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  1. 15th April 2013, 19:06 #1
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    Hopefully not Lotus 2.0 (Audi eyeing Indycar)

    Audi looks to ramp up US involvement in the near future - Le Mans news - AUTOSPORT.com

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    So sad that thin skinned namby pambies infect a place and other placate to their wishes at the expense of others who have done no wrong.
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  2. 15th April 2013, 19:19 #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by mr nobody
    Audi looks to ramp up US involvement in the near future - Le Mans news - AUTOSPORT.com

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    They have resources that Lotus could only dream about. Don't hold your breath for their arrival though.
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  3. 15th April 2013, 21:35 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starter
    They have resources that Lotus could only dream about. Don't hold your breath for their arrival though.
    Agree with this. I don't see any reason that makes Indycar appealing to anyone at present structure. I think nascar brass are gonna make sure they go to sports car.
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    Audi (VW) will either do it right or not at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FIAT1
    Agree with this. I don't see any reason that makes Indycar appealing to anyone at present structure. I think nascar brass are gonna make sure they go to sports car.
    They already do Sportscars. Their R8 is run in the G/A GT Class and the CTSCC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anthonyvop
    They already do Sportscars. Their R8 is run in the G/A GT Class and the CTSCC.
    Ullrich left the door open to a possible Prototype USRC entry by Audi, but Durheimer went further and stated that he was in favour of a move into the top class of the merged US sportscar series.

    "I am personally in favour of Daytona Prototypes, because I think it is important to make overall wins," he explained. "Class wins [with the R8 GRAND-AM] are nice, but at the end of the day you have to win the race."
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    I was at the Road Atlanta Grand Am race today. No Audis were in attendance.
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    I don't think it will be Lotus 2.0, but I think they will be behind the 8 ball for atleast a year. Lotus (more appropriate to call it a Judd) never really got off the ground in R&D and sputtered out until the very end. Good idea just bad fudning, timing, fuel mapping, technical support and attitude towards the team that stuck with them.
    So sad that thin skinned namby pambies infect a place and other placate to their wishes at the expense of others who have done no wrong.
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  9. 22nd April 2013, 01:45 #9
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    Lotus doesn't make their own engines for street cars. Why they tried branding race car engines was beyond me.
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  10. 22nd April 2013, 16:40 #10
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    My apologies to the remaining faithful here, but I hope they do a branded Grand Am DP (engine and chassis). He said two of the three (Grand Am, ICS and DTM America) would be max. So if they also did an Indy Car engine, that would be cool too. But I'd rather see a Grand Am entry if they only do one. The mock-up in that article looks pretty sweet! And if they want to take on BMW and Mercedes, BMW already races in Grand Am.
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