by Bully » Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:38 pm
by Bully » Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:08 pm
by RustyCage » Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:48 pm
by kickinit » Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:11 pm
Dog_ger wrote:Aussie V8's will learn from this.
We are pretenders on the world stage.
by Sky Pilot » Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:25 pm
kickinit wrote:Dog_ger wrote:Aussie V8's will learn from this.
We are pretenders on the world stage.
Still believe this?
by kickinit » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:16 pm
by Dog_ger » Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:40 pm
by Sky Pilot » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:16 pm
Dog_ger wrote:What is going to happen to v8 supercars when we don't make or sell v8's anymore?
That day is approaching.
We are racing a terminal competition?
What are your thoughts...?
by kickinit » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:46 pm
Dog_ger wrote:What is going to happen to v8 supercars when we don't make or sell v8's anymore?
That day is approaching.
We are racing a terminal competition?
What are your thoughts...?
by heater31 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:18 pm
kickinit wrote:
it's already here. you can no longer buy a falcon v8, you can only buy a fpv ford in a 5ltr v8. holden havent made a 5ltr v8 since 97. I think the hsv and fpv cars will always be around. I personally think mercede's needed to wait until next season to come in, they left it too late to have the cra ready for this season. It was only a couple of weeks before the test day that it actually hit the track the first time. It's great having some more competition in there and seeing other cars having a crack. It will be surprising how they go in texas and if the american crowd take to it or not.
by Sojourner » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:03 pm
by tipper » Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:28 am
Sojourner wrote:I was very surprised at the low numbers of Fords on the grid at Clipsal??? Think that is a pretty poor effort from Ford and its clearly the reason why they have opened up the Supercars to other makes.
Nissan will over time become very competitive in this racing, remember that Nissan and Renault are the same company now, so Nissan can tap into that Formula One technology and testing equipment with their cars and that will become a huge advantage over time. For their first race Nissan did incredibly well and I suspect will get better and better as the season progresses, no amount of practice testing equals hours in real racing conditions in terms of tuning and other data as they repoint their car through the season.
As for Mercedes who knows, it wasn't a good look for the two cars being stuck in the garage for most of the race. Perhaps their main goal might be to complete the laps in a race!
Personally I would like to see Chrysler and Toyota in, the best engine sound I heard all weekend was the Chrysler Hemi V8's in the 300C pace cars powering out of the pits for the yellow flags!
by Cambridge Clarrie » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:03 pm
tipper wrote:Sojourner wrote:I was very surprised at the low numbers of Fords on the grid at Clipsal??? Think that is a pretty poor effort from Ford and its clearly the reason why they have opened up the Supercars to other makes.
Nissan will over time become very competitive in this racing, remember that Nissan and Renault are the same company now, so Nissan can tap into that Formula One technology and testing equipment with their cars and that will become a huge advantage over time. For their first race Nissan did incredibly well and I suspect will get better and better as the season progresses, no amount of practice testing equals hours in real racing conditions in terms of tuning and other data as they repoint their car through the season.
As for Mercedes who knows, it wasn't a good look for the two cars being stuck in the garage for most of the race. Perhaps their main goal might be to complete the laps in a race!
Personally I would like to see Chrysler and Toyota in, the best engine sound I heard all weekend was the Chrysler Hemi V8's in the 300C pace cars powering out of the pits for the yellow flags!
that is a flow on effect from last season. last year there were 20 holdens and 10 fords on the grid. there have been more holdens than fords for many seasons, but the gap really widened when ford and 888 racing had a falling out.
this season one of the previously ford teams switched to amg, taking 4 cars with them. holden also "lost" 4 cars to nissan, but they had twice then number of entrants to start with.
i agree chrysler should join in, its the obvious choice, but not sure they have the cash to warrant it.someone told me on the weekend that toyota and hyundai have been confirmed for next year, but i am really unsure as to the reliability of the source
by heater31 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:04 pm
Cambridge Clarrie wrote:
I hope someone at Ford lost their job over that one...
Regarding Ford's chances this year, I reckon they'll again be the second quickest team. 888 are the most dominant team I can ever recall over an extended period.
by kickinit » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:06 pm
by HH3 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:10 pm
by tipper » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:54 pm
HH3 wrote:As well as Ford not wanting to put any money into the privately owned team. Hence why they debadged the cars and put Hogs Breath badges on instead.
by kickinit » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:39 pm
by HH3 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:48 pm
kickinit wrote:The right decision would of been to wait for them to change to red bull. It was only because the car was mainly red Holden colour that they weren't going to put the money in.
by kickinit » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:10 pm
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