Is that the “spare” one that the Cadena team borrowed when they didn’t have their Lotus available? I wonder how much that cost?
Aye, summat to put them on until next season, when they will start afresh with… sorry, not allowed to say
Aye, summat to put them on until next season, when they will start afresh with… sorry, not allowed to say
Tease - assume it will still be lotus based? and what does an race prepped AM cost to hire?
Steve - I thought you were joking earlier, when using the word “hire”. They bought the Aston, & now they’re selling it.
Lotus next year - only if they bring out a model named “Flying Pig”.
Pesky - sorry my mistake - I thought that they only “hired” the AM as a stop gap measure when the Lotus was proving unreliable. Didn’t realise they went out and bought one!
Didn’t realise they went out and bought one!
Steve
It must be nice to have enough “spare funds” to go racing with the big boys, mustn’t it?
You may have been thrown cos they hired a 997 for the Oulton round of this year’s British GT.
Shame the Exige GT3 doesn’t cut the mustard, but hey ho, that’s life!
It must be nice to have enough “spare funds” to go racing with the big boys, mustn’t it?
Took the words out of my mouth…
Shame the Exige GT3 doesn’t cut the mustard, but hey ho, that’s life!
Was it the case that Lotus just didn’t have the same development budget as others?
Where are the cars now? Will they be making their way onto the open market in due course?
Was it the case that Lotus just didn’t have the same development budget as others?
Can’t comment about who controlled the budget, cos I don’t know. However, “Cadena” is privately owned & controlled, but not by Lotus!
I think the problem was more of a technical one - to be competitive, it had to produce circa 350bhp. It had to produce that sort of power to compensate for its handling. It didn’t handle as well as that of the opposition - engine c-o-g?
If you recall, in 2006, the straightline speed was a match for the Porsches etc, yet it was then running with circa 300bhp.
Where are the cars now? Will they be making their way onto the open market in due course?
One car is being run by Plans Motorsport for George McKintosh/Alastair McKinnon, & AFAIK the other(s?) belongs to Lotus, & not Cadena. Will they find their way onto the open market - not a clue, sorry.
Was it the case that Lotus just didn’t have the same development budget as others?
Can’t comment about who controlled the budget, cos I don’t know. However, “Cadena” is privately owned & controlled, but not by Lotus!
I think the problem was more of a technical one - to be competitive, it had to produce circa 350bhp. It had to produce that sort of power to compensate for its handling. It didn’t handle as well as that of the opposition - engine c-o-g?
If you recall, in 2006, the straightline speed was a match for the Porsches etc, yet it was then running with circa 300bhp.
Where are the cars now? Will they be making their way onto the open market in due course?
One car is being run by Plans Motorsport for George McKintosh/Alastair McKinnon, & AFAIK the other(s?) belongs to Lotus, & not Cadena. Will they find their way onto the open market - not a clue, sorry.
Angelo has one. It getting quicker now that some Aussie talent is working on the car.
McKintosh is ditching GT3 too and working on a GT4 car.