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  1. RP

    RP F1 World Champ

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    #1 RP, Jan 11, 2008
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    (from autosport.com)

    The famous colours of Gulf Oil will appear on the Aston Martin cars in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.

    The two factory GT1 Aston Martin DBR9s will run with the livery, which was unveiled at the Autosport International show on Thursday.

    Gulf has been a sponsor for several years at Le Mans, but this year will be four decades exactly since a car with the blue and orange colour scheme won the French race for the first time.

    Prodrive team boss and Aston Martin chairman David Richards said: ""Endurance racing is ingrained in the heritage of both Gulf and Aston Martin and we have also both been intrinsically linked through Le Mans for many decades.

    "It was perhaps destined that, in the year we defend our GT1 title and Gulf celebrates the 40th anniversary of its win, we would finally race together at La Sarthe."

    The two cars will continue to run 007 and 009 as their race numbers in 2008.
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  2. Rexcoltrain

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    #2 Rexcoltrain, Jan 11, 2008
    There's at least 100 bucks I need to budget for diecast at the end of the year.
     
  3. jknight

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    #3 jknight, Jan 11, 2008
    I saw this the other day and as neat as it may be, I still prefer 007 and 009 in BRG.

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  4. kraftwerk

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    #4 kraftwerk, Jan 11, 2008
    Thats cool another reason to wear my new jacket and Gulf tee shirt..:)
     
  5. 1_can_dream

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    #5 1_can_dream, Jan 11, 2008
    I would have to agree, the Gulf livery is historic, but I don't think it looks that great on the Aston, the Green is much nicer IMO.
     
  6. Lemke

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    #6 Lemke, Jan 11, 2008
    I prefer the green but it is nice to see the Gulf colors making a comeback.
     
  7. kraftwerk

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    #7 kraftwerk, Jan 11, 2008
    yep I agree...
     
  8. pacific11

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  9. yzee

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    #9 yzee, Jan 13, 2008
    The blue is a little light. Needs to be a little richer/darker/warmer.
     

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