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8th February 2013, 11:54 #1
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Delta Wing returns
I think this was a great and prommosing project at last Year LMS 24hrs.
I'm glad that someone still believes in the project and joins the ALMS this year with the Delta Wing. Hopefully it is a strong contender at the LMP1 and LMP2 field and are they able to take some podiums.
They are looking for competetive drivers that can take the car to an higher level and push it to the edge of it's capacity?
I suggest a line-up:
- Jos Verstappen
- Jacques Villeneuve
- Alexander Wurz
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10th February 2013, 22:35 #2
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Originally Posted by lars75
If I was the FIA, I'd seriously consider asking to run it at Le Mans with next year's F1 engine in as a test bed.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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12th February 2013, 00:45 #3
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The program, might be done. After getting the nod from the merged Grand AM/ALMS series, and indicating that the Delta Wing would run in some capacity, several key players have left. Nissan and Michelin are gone, as is Ben Bowlby and Dan Gurney.
Don Panoz has indicated he is trying to get a Mazda engine to work, (but with no factory support) and is also trying to make it a closed cockpit. I thnk the closed cockpit would indeed look very cool, but with so many players and money leaving, we'll have to wait and see. Though Don is not too short on cash.....Green, Green, Green!
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12th February 2013, 13:49 #4
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Originally Posted by Rollo
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13th February 2013, 03:24 #5
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Originally Posted by shazbot
The car is obviously an experimental thing (heck it even ran with the number 0), so why not use it as a test bed? And and for being "small capacity" it would go from 1.6L in 2012 form to... 1.6L.
Companies like Audi have held the ACO to ransom in the past and I'm willing to bet that that's why the Deltawing wasn't allowed anything more than 300bhp.
Incidentally Don Panoz was part of Project 56 in the first place.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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13th February 2013, 18:19 #6
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Originally Posted by Rollo
I am sorry, but who is Minesh and why is he important for this forum?
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