Aston Martin To Take A Shot At Unseating Audi As Le Mans Champion In 2008

If you thin Aston think Aston is third rate then you my friend need glasses. Sounds like you have never even seen one, at least clearly.

LOL. Your endless wisdom astounds me!!! =) I never been called a nerd to my face and only wear sunglasses. But hey if you call 6'4" muscular 250lbs a nerd, then I have no complaints...lol...

Anyways tradition is great with Astin Martin. Audi has been remarkable at Le Mans and even had restrictions placed on them for being too good with their diesels. BUT it is only a matter of time when the competition comes bearing in and Astin Martin is as good as any...

Whoops I hit i's instead of o's for Aston..my bad :-P

Excluding Peugeot in 2007, against what important manufacturer did audi raced in LMP1 since the their introduction in Le Mans with the R8?.. I'll tell you...NONE! they raced only against private teams. And when the DBR9 was introduced in race it was quicker with 2-3 seconds per lap compared with R8...

I don't mean to pick apart your statement, but I think just about all the sentences you said are wrong.

"Excluding Peugeot in 2007, against what important manufacturer did audi raced in LMP1 since the their introduction in Le Mans with the R8?...they raced only against private teams."

um... Bentley, Cadillac, BMW, Panoz, remember, P1 was never a traditional ground for factory team, hence, its a prototype class. And yes, those are all factory
teams.

"And when the DBR9 was introduced in race it was quicker with 2-3 seconds per lap compared with R8..."

Where did you get these numbers? Please check your information again and supply me evidence of times.

btw, would supplying engines count as a factory effort or a private effort for Charouz racing?

good luck to Aston, the R10 is the truest competitor if any. Standard.

I still think the R10s will finish first, followed by Peugeot and perhaps Pescarolo, if they race. This is a hard class to unseed a proven formula, though it can be done, I do not see it happening.

I absolutely agree.

I agree as well. The dominant technology in these races is the diesel cars. Audi and Peugeot have proven this time and again.

If Aston want to be able to compete with a gasoline powered car, they can't just bring something "competitive". They need to bring the next revolution in gasoline engine tech. They need something that will consistently beat up the R10 and turn the balance back into favor of gasoline.

Something nobody has been able to do yet in this class.

Don't forget, fast is one thing, reliability is another. Those 3 R10s would have swept the podium if it werent for driver error for rockenfeller and pit crew error with the McNish car with the wheels. So reliability of the R10s are bullet proof so far at Le Mans.

And look to 2007 ALMS season... see what Penske Porsche did to audi...

You are moron! The R10s are build for long distance tracks and not short tracks as was seen with ALMS. Audi was more then generous to compete in those races so ALMS can look good. Porsche was not challenge to Audi in the long distance tracks if you look closely.

Also, Audi has supported Lola over the past year. First and foremost, an Audi-powered Lola was campaigned last year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans by the Swiss Spirit Team. Described as an "exploratory effort", the car featured a V8 derived from the now-retired Audi R8 racecar and was said to the first of a possible privateer-oriented program if Audi were happy with the results. So, Lola depends on Audi as well. Don't critisize just for the sake of trying to be negative against Audi Squashmouth. What are you worried about? What do you think that Audi is somehow incapable of reacting to competition? Reality check, they have more resources and strength than Lola and Aston Martin combined! Not to mention 100 years of racing heritage.

cute

So much engineering and resources to build a car for long distance track?..i doubt about this(unless they want to race in dragracing). Porsches performance in ALMS proves that those "resources and strenght" are wasted against a good designed car, a car that run in an "inferior" class ... I'm not criticize anything. These are the facts. I hate to see people ready to kill each other just to prove that their
car brand is the best no mather what(and they parise it like a god).... if were more "agressive" im my comment you will be writing me a reply bigger that a newspaper...

you are dumb. enough said.

repost when you know racing.

it will never happen, although it would great fun if a duratec based engine won!

I love Aston Martins ... but Audi's rule!
Bring it on!