1969 Porsche 917LH Pilots: J. Woolfe, H. Linge Team: John Woolfe Racing Race: DNF (S 5.0) at Le Mans in 1969 Ebbro - 43742 (diecast)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1969 Porsche 917LH #10
Group B pushed it too far
All motorsports enthusiasts (like yours truly) moan that regulatory bodies are always castrating the sport. And if it wasn’t for racing bodies, motorsports would be more fun 🙄. Well, once (just once) FIA said what the hey and essentially pulled all the stops. That’s basically how Group B came to be, and tragically, it was too much.
The video above succinctly explains what happened.
REVIEW – 1995 Marcos Mantara LM600 #71
1995 Marcos Mantara LM600 Pilots: C. Marsh, D. Leslie, F. Migault Team: Team Marcos Race: DNC (GT2) at Le Mans in 1995 Spark - S0782 (resin)
Review HERE
Gemera Part II
Just a few hours ago TopGear posted a video on the new Gemera, directly from the (cancelled) Geneva Auto Show. The cool part is that Christian von Koenigsegg himself explains the car. Holy mercaptans Batman 😲😲😲
Koenigsegg Gemera. And you thought things could not get more insane…
The Gemera, just presented today. It has 1700 hp, and can go from a standstill to 100 km/h in 1.9 seconds, with a top speed of at least 400 km/h. It also has all-wheel drive, all-wheel torque vectoring, all-wheel steering and also has independent rear-wheel steering. And if that’s not enough, it seats four adults (comfortably, according to Koenigsegg).
It also has 8 (eight) cup holders, four that chill your drink and four that heat your drink. I’m not sure about luggage space, or if it even has space for your wallet. But who needs to carry luggage if you’re going somewhere at warp speed with your family.
Insane 🤯.
Six (yes, just 6!) cars in LMP1 at La Sarthe this year
ACO released this afternoon (02/28) the entry list for the 24 Heures du Mans of 2020. We will only have six LMP1 cars – two Toyota, two Ginetta and two Rebellion. The grid will consist of 62 cars in total, and the other 56 are 24 LMP2, 11 GTE-Pro and 20 GTE-Am cars.
This year will be the last hurrah of the LMP1 class, and I’m sad to see only six cars. The class has been around since 1994 and I thought they deserved a grander going-away party 😥.
Motorsport.com has the full list here.
REVIEW – 2012 Audi R18 e-Tron quattro #1
2012 Audi R18 e-Tron quattro #1 Pilots: B. Treluyer, A. Lotterer, M. Fässler Team: Audi Sport / Joest Racing Race: 1st overall (LMP1) at Le Mans in 2012 Ixo - LM 2012 (diecast)
Review HERE
1965 FIA World Manufacturers’ GT Championship
An interesting look on how the Daytona Coupe, in the hands of Bob Bondurant, won the World Manufacturers’ GT Championship in 1965. Until seeing this I wasn’t aware of the all the team drama that happened that year.
Mustang Fastback: classical beauty
Petrolicious has a beautiful piece on a 1965 Mustang Fastback. Do you like classic American Iron? If you have 9m40s to spare, you will enjoy.
Hypercar class in jeopardy
Earlier this week we heard that Aston Martin is pulling out of the new Hypercar class, and therefore the Valkyrie project was put on hold (canceled?). So far only Toyota has what looks to be a “working project”, but nothing yet from McLaren, Peugeot or Glickenhause. Well, the later, on Tweeter, said they do have something in the oven. We’re almost in March now, and Le Mans is in June, so with all that (lack of) news I’m worried.
Jalopnik has a much better story on this. And unfortunately, it’s a troublesome read.