Noooooo - No LNT TVR's At Le Mans
Discussion
GCerbera said:
Huge impact for those of us going in our thousands to support TVR.
Granted, but I think there may be even stronger support for the Aston Martins, especially after their stunning performance at Sebring. I personally can't wait to see them. My brother has been at Millbrook when the DB9 racer was being tested and he said it sounded awesome
And congrats here too to Martin Short for getting 2 entries. A touch of unfinished business I feel...
GCerbera said:
Huge impact for those of us going in our thousands to support TVR.
Racesport will be there to represent the marque...
But yes, It's a massive blow. I can't understand how Spyker ahve one full entry and one reserve and neither LNT cars got a look in...
Will be a shame, they were looking competative at Sebring.
It is a shame about the LNT cars. Seems to me that there are a lot more LMP2 cars this year, so something has had to give. A lot of the "big" Porsche teams (Alex Job, Flying Lizard) have been limited to 1 car.
But Don Panoz still gets 2 Esperantes in.....
My advice is - if you want an entry, buy a Courage (or be Don Panoz)
But Don Panoz still gets 2 Esperantes in.....
My advice is - if you want an entry, buy a Courage (or be Don Panoz)
Robbo1 said:
It is a shame about the LNT cars. Seems to me that there are a lot more LMP2 cars this year, so something has had to give. A lot of the "big" Porsche teams (Alex Job, Flying Lizard) have been limited to 1 car.
But Don Panoz still gets 2 Esperantes in.....
My advice is - if you want an entry, buy a Courage (or be Don Panoz)
Porsche and Panoz are giving good backing and LNT were getting as much help as Chaimberlain-Synergy had last year which was none! Had another interested party bought TVR then things would be very different!
jamesc said:James, attempts at April Fools should be done before midday.
Porsche and Panoz are giving good backing and LNT were getting as much help as Chaimberlain-Synergy had last year which was none! Had another interested party bought TVR then things would be very different!
Anyone with any knowledge of the facts at all will be aware that TVR did involve themselves with Chaimberlain-Synergy and are involved with LNT. Granted the involvement doesn't extend to millions of pounds of manufacturer's cash, but we both know that TVR couldn't afford that if they wanted to.
V8 Archie said:
Anyone with any knowledge of the facts at all will be aware that TVR did involve themselves with Chaimberlain-Synergy and are involved with LNT. Granted the involvement doesn't extend to millions of pounds of manufacturer's cash, but we both know that TVR couldn't afford that if they wanted to.
LNT are, as far as I'm aware, carrying out 100% of the development of the T400R. They have a highly respected designer/engineer in Alan Mugglestone and are carrying out their own work from their base in Sheffield. I believe they are also making headway in their own engine development now, too.
There is no real GT department left at TVR and the chassis engineer responsible for the T400R from its inception has recently left.
(This is not an anti-TVR post, by the way.)
V8 Archie said:
Porsche and Panoz are giving good backing and LNT were getting as much help as Chaimberlain-Synergy had last year which was none! Had another interested party bought TVR then things would be very different!
James, attempts at April Fools should be done before midday.
Anyone with any knowledge of the facts at all will be aware that TVR did involve themselves with Chaimberlain-Synergy and are involved with LNT. Granted the involvement doesn't extend to millions of pounds of manufacturer's cash, but we both know that TVR couldn't afford that if they wanted to.
Archie,
Perhaps you should ask Bob Berridge who is the team principal of Chaimberlain-Synergy and ask him how much effort the factory helped them. However things would have been very different had one sound British bid been successful to buy TVR. It wasn't and NS won with his hard earned Russian cash.
Ahonen said:
Anyone with any knowledge of the facts at all will be aware that TVR did involve themselves with Chaimberlain-Synergy and are involved with LNT. Granted the involvement doesn't extend to millions of pounds of manufacturer's cash, but we both know that TVR couldn't afford that if they wanted to.
LNT are, as far as I'm aware, carrying out 100% of the development of the T400R. They have a highly respected designer/engineer in Alan Mugglestone and are carrying out their own work from their base in Sheffield. I believe they are also making headway in their own engine development now, too.
There is no real GT department left at TVR and the chassis engineer responsible for the T400R from its inception has recently left.
(This is not an anti-TVR post, by the way.)
Dave Lampit and SpecFab did all the developement after Sebring 2004. Dave changed an awful lot on the cars before Le Mans. Dave is now engineering Bob's new Lola-AER.
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