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Offline Werner

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Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« on: April 02, 2007, 07:03:24 pm »
Hi all,

today hgb and I visited Kruse Motorsport, convenient for me as it is in my home town Cologne, the ride for Hansgerd was a little bit longer. Team Manager Kai Kruse is a nice bloke, it was a pleasure to talk to him and we also had a look in his workshop at the brand new Pescarolo LMP2 chassis, which arrived just a couple of days ago. Actually this was a CA guide research trip: hgb and I will write a chapter for our CA Le Mans guide about the Kruse Team and their effort for Le Mans 2007, so more to follow when the guide is finished. Attached are 2 pics from this afternoon:



Hansgerd (left) and Kai Kruse



Working on the new chassis

Cheers

Werner
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2007, 03:42:46 pm »
Careful now, you might end up working for them! ;D
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2007, 03:56:05 pm »
A great idea Werner. An article about a smaller team's preperation for Le Mans. IMO a lot more interesting than reading about Audi and the like yet again in the motorsport mags.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2007, 05:49:52 pm »
Quote from: Pieter on April 03, 2007, 03:42:46 pm
Careful now, you might end up working for them! ;D

No risk at present, my customers keep me really busy ;D
Pieter, a question: I've asked Paddy already last year to write a short report about RfH and their preparation for Le Mans 2007 for the CA guide, but actually now you seem to be the logical choice for this. Do you have the time for this? If so, best coordinate with Paddy, I don't know what he has done already

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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2007, 05:53:02 pm »
Quote from: BOB U on April 03, 2007, 03:56:05 pm
A great idea Werner. An article about a smaller team's preperation for Le Mans. IMO a lot more interesting than reading about Audi and the like yet again in the motorsport mags.

Yes, I agree. And my sympathy was always with the underdogs anyway. I'll try do get some sort of "Support your local Le Mans Team" campaign on its way in my hometown.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2007, 07:42:56 pm »
Quote from: Werner on April 03, 2007, 05:49:52 pm
Quote from: Pieter on April 03, 2007, 03:42:46 pm
Careful now, you might end up working for them! ;D

No risk at present, my customers keep me really busy ;D
Pieter, a question: I've asked Paddy already last year to write a short report about RfH and their preparation for Le Mans 2007 for the CA guide, but actually now you seem to be the logical choice for this. Do you have the time for this? If so, best coordinate with Paddy, I don't know what he has done already

Cheers

Werner
That shouldn't be a problem, pm me the details.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2007, 08:09:36 pm »
Quote from: Pieter on April 03, 2007, 07:42:56 pm
That shouldn't be a problem, pm me the details.

Pieter, you've got pm
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2007, 10:05:06 pm »
Very interested to read the impending chapter. Did you find out much about how they are financing things? Often wonder how the smaller teams do it, I mean there can't be that much sponsorship floating about.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2007, 12:45:47 am »
Quote from: Dobbo on April 03, 2007, 10:05:06 pm
Very interested to read the impending chapter. Did you find out much about how they are financing things? Often wonder how the smaller teams do it, I mean there can't be that much sponsorship floating about.

Yes, some of the smaller teams actually don't survive on sponsorships, often there is  a donor behind that, sometimes someone e.g. just buys a car, drives it and hires a team for all the logististics and maintenance.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2007, 03:06:40 pm »
sound's very interesting alright looking forward to reading that on my way to Leman this year, any idea on when they plan to give the car it's first run in anger!!
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2007, 12:23:44 am »
We ought to adopt a team (I thought we had, a certain Dutch outfit)  Few deserve our support

I thought Pescalolos were LMP1, not 2.  Is it a dash for cash?
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2007, 02:39:45 pm »
Quote from: Lorry on April 07, 2007, 12:23:44 am
I thought Pescalolos were LMP1, not 2.  Is it a dash for cash?

You can buy both (LMP1 and LMP2) from Henri Pescarolo. Kai Kruse told me that the LMP2 Pescarolo chassis is not very much different from the LMP1 version which is not surprising from my point of view. Looking at the reglement you'll find that maximum height, width and length are actually the same for LMP1 and LMP2 class. Kruse will even run the same bodywork (with just a few modifications) as Pescarolo ran last year in LMP1.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2007, 10:12:33 pm »
Quote from: Lorry on April 07, 2007, 12:23:44 am
We ought to adopt a team (I thought we had, a certain Dutch outfit)  Few deserve our support


I'm backing Shorty.  He deserves some recognition and success at LM.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2007, 10:25:15 pm »
I'm hoping that this year will be shortys, or Jan's. Couldn't give a monkeys about spending for germany though.
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Re: Visit at Kruse Motorsport
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2007, 01:49:09 pm »
Why not put the Club Arnage logo on Jan's car?  :angel:
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