Originally Posted by FIRE (Post 196390)

Ik denk niet dat dit met chauvinisme te maken heeft. Als b.v. Opel, Ford of Nissan met een serieus LM project op de proppen komen worden ze ook uitgenodigd. Een grote fabrikant is nou eenmaal vanwege publiciteit interessanter dan een RfH, Kruse of Autorlando.

Ben het overigens wel met je eens dat het beleidt van de ACO vaak stof is voor discussie en vraagtekens.

Originally Posted by Stranger (Post 196588)

En wellicht gaat ze dat met een Porsche Spyder wel vaker lukken :D

Originally Posted by Spyker Squadron announces extensive test programme

Almost a month after the last race, the 2006 FIA GT finale in Dubai, Spyker Squadron announced an extensive winter test programme today. The Dutch manufacturer of highly exclusive hand-built super cars has scheduled a series of monthly tests to further improve the successful Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R. The programme will last until the 2007 race season starts in March where Spyker Squadron will compete in the ALMS season opener; the famous 12-hours of Sebring.

The first test is scheduled for this week at Jerez, Spain, followed by a three-day test mid-January at Sebring, USA, organised by the ALMS and a test mid-February at Valencia in Spain. All scheduled test sessions will take three consecutive days and will give Spyker Squadron the opportunity to extensively test aerodynamics, mechanical grip and handling, various engine configurations and brakes. Michelin will support all Spyker test sessions and the team will radically test several Michelin compounds. All tests will be performed with a Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R test car with chassis #046. Spyker Squadron currently rebuilds their 2006 cars to sell them to customer teams and is building two new cars for the upcoming 2007 season.

Factory driver Jeroen Bleekemolen will test the C8 Spyder next week at Jerez (18-20 December) but he will be joined a day later, on Tuesday and Wednesday, by four other Dutch drivers; Sandor van Es, Jaap van Lagen, Ricardo van der Ende and Dennis Retera. Peter van Erp: "All four drivers have caught our attention due to their performance in different series and we would like to see how they perform in our C8 Spyder. Spyker Squadron plans to maintain its current factory driver-pool but after the test we will see how the new drivers perform in the C8 Spyder and we might use their services next season in one of our factory or customer cars for specific race- or test events.

Originally Posted by FIRE (Post 196587)

Dyson naar LMP2 klasse met Porsche? Dat gerucht gaat althans de ronde op diverse sites. Morgen maakt Dyson haar plannen bekend.

Als dit werkelijkheid wordt dan is dit een klap voor de LMP1 klasse in ALMS. Afgelopen jaren was Dyson in staat om met 2 Lola's het Audi af en toe knap lastig te maken.