Required?
In some quarters it’s believed the series has to announce a major manufacturer for a committed full time 2010 program no later than at Petit Le Mans in September. It can be the return of a former (Audi or Porsche) or new (Toyota) big-time player. It can’t be a back-door-badge-something program. What about the impressive growth of GT2? Won’t help, say the Bear’s sources. Neither will a Panoz LMP1 be enough, though some believe the motivation for the Don’s idea might be the need to provide some competition to keep Acura in the fold. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Zytek’
122. Wirth to F1, P1 wanted, Personal Lubricant, McDreamy
Friday, May 1st, 2009113. Intersport in, a Ferrari out, Bimmer Troubled, Will 30 be a Tough Nut?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Since the the February 12th entry, Sebring has lost the Falken Tire Porsche – as expected – and added Autocon’s Lola B06/10 AER, a good trade if ever there was one, and also expected. So, who shows up to test at Sebring today (wth BMW)? None other than a 2008 Porsche 911 for Falken Tire. Having just been erased from the entry…who knows now?
Waiting for Wings
No, not at the Wing House, where Murphy hopes to visit on his Sebring trip. Unhappily for Autocon, Lola had not yet delivered a new-rules wing for the P1 car as recently as late last week, say nothing of the ACO’s last-minute-mandated skid block change. (In the opinion of at least one Bear correspondent, a change this late is a bit of foolishness if ever there was one.) It’s no wonder that neither of the possible Lola P1 teams bothered with Wheels Down Winter Test at Sebring, is it? (more…)
109. Revisionist Bear, Rolex Punting Rools, Murphy’s Picks and Prognostications
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Sebring Grid Revisions
As soon as the Bear posted his expectations for the Sebring grid, a chorus of “wait-a-minutes” came in. (more…)
101. Acura Up or Down? More Porsches. Aero Balance. The Bear Loses it (over engines).
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008The Porsche GT2 field – for Sebring and beyond – seems to be growing.
The Bear hasn’t been very positive about VICI Racing in the 2009 season; after all, they didn’t do a full season in 2008, and rarely fielded the hoped-for two cars. But they are reported to have entered two cars at Sebring, and are expected in some quarters to contest the remainder of the season.
The report of a Falken-sponsored Porsche 911 GT3 has been ‘confirmed’ by a second source, so we’ll now put that one in the ‘probable’ column. (more…)
95. Pre-Petit Proto (and GT) Poop
Friday, September 12th, 2008Corvette Stuff
You know the big stuff. Corvette, as AutoWeek and Murphy wrote before Mosport, will return in 2009, in GT1 before Le Mans and in GT2 after. Then it’s on to a GT2 program in 2010. There was one item not included in the Corvette’s Tuesday press release teleconference transcript. (more…)