No new Ferrari and Panoz race cars
11-07-2006, 02:08 PM
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No new Ferrari and Panoz race cars
I emailed Risi Competizione as to when and will Ferrari and Michelotto (sp) make a new Ferrari 599 GTC racecar?
Donald Pierce of Risi Competizione emailed me today and said the following:
There are no plans for a 599GTB race car by Ferrari. Michelotto, which is the division of Ferrari that produces Corse Clienti (Client Racing) cars would be the company to produce it, under Ferrari's department supervision.
At this stage, however, there are no plans for a 599GTB. GT1 is an order of magnitude more expensive to race than GT2, with budgets for two cars in the $7.0 to $10.0 million range.
I emailed Paul Ryan, the PR Manager of Multimatic Motorsports / Dynamic Suspensions, about a new Panoz race car and he said the following:
There are no plans whatsoever for any new race cars at this stage. Don Panoz mentioned it to a reporter earlier this year that it was something he would like to do - but no further discussions have taken place.
Donald Pierce of Risi Competizione emailed me today and said the following:
There are no plans for a 599GTB race car by Ferrari. Michelotto, which is the division of Ferrari that produces Corse Clienti (Client Racing) cars would be the company to produce it, under Ferrari's department supervision.
At this stage, however, there are no plans for a 599GTB. GT1 is an order of magnitude more expensive to race than GT2, with budgets for two cars in the $7.0 to $10.0 million range.
I emailed Paul Ryan, the PR Manager of Multimatic Motorsports / Dynamic Suspensions, about a new Panoz race car and he said the following:
There are no plans whatsoever for any new race cars at this stage. Don Panoz mentioned it to a reporter earlier this year that it was something he would like to do - but no further discussions have taken place.
11-08-2006, 02:40 AM
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From an email received 10-7-2006
We have done some initial engineering on a new road car, but nothing on a race car at this stage. I will try and get some more information for you on the road car, but to my knowledge, final design or manufacturing has not commenced yet.
Paul Ryan
Multimatic Motorsports / Dynamic Suspensions
PR Manager
We have done some initial engineering on a new road car, but nothing on a race car at this stage. I will try and get some more information for you on the road car, but to my knowledge, final design or manufacturing has not commenced yet.
Paul Ryan
Multimatic Motorsports / Dynamic Suspensions
PR Manager
11-08-2006, 10:06 AM
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Yep... it's tough to compete against Factory teams without Factory backing.
Things are looking up in LMP2, with Honda competing against Penske's Porsche's. Will Toyota be next ?
GT-1 needs more competition... where are the Viper's, Saleen, Top drawer Ferrari's etc. Pro-drive did a good job with Aston Martin... but ALMS had to "juggle the rules" to keep them competitive.
Things are looking up in LMP2, with Honda competing against Penske's Porsche's. Will Toyota be next ?
GT-1 needs more competition... where are the Viper's, Saleen, Top drawer Ferrari's etc. Pro-drive did a good job with Aston Martin... but ALMS had to "juggle the rules" to keep them competitive.