Le Mans Series Live

I thought that the rule changes were meant to even up­ the petrol and diesel cars but it looks like the petrol­ cars are agin going to be left to pick up the pieces.­ One has to admire Audi for their brilliance at le mans­ but I would like to see closer racing throughout, A few­ years ago there were a number of teams all in with a­ chance of winning but these days it is a bit of a two­ horse race.
I doubt Audi will go for F1 but you never­ know. Peugeot made F1 engines but they were not very­ succesful.
It horses for courses Mercedes,Ferrari,­ Renault,Ford in F1. Citroen, Mini (BMW) do rallies and­ Audi, Peugeot Aston Martindo sports cars. BMW do not­ have any really high profile sport involvement though.­ Most Japanese manufacturers cannot afford to be in the­ big league they just have not got the design talent­ Toyota F1 and Sports cars were both designed and built­ in Germany, Nissan LM cars were designed and built in­ Britain by Arrows, the BMW winning LeMans car was­ designed and built by Williams

@ everyone the tail fins is ugly....but as mentioned­ above its there to keep the cars stable when it­ corners..As for development of the car and­ aero's...if the car manufactur. were allowed to go­ to town on that...i thinm audi would be­ unstoppable....2 years ago when audi launched the R15,­ the PUGS started complaining of the aero's on the­ Audi, even thought the PUGS approved and the FIA­ approved the car before it hit the track and everthing­ was within regulations....that was the year the PUGS­ won LE mans...thus if you notice since that year, the­ cars have become more restrictive, smaller etc...its­ the same with what happend when AUDI dominated touring­ cars, the FIA and other manufacturers ganged up and­ changed the rules to make the cars less restrictive and­ less room for development... ...the only option for­ AUDI after dominating le mans after all these­ years...will be F1, would love to see them in F1 and­ clean out all the races or shear technology and advance­ aero's development...but the way F1 is going and­ @#$% footing with all the rules changes...i dnt think­ it will happen soon enough...

I agree it is regulation ugliness. plus if there is are­ strong gusty crosswinds surely it will affect the­ balance of the cars quite a bit. F1 drivers moan about­ the same issue with the fins on their cars.

Spunky Rabbit - I do not doubt that it is­ 'regulation body work' but it is so ugly! These­ used to be, by modern standards, pretty to beautiful­ cars! I know you don't win the 24 hours for having­ the prettiest cars..... but that fin is truly ugly.­ Cant wait for June though..............................

Errr V and Rob, sorry to piss on your parades, but that­ rear fin is a regulation piece of body work.

If results prove there is a monopoly for Audi or any­ other team we motorheads become less interested, we­ need action and surprises.

The Aerodynamics have been tested heavily over the­ winter and the new "tail fin" is without­ doubt help to keep the backend in place - just watch­ the bugger go round corners. Of course expect the­ French to do a fast crib job before the big race!

Bloody adverts!!!!!! Sorry here but Why do we have to­ put up with an intel ad at the beginning of this, put­ it at the end where we can do what we all do TURN IT­ OFF!!

Audi's car is superb but why does it have­ to have that stupid bloody fin like a F1 car is it just­ advertising space posing as an aerodynamic fix. I wish­ designers would plough their own furrow instead of­ following sheep like with fins here blades there etc­ etc

It's pretty and the car is new and ahead of­ it's time audi is going to blow the rest of the­ cars away.