the green bit and the black (shadow) bit have been painted fools eye to think the fin is much smaller

[hyper jay]

exerlent , im pleased with that and the dome .well done team, pescasrolo .