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andreadebi
February 4th, 2010, 18:18
some pics here
http://twitpic.com/photos/DindoCapelloFC
andreadebi
February 15th, 2010, 10:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5x0kcy5KLU
JavierNuvolari
February 16th, 2010, 02:02
Nice, wonder what mayor changes the car has now. As for the video....they still can't top this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfS32l92MFs
Mockenrue
February 16th, 2010, 14:11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5x0kcy5KLU
Great video, but I think that's the original R15 - there aren't any movie clips of the 'Plus' yet - just a few shots of a black test car.
MihokS5
February 16th, 2010, 17:30
Great video, but I think that's the original R15 - there aren't any movie clips of the 'Plus' yet - just a few shots of a black test car.
The black car that was testing at Sebring was an interim model being used. The new driver squad was there getting familiar with the R15
chewym
February 17th, 2010, 20:12
Nice, wonder what mayor changes the car has now. As for the video....they still can't top this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfS32l92MFs
Agreed. The R15 up to this point hasn't accomplished much either compared to the R10. Hoping this year changes that.
MihokS5
February 26th, 2010, 18:39
Agreed. The R15 up to this point hasn't accomplished much either compared to the R10. Hoping this year changes that.
I disagree. The R15 won at Sebring with only limited testing in the cold/wet prior .The car proved it could kepp pace with the Pugs with the smaller/less powerful engine.
At Le Mans, the test days were cancelled for all teams, and Audi showed up with some revisions and hust never had the car set up right. I don't think car was fast enough to win, but they still pulled out a podium finish.
At Petit, the R15 lead for all but 5 laps before the race was called off. A lot of that was with help from the rain but Audi seemed pretty happy with the additional data logged during the race.
Technically speaking this is the best car Audi Sport has built, and their lack of not racing/learning about the car is why it was not dominant in its first year. They seemed to have learned their lesson now-
chewym
February 28th, 2010, 04:17
Not running full ALMS/LMS schedules certainly doesn't help, but still the R15 was never quick enough. It didn't have the same reliability. The R8/R10 standards are so high that the season that Audi had last year is very disappointing. And I do not like the way that Audi is starting this year. They should be running at Sebring in few weeks, and not testing after the race.
MihokS5
February 28th, 2010, 04:29
Not running full ALMS/LMS schedules certainly doesn't help, but still the R15 was never quick enough. It didn't have the same reliability. The R8/R10 standards are so high that the season that Audi had last year is very disappointing. And I do not like the way that Audi is starting this year. They should be running at Sebring in few weeks, and not testing after the race.
Audi stated that the R15"plus" would not be ready to full ACO spec by Sebring. There was talk of them running an interim R15 model instead, but Peugeot would have to agree to that-and they said NO. I'm really disappointed that they aren't going to be there and Audi is too. I've been looking forward to going to Sebring for months...
Mockenrue
March 15th, 2010, 12:39
Audi have just released pictures of the revised R15+ TDI LMP1 car:
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/AudiR15plus-AS3.jpg
The nose vent has gone revealing the raw crash structures:
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/AudiR15plus-AS5.jpg
New wing sections on either side of the nose:
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/AudiR15plus-AS4.jpg
Side pods heavily revised:
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/AudiR15plus-AS2.jpg
Source article: Mulsanne's Corner News, March/April 2010 (http://www.mulsannescorner.com/newsmarch10.html)