2016 Road to Le Mans

[BennyD]

Always am mate, except when dealing with idiots.

 

[MAF260]

My word Ben, you're in a Christian mood this morning.

That's probably the nicest thing he's ever said to me!

 

[BennyD]

give the man a hand ! ;P

F*ck you too!

 

[conaero]

I really must get round to changing the moderators, trouble is, no matter how hard I try I can't find an obnoxious **** to equal him

 

[Le Mong]

Hey Idiot Benny we French welcome you again next time fool I save you saucisson

 

[BennyD]

...and you may well get it inserted from whence it came.

 

[Le Mong]

...and you may well get it inserted from whence it came.

 

[conaero]

Rob Stannard has confirmed he is bringing a mate, Angus McDougall:

Waynes Gite in Pontvillain:
Nick Pilbeam
Gary Brooks
Midlifecrisis
Moz1000
Chris Bassett
Ross
Rob Stannard
Angus MacDougall
Emtee
Zep

 

[Contigo]

From AC/DC?

 

[outrun]

I'd prefer it was Brian Johnson with his Bentley Blower.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I'm thunderstruck!

 

[conaero]

For those of you who don't know, DZOOMS (Le Mans/Blue Corvette) my mate and close working partner and Le Mans stalwart since 1987, has been off work for 9 months now with some very serious health issues that I will not divulge in the open forum. He has been in for his final operation last Tuesday and hopefully he can now get back to 100% health.

I am sure you will all join me in wishing him all the best and a speedy recovery in 2016.

 

[dem maser]

a top man and gent.
I like the man a lot, all the best Dave

 

[outrun]

Aye, all the best pal.

 

[MAF260]

Please send my best wishes to David (and Sally) and hope he has a speedy recovery.

 

[BennyD]

Likewise. All the best for the future and tell him his is the first round at the Harlequin!

 

[conaero]

FORD back at Le Mans for 2016 and as we are past the shortest day now and the days are getting longer

Here is a great promo video:

[video=youtube;nVa4mlFZEmM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVa4mlFZEmM[/video]

The worst-kept secret in auto racing is a secret no longer: Ford just unveiled its LeMans-spec race version of the Ford GT at LeMans today, where the 24 Hours of LeMans is running this weekend. The car isn't ready for this year's race, but it will be next year, running in the LM GTE-Pro category.

Rumors of Ford's interest in participating in LeMans predate the announcement of the new GT itself. In fact, the car likely owes its existence to the race: next year marks the 50th anniversary of the company's legendary 1-2-3 win at LeMans in 1966 — a screw-you to Ferrari, which had rebuffed an acquisition attempt — and Bill Ford seems intent on commemorating that mark in style.

The racer isn't just for LeMans, though — it'll be running both the FIA WEC and TUSCC schedules in 2016, starting with the Rolex 24 at Daytona next January. Under the hood is a modified version of the 3.5-liter EcoBoost six that powers the road-going GT.

Speaking of the road-going version, this might be one of the very few cases where the street car arguably looks better than the racer — the enormous, pan-shaped diffuser is a little distracting, and the headlights don't have the sci-fi look and feel of the production model. Still, it's a beautiful machine.

 

[Contigo]

Top news! Looks like a stonker of a car.

All the best to David too, a true gent!

 

[conaero]

Yeah, he's had what should be his final op last Tuesday, he should be home for xmas then I suppose another month till he starts returning to full fitness.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I read that Nissan have pulled out. Not that it'll be a great loss.