FPR Pics

[Blu_butterfly17]

can be found at www.v8x.com.au
awesome!!:D

[Damian]

Mate outstanding!!!!!
As they say If looks could kill they certainly would. Can't wait to see these on the track.
Regards
Damian

[Grubby]

The car does look pretty impressive.

I didn't see any Biante Logo's on the paintwork ?


Grubby

[brchi17]

I noticed that one too Gruby. But by the same token there isn't any CC logo's on it either.

Maybe admin could clear this one up ???

I also noticed that Caltex is nowhere to be seen on the cars. I was under the impression that Caltex were going to continue their support of David Besnard. The pics of David's car show very little sponsorship on it (apart from FPV of course!!!)

May be Glenn could clear this one up for us ??? Are you there Glenn ?

I though it was interesting that all 3 cars had Castrol onthe front bar as both Lowndes & Seton have been long time Mobil men !!!

The Au's actually look quite good & the headlight treatment with the silver almost make them look like Barra's.

Can't wait to see them turn a wheel in anger on Friday.

cheers.

[Esses]

They all do look good, don't they? I find it interesting that Seton & Besnard soldier on (for the time being) with AU's, but Lowndes gets a brand new BA. Maybe CAT $ speak? The CAT paint scheme is also very clever, combining the CAT colours & "00" silver & black. I just wish it had bright yellow "eyes" , perhaps.

[brchi17]

Steve,
I think it might be all that money they paid Lowndes to come to Ford which might be on their minds.

As Besnard & Seton are on about 1/2 what they pay Lowndes (if they're lucky !!! - I think from memory, Ford gave Craig $5millon over 5 yrs) it play a big part as to why their new face of Ford get all the new toys first !!!

cheers.

[Esses]

Oh well, I should dream of that sort of money. Hey, I drive a Ford, too.

[Grubby]

Brchi17

That's a big pay cheque. ( Lowndes 5million over 5 years ) I wonder how that compares to other drivers either Ford or Holden ?

Grubby

[brchi17]

I think Lowndes is the highest paid driver with a Ford Racing contract. Ingall also signed for 5 years but I hope it wasn't as much as Lowndes as in my opinion I don't think he is as good as Lowndes.

Hopefully with all these great drivers in Ford's their true talents can shine as the Fords (as a group) have tended to have simular performance (ie SBR, BJR, DJR - except last year).

cheers.

[Glen Alexander]

I'll look into David's sponsorship, I won't see Jeff till next Tuesday, so we might see something on the track on the weekend beforehand.

[drof]

brchi 17 and to all those that want to know, CC's are doing the FPR diecast cars, they updated their site with the new cars today.

regards

Dave from Kiwiland!!

[rowdydave]

In today's Herald Sun, (Victoria) it stated that Craig would be driving under the CAT sponsorship, Seton will keep his Ford Credit sponsorship and Besnard will race under FPV only. No mention of Caltex.

Rowdydave.

[Glen Alexander]

Forgot to tell you guys this before, spoke to Jeff last night, Dave did some testing on Monday and wasn't very happy. He didn't go into what was wrong, but said not to expect much from him this weekend. I hope they sort out the bugs, he had a shocking time last year with car setup, it would be a shame for him to go through that for another year.

[Aussiecollector]

These three cars look very raceworthy, being a Die hard holden fan its hard to give cudos to the ffffFord camp but credit where credits due these cars will look great in the flesh and will look even better if they run together on the track.

Does CC have exclusive rights to all three or is this going to be another split deal like the Shell team cars.

Glenn

[Glen Alexander]

I thought I read in another thread that Biante will continue with support for Craig Lowndes. Maybe they will produce his car only out of the three.

[Leigh]

Originally posted by Grubby
I didn't see any Biante Logo's on the paintwork ?

I have a gut feeling that CC's may be doing FPR, as they only show liveries that they make. UNLESS of course FPR will become like DJR and be made by both Biante and CC's.

http://www.classiccarlectables.com.au/livery.htm

On a positive note, I have not seen any CC's markings on the cars at the GP.:)

[the_goldie]

Geez that site is ugly!!!

[Leigh]

Should try reading their forums...oldest at the top, in order of first post (not latest reply)!!!

[Damian]

Attached is a link to the V8 Supercars web site showing some photo's at the GP so far. You'll notice Greg Ritters car "00 Motorsport" is loaded up with the Biante Logos and Green eyes.
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/photogallery/photoev ent.asp?ind=M&cat=EVNT&pid=140&pnum=1&pset=CS

Regards
Damian

[brchi17]

I wonder if the reason why admin has not said anything about this car is because the contracts are either not signed, or still under negotiation.

Admin is usually pretty quick to let us know about what is comming, when they can share the info with us.

As this team was only formed on Dec 20th & announced offically in late January, I suspect that this is the case.

Admin, please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm sure we'd love to know.

cheers.:D

[Richard Poole]

Admin has not responded as he is away on business.

Official announcements will follow soon.

Has anyone seen Ritters 00 Motorsport BA?. Looks great with Biante sponsorship.

[SWRT]

The green eyed monster looks great on a BA especially with Biante logos were the Ford ones used to be.

[Ford Boy]

(cough cough) SUCK UP (cough cough)

[brchi17]

Originally posted by Richard Poole
Has anyone seen Ritters 00 Motorsport BA?. Looks great with Biante sponsorship.

I think we got a slight glimpse of this car as a back marker spun off the track.

How about posting a pics for us to see ???

Isn't there a very big Biante logo where the Ford oval used to be ???

Other than that, isn't the car basically the 2002 Green eyed monster ???

I just hope Ritter gets the equipment he needs to show his true V8 potential.

cheers.

[KiwiRallyFan]

Originally posted by brchi17

How about posting a pic for us to see ???

Isn't there a very big Biante logo where the Ford oval used to be ???


Brad,

Go to the V8Supercars link posted by Damian (above), and then find image P15922 on page 6 (link numbers under the images)