What was THE greatest endurance racing car of all time?
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but it is good to see some one else win, finaly!
C9/89 said:
Although it was good to see the Dyson win at "Petit Le Mans" this weekend.
OOOPS
Seems I have gone off a bit prem
Congratulations to the DAMN AUDI AGAIN! Great it has been but thank god it wont be there next year!(If rules are to be believed
) I got the report from an article on Motors T.V. website and I hope the journo gets roasted for it!I was joking about the C5-R being the greatest endurance racer of all time, however in my biased opinion 35 wins in 55 starts over 5 seasons, including (if my memory serves me correctly) 3 1st & 2nd in class at Le Mans makes it in anyones book a great GT endurance race car!!!
Back to the subject though.... I would say the 917 1st followed by the Audi R8, however I have a personal soft spot for the Mario Baldi Lancia Martini of late 80's early 90's era!!!Used to watch it at Brands 1000K's aswell as Le Mans.......Old Skool!!!!!
Back to the subject though.... I would say the 917 1st followed by the Audi R8, however I have a personal soft spot for the Mario Baldi Lancia Martini of late 80's early 90's era!!!Used to watch it at Brands 1000K's aswell as Le Mans.......Old Skool!!!!!
It has to be the Audi R8.
It has blown everything into the weeds in a decade where technology is more readily available, you can shunt it at any speed and drive it away (in fact can anyone ever remember the last time an R8 was stuck out on circuit with fuel in its tanks!?)
XJR-14 No.2?
It has blown everything into the weeds in a decade where technology is more readily available, you can shunt it at any speed and drive it away (in fact can anyone ever remember the last time an R8 was stuck out on circuit with fuel in its tanks!?)
XJR-14 No.2?
we need to qualify greatness, otherwise we will just have a selection of cars- for example, the Mercedes CLK-GTR was very successful, but was not in the spirit of the rules, so should it be included?
R8 was very successful in terms of starts/wins ratio (perhaps more then any other), but it was too successful: the rules have now changed, making the casr obsolete from 2006 onwards.
How about the Chapparals? Never successful, but very advanced even today. Gas turbine Can-am, anyone?
Of the 956/962? So dominant for so many years, yet the jaguars which beat them in 88 and 90 would, by many people on this website be thought of as greater.
My choice? The C-type Jaguar. Successful (le Mans, etc although it wasnt just built for Le mans like the D, but was useful elsewhere as well), advanced (disc brakes), available to the public, with technology which could be seen on everything from the ordinary saloon to the E-type. It was timely (just what post-war britain wanted), made heroes of Moss, Hawthorn et al and helped the UK to become a prominant player in motorsport (along with Cooper and Lotus). Something which it still is today.
Of course, everyone will disagree with me!
R8 was very successful in terms of starts/wins ratio (perhaps more then any other), but it was too successful: the rules have now changed, making the casr obsolete from 2006 onwards.
How about the Chapparals? Never successful, but very advanced even today. Gas turbine Can-am, anyone?
Of the 956/962? So dominant for so many years, yet the jaguars which beat them in 88 and 90 would, by many people on this website be thought of as greater.
My choice? The C-type Jaguar. Successful (le Mans, etc although it wasnt just built for Le mans like the D, but was useful elsewhere as well), advanced (disc brakes), available to the public, with technology which could be seen on everything from the ordinary saloon to the E-type. It was timely (just what post-war britain wanted), made heroes of Moss, Hawthorn et al and helped the UK to become a prominant player in motorsport (along with Cooper and Lotus). Something which it still is today.
Of course, everyone will disagree with me!
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