Prodrive/ Aston Martin: Overall Victory Wanted...

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Originally Posted by SEATFreak

How come? What are the rules regarding Le Mans? I am afrer all brand harry spankers to Le Mans so you cannot blame me for being a little thick on the matter. :p :

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Just have a look at the result, the first GT1 was 13th. GT cars have to be at least based on road cars and as such will never be as fast as Prototypes (LMP1 & 2) because they have stricter regulations. Even if ACO (the organising body for Le Mans) restrict the turbo sizes of diesels to drop the lap times back below 3:30 (a safety issue) then the 3:49 fastest lap is still well adrift.

Add to this ACO also restricting GT1 (I believe that when Aston rejoined Le Mans a few years back they were doing 3:43s or the like).

Think of it in respect to when the BTCC ran the production class a few years ago and you won't be far off the way it works in sportscars.



Oh and if anything is wrong with what I posted then I'm here to be corrected. My sportscar knowledge is pretty much limited to Le Mans, and I'm not overly familiar with that.

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Originally Posted by V12

Yeah, cars like the Peugeot 908 and the Lola and Epsilon coupes are closer to being descendants of the late 90s "GT1" cars than the Astons and Corvettes of today.

Back on topic, I'd *love* to see a factory Aston Martin prototype, but I get the gut feeling it won't happen...

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The current P1 coupes are direct descendants of the old GT1 cars, the Bentley EXP Speed 8 was designed to the same rules as the 911 GT1 that won in 98 (the first Bentley back was designed around the Audi R8C of 99) and the current coupe's only have a change in the aero rules to stop them flipping (worked well hasnt it?).

That Lola Aston is pretty close to being a wroks car anyway, what with it being run by Prodrive and the whole thing being set up by David Richards.

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