Renault Return on the cards
Renault Return on the cards
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Harryh87

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214 posts

180 months

Wednesday 6th March 2013
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Renault are rumoured to be contemplating a return to Le Sarthe, I was too young to see there last outing so it will be interesting to see how they fare, and the more the merrier i guess

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

RobGT81

5,229 posts

215 months

Wednesday 6th March 2013
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Audi vs Porsche and Nissan vs Renault. Its nice that they are being allowed to fight it out.

Rs2oo

2,210 posts

227 months

Thursday 7th March 2013
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RobGT81 said:
Audi vs Porsche and Nissan vs Renault. Its nice that they are being allowed to fight it out.
German German Japanese French. A British entrant would be nice too. Jaguar ?

Harryh87

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214 posts

180 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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They've got enough money too but i guess that after the failure of the Aston-Lola project the Saudi's probably wont like the idea.....Big Dave needs to get his persuading shoes on again me thinks

indyxe

343 posts

212 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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Harryh87 said:
after the failure of the Aston-Lola project
I think it was Aston Martin themselves that failed with the AMR-One. Lola didn't have anything to do with the AMR-One, The Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 was a very successful racing car in my opinion and was brought back into service when the AMR-One programme was abandoned

Harryh87

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214 posts

180 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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Sorry, yes of course, The Lola-Aston was pretty bloody good.

The AMR-one on the other hand was not, didnt they retire 75mins into the 2011 race if i remember rightly?

RobGT81

5,229 posts

215 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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Harryh87 said:
Sorry, yes of course, The Lola-Aston was pretty bloody good.

The AMR-one on the other hand was not, didnt they retire 75mins into the 2011 race if i remember rightly?
I think the shutters might have come down after a few hours but they only managed 6 laps between the two cars.

Tata might throw some money at a Jaguar program..

Harryh87

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214 posts

180 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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So Renault's adventure will begin at Silverstone then! That was quick.

A Jaguar prototype would be great to see on the grid

Harryh87

Original Poster:

214 posts

180 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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So Renault's adventure will begin at Silverstone then! That was quick.

A Jaguar prototype would be great to see on the grid

Great Dane

2,897 posts

195 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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Harryh87 said:
Sorry, yes of course, The Lola-Aston was pretty bloody good.

The AMR-one on the other hand was not, didnt they retire 75mins into the 2011 race if i remember rightly?
Wrong - both AMR One's were in effect out on lap 2 ... our group had a raffle on when they were out... no one won .. I was closests though suggesting that neither needed strong headlights... the times they set were 6th and 9th fastest.... in P2

This is how the mechanics felt at scruteneering...



and this is a picture I took... when it all went wrong by changing some belt wheels to steel ones..


[url]|http://thumbsnap.com/HmVR7saH[/url

Edited by Great Dane on Friday 8th March 13:50

indyxe

343 posts

212 months

Friday 8th March 2013
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Still a bit confusing as to exactly what they will be using (oreca or alpine chassis), but looks to be good news,


I might even sticker the Clio up now, wonder if ELF will be sponsoring