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I don't think Nissan have the resources to be competitive in LMP1. I thought I was pretty clear on that.

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You were saying?

Is that some kind of a persistent state, they can't obtain resources just like every other manufacturer? Maybe they won't build a completely new facility just like Porsche did and maybe they won't have the largest yearly budget, but we are still talking about the six largest manufacturer by numbers in the world.

Well that's what I mean, they don't have the wealth of experience and R&D like Audi/Joest, they don't have the budget and facilities of Toyota, and they don't have the commitment and history of Porsche, and as long as Ghosn is the boss, you can forget about any even medium term commitment from the factory without success. That's been the way Renault/Nissan have operated under Ghosn.

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Maybe that rumoured privateer is Red Bull and they will help devoping under Infiniti banner?

I still don't get it, because you can make that point about almost any manufacturer without recent experience or TMG-like facilities already ready (btw, Toyota actually has the smallest budget according to some reported figures). Like Peugeot who pretty much started from scratch.

They've probably learned something from the P2 engine program (and probably more then they ever will learn from the ZEOD, no matter how their PR tries to spin it) and as far as I've understood the Nismo facilities in Japan are pretty big, but it is not confirmed where this program will be geographically based and who will be involved.

I don't think history means much at all in this sense, but if you want to think so, then you're definitely forgetting something...

I was thinking of that scene when I posted that XD

What show is that?

Friends

Allan McNish has been named Grand Marshal for this edition, while Fernando Alonso will give the start as a representative of the manufacturer with the highest number of entrants and soon in LMP1 (ok I just made that up)

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans24 ... -for-lm24/

Personally I think we might see Alonso race Le Mans when his F1 career is done.

Whether that's in a LMP1 Ferrari is a whole other matter.

BTW someone told me this news today as "Have you heard? Alonso will start the Le Mans 24?" and I thought it was a much bigger deal than it turned out to be

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WTF THIS FUCKING SUCKS SO MUCH, HELLO TRACY KROHN

Eve Hewitt ‏@radiolemans 2m
Strakka withdraw and are replaced by Krohn for LM24. Full story at http://dailysportscar.com

Dailysportscar.com seems to be down at the moment.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=31363

EDIT: Ouch, Strakka had an accident while testing at Spa. http://www.strakkaracing.com/wp/?p=1568

fuck, this is really a big shame. I guess G-drive's way to victory is a lot easier now

Ugh...

ffs

Krohn? fffffffs

"Krohn" is what snoring sounds like.

Oh FFS so much GT-Am.

Can also mean you have to shit a lot.

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Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Krohn = crock of shit.