Audi Threatens to Leave ALMS
08-14-2006, 01:48 PM
#2
Team Owner
Spend a ton of money to win then you win and your reward for all your hard work is a rule change. Guess LG should call them
. If they want it all equal let's just make everything IROC racing.
. If they want it all equal let's just make everything IROC racing.
08-14-2006, 02:59 PM
#3
Le Mans Master
Obviously it's the same thing that happened to Corvette. Although Corvette was unhappy, you didn't see them bitchin and crying like this...what a bunch of girls.
Hey, they could look at it this way...at least their car didn't get any disavantages, just their competitor's got an uplift.
I bet LG would have been happier if they left his car alone, but gave the rest of the field a little more help instead of the other way around.
This is basically a manufacturer that has it's head up it's @ss. They think they own ALMS and basically thought they could buy the series, and are cyring because they aren't be treated like the king they think they are...
Hey, they could look at it this way...at least their car didn't get any disavantages, just their competitor's got an uplift.
I bet LG would have been happier if they left his car alone, but gave the rest of the field a little more help instead of the other way around.
This is basically a manufacturer that has it's head up it's @ss. They think they own ALMS and basically thought they could buy the series, and are cyring because they aren't be treated like the king they think they are...
08-14-2006, 04:27 PM
#4
Burning Brakes
Audi has been making rumblings and threatening to drop out of ALMS for years. It pisses them off that they are not like King Sh!dt, and pisses them off even more that they get beat by Vettes ("Our car is better, our drivers are better. How dare these American pigs win!?!?!")
It certainly would not be good for ALMS or motorsport racing in general if they quit. But they really are both sore losers AND sore winners.
It certainly would not be good for ALMS or motorsport racing in general if they quit. But they really are both sore losers AND sore winners.
08-14-2006, 05:33 PM
#5
Le Mans Master
Everyone here was bitching about what happened to the vettes and now that Audi is publicly saying that this is crap, we're giving them a hard time????
to Audi for actually standing up for themselves
"Audi ...will only continue its American Le Mans Series program if there are again stable and consistent rules, like at Le Mans, which also contribute towards justifying manufacturer’s involvement and expenditure.”
to Audi for actually standing up for themselves"Audi ...will only continue its American Le Mans Series program if there are again stable and consistent rules, like at Le Mans, which also contribute towards justifying manufacturer’s involvement and expenditure.”
08-14-2006, 05:40 PM
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I dont blame Audi one damn bit for bitching at ALMS about rules changes. ALMS needs to come up with a better set of guidelines on this matter.