Comments on: Drayson Racing to launch LMP1 programme at Petit Le Mans

By: James

James — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:49:49 +0000

Its a shame that the Gt2 Aston hasnt done better, Drayson is a bit frustrated. I guess with the massive LMP1 project Aston Martin have not been able to support both programmes. Hope someone else gets hold of the GT2 Vantage programme sounded glorious at Le Mans!!

By: Coleman

Coleman — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:05:52 +0000

Yea the petit this year should be great any word if the mundill pesca will race or the rocketsports jags ?

By: Christophé.fra

Christophé.fra — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:59:12 +0000

It should be on MotorsTV, I know it is here in France…

By: XJ8

XJ8 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:44:04 +0000

More good news for sports proptotype racing, inc the Petit and and Laguna LMS finales. Equally good news that the GT2 Vantage will be at Nurburgring and Silverstone.

Best of luck in LMP1 and well done for maintaining the GT2 commitment this year. It matters to the fans.

Anybody know if, and on what channel Petit may be shown live in the UK please ?

By: Bamba

Bamba — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:37:18 +0000

Lord Drayson has been testing the Prodrive P1 cars so probably won’t need that much learning.

The Drayson cars don’t even have any outside title sponsors (aside from the obvious suppliers). It’s all out of pocket cash. $$$

By: GTfour

GTfour — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:45:19 +0000

Wow,really impressive! I guess Lord Drayson is gonna need a crashcourse driving a high downforce,huge G-force producing Le Mans prototype…
It’s been done before by Peter van Merksteijn..allthough he had the tutoring of the likes of Jos Verstappen and Jeroen Bleekemolen…
Wish ‘m the best.

By: Adrian De los Santos

Adrian De los Santos — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:00:19 +0000

Fernandez/Diaz needs to be on a P1 !!!, right now they are doing great and showing that they have what it takes.

Hey, the Mazdas are faster than the Acura P2 and even with that Fernandez/Diaz are winning.

By: Christophé.fra

Christophé.fra — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:44:47 +0000

I want to be rich…

We never know, in a few years or so. They may switch to an Aston engine. They have to money. This may be just a year or two program. Just to get use to the LMP1 car, and get a feel for it.

Jonny Cocker is so lucky lol

By: Bamba

Bamba — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:36:58 +0000

Indeed, Lord Drayson has some major cash reserves somewhere. He gets michelin tires and Rahal Letterman can’t even get them. That’s a healthy racing budget and some serious clout.

They had a DBRS9 in GT3 and 2 Vantage GT2’s (one was setup for endurance and different aero (lemans, petit, sebring) and the other was for shorter distances. And now they have a Lola coupe. a whole stable of machines.

I would have expected them to go with Aston Martin as their engine supplier. But Dale white probably looked at the performance of the Judd in the hands of the pescarolo team vs Prodrive and figured the higher cost for the Aston engines wouldn’t be justified.

They got Rob Bell…nice.

Acura can be locked out of the podium at petit. They should give the Fernandez team a P1 ARX to increase the chances of getting a podium. After all the ALMS is their roaming ground. They have to defend it.

By: Christopher Bouchard

Christopher Bouchard — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:07:20 +0000

Awesome for the Team. Can’t wait to go to Road Atlanta.