you seem to forget, that this car will primary be developed to go fast around racetracks and not only flat out on straights, contrary to the bugatti veyron, koenigsegg ccxr, or other 400 km/h supercars!1 million euros for 3.4 second 0-60 and 370 top speed? Color me unimpressed with that.
that's only the half of information: more interesting fo the porsche "carrera gt II concept" and also for bugatti's "project lydia" is the changing of the LMP I & II class regulations, processed by the ACO meantime.Could be possible. FIA is about to change and create a new GT Class. GT1/GT2/GT3... that porsche could fit in it just like the Bugatti Lydia...
that's only the half of information: more interesting fo the porsche "carrera gt II concept" and also for bugatti's "project lydia" is the changing of the LMP I & II class regulations, processed by the ACO meantime.
True, but Porsche/Audi are not racing against each other at the moment (don't ask me what they are doint over there at ALMS :? ), so i don't think Porsche would make a comeback to LMP in the next years - same for Bugatti.
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let's say at least, they are not racing against each other in the same class! the aco's changings of the lmp regulations are going to come into effect in 2010, and it demands exactly that kind of racecar, the "carrera gt II" (or the bugatti project lydia, too) is going to be (closed cockpit, no roadsters, etc.). furthermore 2010 will be the period, where audi is going to leave the le mans stage presumably and therefore makes way in the lmp I class for porsche or for bugatti.True, but Porsche/Audi are not racing against each other at the moment (don't ask me what they are doint over there at ALMS :? ), so i don't think Porsche would make a comeback to LMP in the next years - same for Bugatti.
uh Porsche did make a come back to LMP....
they did a DAMN good job at challenging the R10's at the Petit Le Man. the RS Spyder would do better than the R10 in the turns, but the R10's turbo diesel torque took charge on the long straights.
Well that is true (but i don't want to believe it - na na na na na *sing*). That will open the space for the new ones probably.furthermore 2010 will be the period, where audi is going to leave the le mans stage presumably and therefore makes way in the lmp I class for porsche or for bugatti.
mr. penske's statement applies exactly to the context of this thread and confirms my speculations: on the one hand porsche won't develop a gt1 because they're selling gt2 racecars successfully (the classes are too similar) and on the other one it is only possible to win races with a LMP2 against a LMP1 in the ALMS but not at le mans itself, least of all with the new stronger LMP2 regulations for 2008. threrefore porsche has to wait until audi retires, when the r10 is not going to conform to the new LMP1 regulations (2010) any longer.
hopefully this is going to be the moment where porsche (and not bugatti) is given the chance to come back to circuit de la sarthe!