Official LF-A(II) thread (Will debut at Tokyo Auto Show, Lexus details Oct 20th, 8pm)
05-11-08, 01:34 PM
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What race was this?
05-11-08, 03:15 PM
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Why did they have to push the car into the garage? Maybe it has no reverse in race mule form?
Anyway, looking good. Anyone know the race results?
Anyway, looking good. Anyone know the race results?
05-11-08, 04:19 PM
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I'm not sure if that was the actual race, as that doesn't happen for another two weeks or so. I think that might have been practice and/or qualifying for the 24 hour race. Either that, or this was just a small sprint race leading up to the 24 hour race.
Perhaps, or it's more likely that they simply wanted to manually guide it into the garage. There were a lot of people in that garage and space was tight, so reversing in there might have been a bad idea. Manually pushing the car in seemed like the logical thing to do. That combined with the performance of the LF-A and reversing in there could have been a dangerous undertaking.
Perhaps, or it's more likely that they simply wanted to manually guide it into the garage. There were a lot of people in that garage and space was tight, so reversing in there might have been a bad idea. Manually pushing the car in seemed like the logical thing to do. That combined with the performance of the LF-A and reversing in there could have been a dangerous undertaking.
05-11-08, 06:43 PM
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I know its not the big event. I did a search on the name in the video info box, some sort of BFGoodridge challenge. My german = non-existant and from what I was able to translate, no info appeared for the #91/Lexus LF-A car.
05-11-08, 08:16 PM
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Hopefully they will surprise us, but unfortunately at this point it looks like they will race the car with those temporary body panels.
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05-12-08, 05:46 AM
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Well, I’m fluent also in German so I found out the results of that race (Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy).
The track was 24.3 kilometers long (a combination of the “long” and the “short” Nürburgring). This is important because it means that you can’t compare lap times to those previously stated for the Nürburgring. The “LF-A team” was officially called TES Racing For Charity. Drivers were Nakaya, Kino****a and Iida.
Qualifying
TES Racing For Charity were 5th fastest in their class (SP8) with a lap time of 8 min 56 sec. Fastest of the SP8 cars was the Dodge Viper GTS-R of Zakspeed Racing GmbH (lap time 8 min 27 sec).
Race
Lexus LF-A won its class! TES Racing For Charity finished 2 laps ahead of the Chevrolet Corvette which was entered by Kissling Motorsport and 8 laps ahead of the Aston Martin Vantage that finished third.
The overall winners, a BMW Z4 driven by Bäger and Hagenmeyer (class SP7), finished 5 laps ahead of the LF-A.
One more thing… the race preview written by the organizers claims that the LF-A is powered by a 5.0 liter V8-engine.
The track was 24.3 kilometers long (a combination of the “long” and the “short” Nürburgring). This is important because it means that you can’t compare lap times to those previously stated for the Nürburgring. The “LF-A team” was officially called TES Racing For Charity. Drivers were Nakaya, Kino****a and Iida.
Qualifying
TES Racing For Charity were 5th fastest in their class (SP8) with a lap time of 8 min 56 sec. Fastest of the SP8 cars was the Dodge Viper GTS-R of Zakspeed Racing GmbH (lap time 8 min 27 sec).
Race
Lexus LF-A won its class! TES Racing For Charity finished 2 laps ahead of the Chevrolet Corvette which was entered by Kissling Motorsport and 8 laps ahead of the Aston Martin Vantage that finished third.
The overall winners, a BMW Z4 driven by Bäger and Hagenmeyer (class SP7), finished 5 laps ahead of the LF-A.
One more thing… the race preview written by the organizers claims that the LF-A is powered by a 5.0 liter V8-engine.
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05-12-08, 07:29 AM
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Thanks avensis!
What 'class' is the LF-A in? How is it defined?
What 'class' is the LF-A in? How is it defined?
05-12-08, 11:37 AM
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Well, I’m fluent also in German so I found out the results of that race (Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy).
The track was 24.3 kilometers long (a combination of the “long” and the “short” Nürburgring). This is important because it means that you can’t compare lap times to those previously stated for the Nürburgring. The “LF-A team” was officially called TES Racing For Charity. Drivers were Nakaya, Kino****a and Iida.
Qualifying
TES Racing For Charity were 5th fastest in their class (SP8) with a lap time of 8 min 56 sec. Fastest of the SP8 cars was the Dodge Viper GTS-R of Zakspeed Racing GmbH (lap time 8 min 27 sec).
Race
Lexus LF-A won its class! TES Racing For Charity finished 2 laps ahead of the Chevrolet Corvette which was entered by Kissling Motorsport and 8 laps ahead of the Aston Martin Vantage that finished third.
The overall winners, a BMW Z4 driven by Bäger and Hagenmeyer (class SP7), finished 5 laps ahead of the LF-A.
One more thing… the race preview written by the organizers claims that the LF-A is powered by a 5.0 liter V8-engine.
The track was 24.3 kilometers long (a combination of the “long” and the “short” Nürburgring). This is important because it means that you can’t compare lap times to those previously stated for the Nürburgring. The “LF-A team” was officially called TES Racing For Charity. Drivers were Nakaya, Kino****a and Iida.
Qualifying
TES Racing For Charity were 5th fastest in their class (SP8) with a lap time of 8 min 56 sec. Fastest of the SP8 cars was the Dodge Viper GTS-R of Zakspeed Racing GmbH (lap time 8 min 27 sec).
Race
Lexus LF-A won its class! TES Racing For Charity finished 2 laps ahead of the Chevrolet Corvette which was entered by Kissling Motorsport and 8 laps ahead of the Aston Martin Vantage that finished third.
The overall winners, a BMW Z4 driven by Bäger and Hagenmeyer (class SP7), finished 5 laps ahead of the LF-A.
One more thing… the race preview written by the organizers claims that the LF-A is powered by a 5.0 liter V8-engine.
05-12-08, 12:24 PM
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-> 39. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy
-> Ergebnis Klassen
It looks like the LF-A was the only car in its class that really made it to the end of the race. Lexus reliability.
A win is a win even if you are the only one to finish.
I think that the qualifying results give a better picture about the speed of the car.
http://www.vln.de/ergebnisse/2008-05-10t.pdf
05-12-08, 01:02 PM
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http://www.vln.de/rennen.php#
-> 39. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy
-> Ergebnis Klassen
It looks like the LF-A was the only car in its class that really made it to the end of the race. Lexus reliability.
A win is a win even if you are the only one to finish.
I think that the qualifying results give a better picture about the speed of the car.
http://www.vln.de/ergebnisse/2008-05-10t.pdf
-> 39. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy
-> Ergebnis Klassen
It looks like the LF-A was the only car in its class that really made it to the end of the race. Lexus reliability.
A win is a win even if you are the only one to finish.
I think that the qualifying results give a better picture about the speed of the car.
http://www.vln.de/ergebnisse/2008-05-10t.pdf
I was about to post a link I just found by myself too. It's actually easier to read than the link you provided though, as the result is sorted by class.
http://www.ts-vln.com/valuation/2008-4-classes.html
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