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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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Default The Petit Le Man's question *SPOILER*

So what ever happened to the R10 at the end of the race? Why couldn't they fix the front suspension? The bodywork looked fine, so I didn't think there was any sort of collision.
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:29 PM
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Default I was watching at a bar and not paying comlete attention, but as far as I can tell...

there wasn't a specific incident that broke the suspension, it just failed.

On a related note, what caused the Guy Smith crash in the esses, suspension failure, tire, or was there oil down?
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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Default the audi had an incident with a Panoz after the last yellow flag....

it busted the control arm. The should have replaced the whole front piece, which would take around 3 min. They made a bad decision and the Doctor was pissed too.
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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Default I was down at the pits after the Audi came in....and the crew did make an attempt

to get the correct part needed but think it was so close to the end it wouldn't have made any difference.
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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the guys on speed said they could change the whole left corner in 3 minutes
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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Default They probably could...but there wasn't much time left in the race so doubt

it would have made any difference. Remember the guys on SPEED, while I think are great...aren't the techs.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Default There was other damage along with it that was not originally known, as I heard it.

Remember the year at LeMans when they changed the whole rear end of the car in about 4 min?
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