Le mans series, where is AUDI ??

[plowy]

Going to Silverstone this weekend for the le mans series race, good entry list but why are AUDI not racing here, does anyone know ???

[zac510]

They're in North America.

[kenthardy]

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Audi haven't raced in any LMS race - ever.

Some satelite teams did before when it was the LMES but not lately and only with cars provided by Audi.

America is their market. That's where they race except the actual 24h.

Edited by kenthardy on Friday 14th September 23:39

[plowy]

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Edited by kenthardy on Friday 14th September 23:39

Sorry mate, won't post on your forum again till i'm more knowledgeable, wasn't aware I had to know it all..

[lanan]

plowy said:

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Edited by kenthardy on Friday 14th September 23:39

Sorry mate, won't post on your forum again till i'm more knowledgeable, wasn't aware I had to know it all..

That was your second mistake...Your first, was being interested in anything apart from Britcar.

[stephen300o]

plowy said:

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Edited by kenthardy on Friday 14th September 23:39

Sorry mate, won't post on your forum again till i'm more knowledgeable, wasn't aware I had to know it all..

Oh well, you avoided a barrage of rolleyes

[bruh_la]

plowy said:

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Edited by kenthardy on Friday 14th September 23:39

Sorry mate, won't post on your forum again till i'm more knowledgeable, wasn't aware I had to know it all..

[plowy]

lanan said:

plowy said:

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Edited by kenthardy on Friday 14th September 23:39

Sorry mate, won't post on your forum again till i'm more knowledgeable, wasn't aware I had to know it all..

That was your second mistake...Your first, was being interested in anything apart from Britcar.

went to britcar last year and so thought something different this time round. Having had two childish answers to a basic questions from someone new to It all I guess this is not the place to learn things about endurance racing.

[MonkeyHanger]

plowy said:

went to britcar last year and so thought something different this time round. Having had two childish answers to a basic questions from someone new to It all I guess this is not the place to learn things about endurance racing.

Actually most people on here are polite & helpful. You just need to develop a home-made tosspot filter and you'll enjoy PH a lot more

With regard to your question about the lack of Audi participation at Silverstone, i thought the same thing initially, as even though i'm trackside most weekends i know sweet FA about the Le Mans Series.

Edited by MonkeyHanger on Saturday 15th September 21:38

[Trackside]

MonkeyHanger said:

...as even though i'm trackside most weekends i know sweet FA about the Le Mans Series.

[Spartacusmodeon]I'm Trackside![Spartacusmodeoff]

[plowy]

MonkeyHanger said:

plowy said:

went to britcar last year and so thought something different this time round. Having had two childish answers to a basic questions from someone new to It all I guess this is not the place to learn things about endurance racing.

Actually most people on here are polite & helpful. You just need to develop a home-made tosspot filter and you'll enjoy PH a lot more

With regard to your question about the lack of Audi participation at Silverstone, i thought the same thing initially, as even though i'm trackside most weekends i know sweet FA about the Le Mans Series.

Edited by MonkeyHanger on Saturday 15th September 21:38

Thanks for that, i do get your drift PH tosser filter is containing two at the moment.,.

[Tankman]

{spartacusmode]I am Trackside{/spartacusmode]

[FourWheelDrift]

plowy said:

Thanks for that, i do get your drift PH tosser filter is containing two at the moment.,.

"I think you're gonna need a bigger filter"

[Racefan_uk]

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Audi haven't raced in any LMS race - ever.

Some satelite teams did before when it was the LMES but not lately and only with cars provided by Audi.

America is their market. That's where they race except the actual 24h.

Apart from the fact that the LMS is the same series as the LMES, just a title change by the ACO. Oh, and the fcat that all of the entries by teams with an R8 have been factory entries, Veloqx was run under the Audi UK banner and the Spa 1000K entry in 2003 was run under the Audi Belgium flag, by the Goh team, who were an official works partner.

My guess is you're not much of a hardcore sportscar fan yourself...

[stephen300o]

Can't say I really miss the Audi's. Got to sort out the derv rules and put petrol guzzlers back in their fightful place, although the Peugeots do look fantastic.

[Chocmonster]

Racefan_uk said:

Oh, and the fcat that all of the entries by teams with an R8 have been factory entries

The Johansson Motorsports Gulf backed R8 in 2001 was run by Arena with minimal assistance from Audi.

[Racefan_uk]

Chocmonster said:

Racefan_uk said:

Oh, and the fcat that all of the entries by teams with an R8 have been factory entries

The Johansson Motorsports Gulf backed R8 in 2001 was run by Arena with minimal assistance from Audi.

Apart from the Joest people helping to assist running the car. There hasn't been an Audi raced yet that hasn't had some factory input at some level.

[Chocmonster]

Racefan_uk said:

Chocmonster said:

Racefan_uk said:

Oh, and the fcat that all of the entries by teams with an R8 have been factory entries

The Johansson Motorsports Gulf backed R8 in 2001 was run by Arena with minimal assistance from Audi.

Apart from the Joest people helping to assist running the car. There hasn't been an Audi raced yet that hasn't had some factory input at some level.

From what I heard Audi won't let you run a car like that without supplying engineers and taking certain bits home with them after each race. I wouldn't call that a factory entry, which is what you originally said, more forceably assisted!

[egomeister]

Racefan_uk said:

Chocmonster said:

Racefan_uk said:

Oh, and the fcat that all of the entries by teams with an R8 have been factory entries

The Johansson Motorsports Gulf backed R8 in 2001 was run by Arena with minimal assistance from Audi.

Apart from the Joest people helping to assist running the car. There hasn't been an Audi raced yet that hasn't had some factory input at some level.

Yep, Audi don't let you run a car without maintaining a watchful eye on what you are doing...

[plowy]

Racefan_uk said:

kenthardy said:

Real hardcore sports car fan then?

Audi haven't raced in any LMS race - ever.

Some satelite teams did before when it was the LMES but not lately and only with cars provided by Audi.

America is their market. That's where they race except the actual 24h.

Apart from the fact that the LMS is the same series as the LMES, just a title change by the ACO. Oh, and the fcat that all of the entries by teams with an R8 have been factory entries, Veloqx was run under the Audi UK banner and the Spa 1000K entry in 2003 was run under the Audi Belgium flag, by the Goh team, who were an official works partner.

My guess is you're not much of a hardcore sportscar fan yourself...

Thanks for your input, i went to le mans this year for the first time and have generated a bit of interest in the endurance stuff, hardcore'???, well do you have to be to enjoy it ?????