Club Arnage

Anyone got any news on this?

http://jalopnik.com/is-ferrari-going-back-to-le-mans-980442788

If they do decide to give it a go I hope the car looks as pretty and sounds as good as the 333SP. Sitting in the old wooden tribunes at first light listening to a Ferrari V12 screaming up the pit straight. Perfect.

I hope it does happen It would be good to see more manufacturers back in endurance racing. 

t.

There isn't any news, it's just the same old rumour that's been doing the rounds ever since Ferrari left endurance racing to concentrate on F1.

With the number of P2 cars and GTs, which cost a fortune to run, I wonder if Porsche think there is money in a customer LMP1 - the LMP2 Spyder of 8 years ago, only sold in limited numbers, but the 956 worked.  I suspect Ferrari would like to join the bandwagon, if there is one, and they have customers with cash

Hi Bob,
          I agree although I never heard them at LM I did at Daytona.
Phil

Lying in the sleeping bag at night and hearing the V12 and the turbo Porsche on the high bank at Daytona was almost orgasmic.  Please let me hear that again...please!

Perhaps as a DP? What an abomination that would be on so many levels?

'Don't exackly know why, but it were the screamin' straight sixes of the CSLs that did it for me...  ;) :)

(http://www.autotrend.com/atg/graphics/00000001/sm-col-059.jpg)

I don't know if it's dawned on anyone yet, but this years LM 24hrs marked the 40th anniversary of Ferrari's last participation at Le Mans as a full factory effort, the epic 1973 battle between Matra, and Ferrari, of course decided in Matra's favor when the Ickx-Redman 312PB expired within sight of the finish.
Sportscar racing was very important to The Commendatore, but I don't get the feeling it's a high priority to the lot in charge there now.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Fax

Sounds like a re-hash of old rumours and hot to me, which is a shame as it would be pretty amazing to see them there as a factory team again.

That's what did it for me too!!  :D :D

Ahhh..the CSLs, hooked up in a draft (errrr...slipstream...) chasin' the Greenwood 'Vette, with a gaggle of Porsches and Comaros lagging behind....  ;) ;) ;) (see my signature below...)

btw, PM'd you...

Le Mans classic..... Early hours of the morning.....plateaux 5 and 6......Maison Blanche grandstand over looking the ford chicane.....howling 6 cylinder BMWs mixing it with DFV Chevrons and BDA powered Lolas. The best! 8)

I Remember it well.
I went to every 24 Hours of Daytona from 1975- 93, along with the Paul Revere 250 and Daytona Finale. Not to mention Sebring, Miami,(the real street circuit),West Palm and Tampa.
I even have pictures and programs to prove it.  ;D

...well, aren't you special!  I was at the start/finish line at the first 3-hour Daytona Continental when Dan Gurney bumped the starter to move his car across the line to win...so there... 8)

http://www.sportscardigest.com/happy-40th-anniversary-porsche-917-photo-gallery/?awt_l=MaWBA&awt_m=K510G4EYUus.C0

Quite impressive indeed!
Are you in any of the pictures that show the Gurney car as it sits just in front of the start/finish line? I couldn't make it to that race since I wasn't born till 1963.

To bring it back on topic, it was a thrill for me to see Paul Newman and others drive Ferrari Daytona's, 512BB's,333sp's around the banking and It would be great to see, (though looking very unlikely)  a true factory derived prototype turning laps at Daytona & Sebring.

By the way what was it like to see to the full blown factory battles between Ferrari and Porsche?  I have read stories and talked to my brother who attended the races and it sounds like an amazing time.

Could it be true? I hope so.

Was that the year Niki was at Sebring, mebbe???  :angel: >:D

Also, I spoke to Dan at Sebring in '75 and he said he didn't use the starter; rather, he used the banking to git the car rolling again.  ;)

Lofty, have you got a link to where the photo originates from. Sure i saw something over on Mulsanne Mike's and that it may be a test bed for their F1 program.

Oi Oi Pat.I just typed ferrari le mans 2015 into Google and Bobs your auntie.LMP1 news i think was the question.

The boss said it was a good way to split the cost of the hybrid system by racing in 2 different series.What was the point in F1 having limited amounts of engines then building a very expensive hybrid system.

Well, it certainly doesn't conform to current LMP1 regs,  looks more hyper-car'ish to me.

But Ferrari have certainly been using an LMP type car to test their F1 engine and hybrid systems.

I guess they need to get the F1 car sorted before they move on to proper racing  ;D

Those shots are from way the end of last year/start of this year some time there is even youtube footage of it supposedly a test bed for the F1 engine see below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNLQQC_AGU