Dyson 想oom-zooming' into 2009
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It was not because Mazda won with the 4-rotor, Mazda knew going into the 1991 LeMans that it was their last year to compete with the rotary engine. The FIA changed the rules to use F1 style engines.
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Huge hole is huge
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Row faster, I hear banjos
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Entry list for the 12 hrs of Sebring has been released:
no class team car
1 LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI
2 LMP1 Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI
9 LMP1 Patron Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-02a
12 LMP1 Autocon Motorsports Lola B06/10 AER
37 LMP1 Intersport Racing Lola B06/10 AER
66 LMP1 de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a
07 LMP1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
08 LMP1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
15 LMP2 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01B
16 LMP2 Dyson Racing Lola B09 86 Mazda
20 LMP2 Dyson Racing Lola B09 86 Mazda
3 GT1 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
4 GT1 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
5 GT2 VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
11 GT2 Primetime Race Group Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
18 GT2 VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
21 GT2 Panoz Team PTG Panoz Esperante GTLM
28 GT2 LG Motorsports Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6
40 GT2 Robertson Racing Doran Ford GT MK 7
44 GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
45 GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
61 GT2 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT
62 GT2 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT
87 GT2 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
92 GT2 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW E92 M3
95 GT2 Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team Ferrari 430 GT
007 GT2 Drayson Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT2
Here is a pic of the new Audi R15.
no class team car
1 LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI
2 LMP1 Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI
9 LMP1 Patron Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-02a
12 LMP1 Autocon Motorsports Lola B06/10 AER
37 LMP1 Intersport Racing Lola B06/10 AER
66 LMP1 de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a
07 LMP1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
08 LMP1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
15 LMP2 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01B
16 LMP2 Dyson Racing Lola B09 86 Mazda
20 LMP2 Dyson Racing Lola B09 86 Mazda
3 GT1 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
4 GT1 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
5 GT2 VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
11 GT2 Primetime Race Group Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
18 GT2 VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
21 GT2 Panoz Team PTG Panoz Esperante GTLM
28 GT2 LG Motorsports Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6
40 GT2 Robertson Racing Doran Ford GT MK 7
44 GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
45 GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
61 GT2 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT
62 GT2 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT
87 GT2 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
92 GT2 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW E92 M3
95 GT2 Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team Ferrari 430 GT
007 GT2 Drayson Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT2
Here is a pic of the new Audi R15.
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Hmm, with only 3 LMP2 cars it shouldn't be too hard to get a podium. Too bad it took so long for this to come to fruitation. I think with Dyson they could have been competitive with Porsche and Acura.
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I wonder what the impetus was to have them restrict the engine to F1 style then.
Huge hole is huge
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From the Mazda website....
http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/rot...ndex05_15.html
15. Last chance for glory
In 1991, the World Sportscar Championship, which includes Le Mans, was renamed the FIA Sportscar World Championship. The change included revised regulations that bunched the various existing classes, such as C, C2 and GTP, into just two classes: Category 1 and Category 2. Category 1 stipulated naturally aspirated 3.5 liter engines with no fuel limit. Mazda entered Category 2, which allowed greater freedom in terms of displacement, number of cylinders and turbos, yet restricted cars to just 2,550 liters of fuel. The governing body had decided, however, that Category 2 was to be discontinued from 1992. After 16 years and 12 attempts, the 1991 Le Mans was to be the final chance for Mazda and the rotary engine.
In 1991, the World Sportscar Championship, which includes Le Mans, was renamed the FIA Sportscar World Championship. The change included revised regulations that bunched the various existing classes, such as C, C2 and GTP, into just two classes: Category 1 and Category 2. Category 1 stipulated naturally aspirated 3.5 liter engines with no fuel limit. Mazda entered Category 2, which allowed greater freedom in terms of displacement, number of cylinders and turbos, yet restricted cars to just 2,550 liters of fuel. The governing body had decided, however, that Category 2 was to be discontinued from 1992. After 16 years and 12 attempts, the 1991 Le Mans was to be the final chance for Mazda and the rotary engine.
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