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Vincent (Vincent348)
Intermediate Member
Username: Vincent348
Post Number: 1056
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 10:56 pm: | |
that pro drive car is no slouch, so watch out!
Vincent. |
Bart Duesler (The_bart)
Member
Username: The_bart
Post Number: 349
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 10:28 pm: | |
So Ferrari is putting the Maranello on the track? Great!
Hello to the Viper, Corvette, & Porsche. |
Mark Moon (Enzomoon)
Member
Username: Enzomoon
Post Number: 287
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 7:03 am: | |
I spoke with someone close to the customer racing director at Ferrari recently. I believe that the 550 effort was basically a privateer effort by the ProDrive team and the Rafanelli team. Now, however, the 575 GTC is truely a factory developed racer and should be even more competitive. Ferrari now appears to understand the importance of the ALMS series for sportscar racing. The 360GT which is also a factory sponsored effort(albeit run by FOW)has been very successful in GranAm. In fact it won again yesterday with Cort Wagner and Brent Martini winning comfortably over a 911GT3 driven by a factory Porsche driver. I understand from what I was told that the 575GTC will be significantly quicker than the ProDrive cars currently running which should give the Vette team some restless nights. |
Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 1770
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 6:56 am: | |
sorry if this is a stupid question, but why would you build a race car based on a $230K ferrari instead of something based on a $100K porsche or whatever?
it's not like the 550s are generally trouncing the 996s at the races, right?
it seems like a needlessly expensive exercise? do they get some gigantic benefit out of the 550 base that you couldn't get out of the 996 base?
i assume they basically rip the car apart and replace a TON of stuff, so if you're gonna spend a ton of money in parts and time to modify whatever they use, so that extra $100K or whatnot is a material investment.
does ferrari support these teams with discounts or whatnot to make it more financially rational? or are the team owners just die-hard fans of marquee X or marquee Y and they therefore stick with X or Y?
doody. |
William H (Countachxx)
Advanced Member
Username: Countachxx
Post Number: 3156
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 6:51 am: | |
the teams have been developing the 550 racers for years now. Unless ferrari coughs up some $ they dont have a lot of motivation to scrap alll their work & start on a 575 |
Me Myself (Kid_enzoz)
Junior Member
Username: Kid_enzoz
Post Number: 165
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 4:57 am: | |
The 575M is a factory modified version of what you drive. The racing Maranellos are basically really modifed 550s too... BTW... In case you were wondering, it's a 6.0L motor... but yeah, they use the 550 name.
http://www.ferrari.com/cgi-bin/fworld.dll/ferrariworld/scripts/gt/production/cars_oggi_intro.jsp?title=575_GTC&carIdx=0 |
Bart Duesler (The_bart)
Member
Username: The_bart
Post Number: 347
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 9:56 pm: | |
I was watched the 550 win a race. Why do they use a 550 and not the newer 575?
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