: Something similar seems to take place at LeMans. I heard that the
: front engine Corvette might be replaced
: by a midengine car in the near future.

Werner,

Change is what we all love to hate about racing. I am old enough to remember the old timers who hated to see the roadsters go at Indy and later the prototypes come to Le Mans. The haters will hate the praying mantis look of today's F-1 cars and say they don't like the sound of the engines. But...in the end...without change...the world of motorsport and the world of watches would be pretty boring. I love my manual wind chronographs but what would life be without an automatic or two.

JohnCote