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Ortelli won't make LM
« on: May 27, 2008, 05:12:55 pm »
Stephane Ortelli won't be fit for the race  :( and willl be replaced in the Oreca Courage by Simon Pagenaud.

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Re: Ortelli won't make LM
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2008, 05:31:08 pm »
Jamie Campbell-Walter won't be fit either after his accident at Monza.

http://www.creationsport.co.uk/news/2008/PR026/PR026.html

Shame that both are going to miss the race.
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Re: Ortelli won't make LM
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2008, 05:56:23 pm »
Stephane Ortelli won't be fit for the race  :( and willl be replaced in the Oreca Courage by Simon Pagenaud.

http://www.ayari.com:80/newsletter.php

What a novelty, Oreca naming another yet Frenchman as their driver. :(  They are as bad as miserable Henri P and his bunch of garlic noshers. Surely there has to be somebody better qualified than that?
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Re: Ortelli won't make LM
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2008, 08:16:30 pm »
Shame for Ortelli though. He stood chatting to a few of us one year (maybe at Sebring??) and came across as just a plain nice guy...

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Re: Ortelli won't make LM
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2008, 11:12:45 pm »
Stephane Ortelli won't be fit for the race  :( and willl be replaced in the Oreca Courage by Simon Pagenaud.

http://www.ayari.com:80/newsletter.php

What a novelty, Oreca naming another yet Frenchman as their driver. :(  They are as bad as miserable Henri P and his bunch of garlic noshers. Surely there has to be somebody better qualified than that?
He must be ok as a driver otherwise De Ferran wouldn't have picked him to drive his new Acura in the ALMS

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Re: Ortelli won't make LM
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2008, 12:26:14 am »
Shame for Ortelli though. He stood chatting to a few of us one year (maybe at Sebring??) and came across as just a plain nice guy...

It was at Spa Geoff. The year we stayed with DfH at the Youth Hostel.

He had lots of time for the fans, and when the team tried to call him in he told them to wait because he was talking to us!  ;D

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Re: Ortelli won't make LM
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2008, 02:25:41 pm »
He's one of the nice guys.  In fact you've reminded me that somewhere, I have a poster signed by him from Spa last year that goes with a photograph of him signing it.  Must hook it out for the auction.