Grand Prix Rejects

Whatever you might say about the launch, I'm drooling over the look of those E63s. They look sensational. I may yet switch my allegiance from the General to Merc.

I look forward to seeing them in the flesh this Saturday ... and taking plenty of shots of 'em!

Triple 8 B Team reveal their test liveries

I really hope that they change the VIP livery before Adelaide as they've somehow managed to out-do the A-Team in the boredom stakes. Although, I do say that the Project 40 car looks quite good.

In other news, Tim Blanchard joins the rapidly-sinking ship that is DJR

I have never really liked any of the VIP liveries, the pawprints look a bit strange on the side of a racecar.

Wizzie wrote:Triple 8 B Team reveal their test liveries

I really hope that they change the VIP livery before Adelaide as they've somehow managed to out-do the A-Team in the boredom stakes. Although, I do say that the Project 40 car looks quite good.

In other news, Tim Blanchard joins the rapidly-sinking ship that is DJR

The point of a test livery is that they only use it for the test I fully expect SVG to be in a black car come Adelaide. As for Webb, he might think the cop livery is a good idea, but he's forgetting that he'll be driving in Western Sydney...

And good news about Blanchard, because it means he won't be driving the second LDM. Which is now the only unconfirmed seat on the grid (strange, considering apparently Paul Morris has been confirmed in it for the enduros...)

And now one begins to understand just how colossally horrible the FPR livery is. And that's before you take a look at the even worse orange side of the car. Although, I must say the Merc looks much better now that it's on the track and not in some arena in Homebush.

The orange side of the FPR car makes me want to stab a stanley knife through my retina

And the 55 Reynolds car was revealed, it would have looked ok if not for a stupid and out of place black stripe

EDIT: and so was Wall's car, which looks exactly the same as it did last year

eurobrun wrote:And the 55 Reynolds car was revealed, it would have looked ok if not for a stupid and out of place black stripe

I quite like the Bottle-O car actually. The black stripe suits it quite well, although I suspect part of it is due to the fact the shade of green is considerably darker from last year.

Forgive me if I've missed something but why is Fiore testing the second LDM car today?

Wizzie wrote:Forgive me if I've missed something but why is Fiore testing the second LDM car today?

Absolutely no idea why that is, there are at least 5 or 6 guys thar deaerve the seat more than him

I guess there is some poetic justice in this world; not only are the two works FPR Falcons ugly as hell, they're dead slow as well. Unless their sandbagging, in which case the Altimas are probably a touch lower down the order than they are right now.

And if Erebus keep this up, Eurobrun will be more on the money than we gave him credit for. And as much as I like you Mr Hamilton, we simply cannot have that.

Wizzie wrote:And if Erebus keep this up, Eurobrun will be more on the money than we gave him credit for. And as much as I like you Mr Hamilton, we simply cannot have that.

I feel like I need to enjoy this moment of actually being right for once

and it would be absolutely epic if this season was just BJRWINSLOL

here is the avatar for the losers of the Mercedes-Nissan avatar bet. if Mercedes finishes ahead of Nissan in points, winning constructor's(or a drive from merc winning WDC) championship included, the Nissan fans/bet holders will wear this avatar for however long the losers usually wear them. how about a month

Man, that thing sounds great.

Reminds me of the old Lola A1GP cars, except even angrier and infinitely better than the exhaust notes of the old Kelly Commodores, which tried to do the same thing and failed miserably.

What a howler! and what year was the Kelly thing again? i kinda remember when they had the high pitched exhaust but not really

nome66 wrote:What a howler! and what year was the Kelly thing again? i kinda remember when they had the high pitched exhaust but not really

They've trialed a different exhaust system on the Todd Kelly car back when it was still Perkins at Bathurst one year and they've stuck with it on all the Kelly and Perkins built machines ever since. Sounds like a poor man's F3 car if you ask me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiKJX94E4v4 eugh it does sound a bit wrong. like a GT3 ferrari 458 but.... not as good
the Merc sounds waaayyy better.

I just got back from the test day and MY GOD do those Mercs sound beautiful. And both GRMs quick out of the box - brilliant! Even better, LDM showing pace

If I were to compare the sounds of the Merc to the others, it would be like comparing the HSV-010 to the other current GT500 racecars. It's like night and day, and my god does the night sound amazing.

20 bucks says BJR are showboating

Although, I wouldn't mind seeing a season of BJRWINSLOL. And it's good to see the Triple 8 C-Team taking it to Tekno and Triple 8. Taz Douglas must be kicking himself right now after seeing how quick those T8 Commodores are though.

Wizzie wrote:20 bucks says BJR are showboating

Although, I wouldn't mind seeing a season of BJRWINSLOL. And it's good to see the Triple 8 C-Team taking it to Tekno and Triple 8. Taz Douglas must be kicking himself right now after seeing how quick those T8 Commodores are though.

I'd promote LDM to B-team status - did you see what number was on the window of Fiore's car?

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:20 bucks says BJR are showboating

Although, I wouldn't mind seeing a season of BJRWINSLOL. And it's good to see the Triple 8 C-Team taking it to Tekno and Triple 8. Taz Douglas must be kicking himself right now after seeing how quick those T8 Commodores are though.

I'd promote LDM to B-team status - did you see what number was on the window of Fiore's car?

Ah, forgot about that. However, what will happen in the off-chance that the A-team lose the title this year?

Wizzie wrote:

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:20 bucks says BJR are showboating

Although, I wouldn't mind seeing a season of BJRWINSLOL. And it's good to see the Triple 8 C-Team taking it to Tekno and Triple 8. Taz Douglas must be kicking himself right now after seeing how quick those T8 Commodores are though.

I'd promote LDM to B-team status - did you see what number was on the window of Fiore's car?

Ah, forgot about that. However, what will happen in the off-chance that the A-team lose the title this year?

#8888?
They'll probably go back to the #30.

In other news, I'm willing to go up with an avatar challenge with someone because I personally believe we'll see someone set a 2:05 at Bathurst this year. If today is anything to go by, they're already quicker than last year and they haven't even gotten their hands on the Dunlop 'not as hard as the control tyre but still rock hard by anyone else's standards' tyre yet.

Wizzie wrote:Man, that thing sounds great.

Reminds me of the old Lola A1GP cars, except even angrier and infinitely better than the exhaust notes of the old Kelly Commodores, which tried to do the same thing and failed miserably.

Could it be, that they're using some old DTM exhausts? Because before 2012, the DTM C-Classes had a similar exhaust note.

it does sound A LOT like the old DTM exhaust now that i think about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTIQ_ENHo8 a small mix of sound from 2007 to 2010
the exhaust regulations are a bit more relaxed than i thought. why don't teams/manufacturers give their cars unique sounds? the Nissan could sound different maybe like a World Series car from 2003 or even this LMP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IozEMRNz2x8

edit: i realize that(much like DTM) this is the first season in a long time where more than 2 Manufacturers are taking part. they are still experimenting with stuff and things will probably differ better next season.

might as well post this tasty bit of sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKGLt9RWTSo

And the last full-time seat has been confirmed.

Odds on Triple F becoming the Triple 8 D-Team next year, anyone?

There were several better drivers available in my opinion, I don't think Foire is anything special personally. But he has experience and and won't disgrace himself

I really hope that BJR's testing pace is no fluke as it would be absolutely epic if they actually were really fast

Grovey wrote:I really hope that BJR's testing pace is no fluke as it would be absolutely epic if they actually were really fast

As does everyone else in the whole world

It would be a Brawn 2009 like fairytale if it actually happened

Grovey wrote:I really hope that BJR's testing pace is no fluke as it would be absolutely epic if they actually were really fast

So do I... It's just what V8 Supercars needs right now.

eurobrun wrote:

Grovey wrote:I really hope that BJR's testing pace is no fluke as it would be absolutely epic if they actually were really fast

As does everyone else in the whole world

It would be a Brawn 2009 like fairytale if it actually happened

Indeed. Fabian Coulthard's turning out to be a very solid operator while Jason Bright showed us all in 2003 just what he's capable of doing in an inferior car (I mean, having a customer Walkinshaw is bad enough, having the older model VX against the VY and not being allowed to test at all for most of the year made his and Paul Well Racing's performances that year all the better.) It's just a shame that his form around Enduro season killed off any momentum he built up in the championship title hunt before that point.

The international format at the GC is no more.

Now, who wants to try and convince them to make it one 600km race?

Wizzie wrote:The international format at the GC is no more.

Now, who wants to try and convince them to make it one 600km race?

That's a shame, and it shows how no politicians in Australia, whether it's the Queenslanders with Surfers, the Victorians with Albert Park or NSW with Homebush, have any idea how to handle motorsport.

It had better be one race because there's no point sending your regular drivers up to the Gold Coast to do 30 laps. Not for the Melbourne teams, anyway.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:The international format at the GC is no more.

Now, who wants to try and convince them to make it one 600km race?

That's a shame, and it shows how no politicians in Australia, whether it's the Queenslanders with Surfers, the Victorians with Albert Park or NSW with Homebush, have any idea how to handle motorsport.

It had better be one race because there's no point sending your regular drivers up to the Gold Coast to do 30 laps. Not for the Melbourne teams, anyway.

Although come to think of it, one 600km race would probably lead to about 7 finishers. Not that it's a bad thing as some attrition is long-overdue in the V8s anyway. Plus, having three enduros suddenly makes having a wildcard entry for the new 'Endurance Cup' an enticing prospect. Assuming that the big three car builders (Triple 8, Walkinshaw and FPR) actually have a few spare cars they can flog off before then.

Wizzie wrote:

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:The international format at the GC is no more.

Now, who wants to try and convince them to make it one 600km race?

That's a shame, and it shows how no politicians in Australia, whether it's the Queenslanders with Surfers, the Victorians with Albert Park or NSW with Homebush, have any idea how to handle motorsport.

It had better be one race because there's no point sending your regular drivers up to the Gold Coast to do 30 laps. Not for the Melbourne teams, anyway.

Although come to think of it, one 600km race would probably lead to about 7 finishers. Not that it's a bad thing as some attrition is long-overdue in the V8s anyway. Plus, having three enduros suddenly makes having a wildcard entry for the new 'Endurance Cup' an enticing prospect. Assuming that the big three car builders (Triple 8, Walkinshaw and FPR) actually have a few spare cars they can flog off before then.

Well, Ingall's already scheduled to get a new car before May, so there'll be at least 1 spare Walkinshaw by then, T8 should have a few as well.

DJR find some sponsors and make Steven the new GM

Now Rhys, remind me exactly how many Wilson Security-backed drivers are there again?

eurobrun wrote:Second DJR driver confirmed

How many names on the shopping list did they have to cross off before they got to him?

eurobrun wrote:Second DJR driver confirmed

From what I saw of him in the Carrera Cup he is a fairly good driver. They could do much worse. Oh wait, they have with Blanchard.