2017 GT4 European Series

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by whoopa

WooW, it looks like that the Northern GT4 is exploding now. Does this mean that GT4 is becoming to be the new GT3?

Tobias Moers, AMG President, Said that "GT4 is becoming to be the new GT3"

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/tob...e-nouveau-gt3/

[Marcel ten Caat]

Originally Posted by hondafan37

Tobias Moers, AMG President, Said that "GT4 is becoming to be the new GT3"

Exact quote: "I think a GT3 car needs professional teams, a good combination of really good am drivers and pro drivers. Cost-wise, it was always expensive to race. I think GT4 will be the new GT3."

To be honest I believe this statement was more about the level of GT4 and not so much the costs. In 2006 GT3 was started "to provide competition for more amateur racers in closer to production cars".

This is what GT4 is nowadays, whereas GT3 is nowhere near that anymore.

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by Marcel ten Caat

Exact quote: "I think a GT3 car needs professional teams, a good combination of really good am drivers and pro drivers. Cost-wise, it was always expensive to race. I think GT4 will be the new GT3."

To be honest I believe this statement was more about the level of GT4 and not so much the costs. In 2006 GT3 was started "to provide competition for more amateur racers in closer to production cars".

This is what GT4 is nowadays, whereas GT3 is nowhere near that anymore.

You are right the first GT3 were cup cars with few modifications

[NaBUru38]

GT3 and GT4 should be renamed GTR and GTS.

You know, for Stephane Ratel.

[Mitchi_S]

Originally Posted by Marcel ten Caat

This is what GT4 is nowadays, whereas GT3 is nowhere near that anymore.

GT3 has become GT1 levels of commitment and prices. Again, what was the reason the GT1 died? Oh yeah, costs ...

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Mitchi_S

GT3 has become GT1 levels of commitment and prices. Again, what was the reason the GT1 died? Oh yeah, costs ...

GT1 was a development class that encouraged factory teams though. GT3s is a BoP Class that encourages private teams. Whilst the costs of GT3 are huge, they aren't up at GT1 class levels.

[Bcarr6]

Santiloc Racing will do the Southern Cup with Greg Guilvert and Manu Rodrigues in a Cayman

[Marcel ten Caat]

GT4 European Series Northern Cup: Romain Sarazin joins Charlie Fagg at SWR for Misano.

http://gt4series.com/romain-sarazin-...ing-at-misano/

[Speed-King]

Duqueine McLaren for the FFSA series not happening after all; team focusing on LMP3:

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/bar...di-apres-midi/

[Marcel ten Caat]

Details to follow later, but 30 cars for the season opener at Misano should be possible.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by Marcel ten Caat

Details to follow later, but 30 cars for the season opener at Misano should be possible.

Any idea how many teams will do the cross-over rounds between the Northern and Southern Cups? I'm at around 5 or so right now, but I hope there'll be more than that...

[Marcel ten Caat]

Hard to say, as Misano isn't mandatory to race at in order to fight for the overall title. Brands Hatch in May, Zandvoort in August and the Nurburgring in September are.

At Misano there will be some teams from the Southern Cup though, CD Sport one of them.

And as I type this it seems 30+ is now likely ;-)

[Marcel ten Caat]

Pavel Lefterov and John-Louis Jasper in 2nd RN Vision STS Porsche:
http://gt4series.com/rn-vision-sts-c...econd-porsche/

Bianca and Eduard Anton in Sofia Car Motorsport SIN R1 GT4:
http://gt4series.com/sofia-cars-moto...or-antonanton/

[KA]

Freddie Hunt/Steven Liquorish in Brookspeed Porsche Caymans for Northern Cup
http://gt4series.com/freddie-hunt-jo...al-motorsport/

[Marcel ten Caat]

GT4 European Series Northern Cup @ Misano (33 cars)

PROsport Performance - Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 – Jörg Viebahn / Nicolaj Moller-Madsen

PROsport Performance - Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 – TBA / Kevin Rossel

PROsport Performance - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Carsten Struwe / Alessandro Giovanelli

Street Art Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 – Jerome Demay / Denis Dupont

Academy Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 – Will Moore / Matt Nicoll-Jones

Ekris Motorsport – Ekris M4 GT4 – Max Koebolt / Ricardo van der Ende

Las Moras Racing - McLaren 570S GT4 – Luc Braams / Duncan Huisman

Equipe Verschuur - McLaren 570S GT4 - TBA

Bullitt Racing - McLaren 570S GT4 – Stephen Pattrick / Andy Meyrick

Sofia Car Motorsport by BADI – SIN R1 GT4 – Bianca Anton / Eduard Anton

Sean Walkinshaw Racing - Nissan 370Z GT4 - Charlie Fagg / Romain Sarazin

Reiter Young Stars Team KTM - KTM X BOW GT4 – Eike Angermayr / Reinhard Kofler

Reiter Young Stars Team InterNetX - KTM X BOW GT4 – Mads Siljehaug / Jamie Vandenbalck

Reiter Young Stars Team True Racing - KTM X BOW GT4 – Laura Kraihamer / Cedric Freiburghaus

Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA

Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA

Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA

Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA

Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA

Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Piotr Chodzen / Antoni Chodzen

Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Paolo Meloni / Massimiliano Tresoldi

Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Romy Dall’Antonia / Giuseppe Fascicolo

Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Manuela Gostner / TBA

Sellite Racing Team - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Wojciech Lopallo / Lukasz Zielski

Allied Racing Team - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Jan Kasperlik / Tim Stupple

Brookspeed - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Steven Liquorish / Freddie Hunt

RN Vision STS - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Gabriele Piana / Razvan Umbrarescu

RN Vision STS - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Pavel Lefterov / John-Louis Jasper

HP Racing - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Wolfgang Riesch / Peter Ebner

Terting Mueskens Racing - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Daniel Rymes / Peter Terting

Autorlando Sport – Porsche 911 (997) GT4 – Dario Cerati / Maurizio Fondi

Autorlando Sport – Porsche 911 (997) GT4 – Giuseppe Ghezzi / Manuele Mengozzi

CD Sport - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Mike Parisy / Benjamin Ricci

[Bcarr6]

Originally Posted by Marcel ten Caat

GT4 European Series Northern Cup @ Misano (33 cars)



PROsport Performance - Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 – Jörg Viebahn / Nicolaj Moller-Madsen



PROsport Performance - Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 – TBA / Kevin Rossel



PROsport Performance - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Carsten Struwe / Alessandro Giovanelli



Street Art Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 – Jerome Demay / Denis Dupont



Academy Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 – Will Moore / Matt Nicoll-Jones



Ekris Motorsport – Ekris M4 GT4 – Max Koebolt / Ricardo van der Ende



Las Moras Racing - McLaren 570S GT4 – Luc Braams / Duncan Huisman



Equipe Verschuur - McLaren 570S GT4 - TBA



Bullitt Racing - McLaren 570S GT4 – Stephen Pattrick / Andy Meyrick



Sofia Car Motorsport by BADI – SIN R1 GT4 – Bianca Anton / Eduard Anton



Sean Walkinshaw Racing - Nissan 370Z GT4 - Charlie Fagg / Romain Sarazin



Reiter Young Stars Team KTM - KTM X BOW GT4 – Eike Angermayr / Reinhard Kofler



Reiter Young Stars Team InterNetX - KTM X BOW GT4 – Mads Siljehaug / Jamie Vandenbalck



Reiter Young Stars Team True Racing - KTM X BOW GT4 – Laura Kraihamer / Cedric Freiburghaus



Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA



Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA



Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA



Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA



Reiter Engineering - KTM X BOW GT4 – TBA / TBA



Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Piotr Chodzen / Antoni Chodzen



Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Paolo Meloni / Massimiliano Tresoldi



Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Romy Dall’Antonia / Giuseppe Fascicolo



Scuderia Villorba Corse - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Manuela Gostner / TBA



Sellite Racing Team - Maserati Gran Turismo MC GT4 – Wojciech Lopallo / Lukasz Zielski



Allied Racing Team - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Jan Kasperlik / Tim Stupple



Brookspeed - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Steven Liquorish / Freddie Hunt



RN Vision STS - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Gabriele Piana / Razvan Umbrarescu



RN Vision STS - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Pavel Lefterov / John-Louis Jasper



HP Racing - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Wolfgang Riesch / Peter Ebner



Terting Mueskens Racing - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Daniel Rymes / Peter Terting



Autorlando Sport – Porsche 911 (997) GT4 – Dario Cerati / Maurizio Fondi



Autorlando Sport – Porsche 911 (997) GT4 – Giuseppe Ghezzi / Manuele Mengozzi



CD Sport - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR – Mike Parisy / Benjamin Ricci

Cracking list, some of the KTM's have been filled though

[Marcel ten Caat]

Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Cracking list, some of the KTM's have been filled though

Yup, but not before the deadline for the list ;-)

[Marcel ten Caat]

The Reiter drivers:
#14 – RYS Team KTM - Eike Angermayr / Reinhard Kofler
#24 – RYS Team Holinger - Emil Westman / Samuel Sladecka
#34 – RYS Team Kiska - Jonathan Cecotto / Lenny Marioneck
#44 – RYS Team WP - Marylin Niederhauser / Naomi Schiff
#54 – RYS Team Pankl - Benjamin Mazatis / Brett Sandberg
#64 – RYS Team InterNetX - Mads Siljehaug / Jamie Vandenbalck
#74 – RYS Team True Racing - Laura Kraihamer / Cedric Freiburghaus
#84 – RYS Team TBA - Arne Hofmeister / Stephane Kox

And Ekris Motorport's new livery (and confirmation they plan to compete at Pau, Barcelona and Paul Ricard): http://gt4series.com/ekris-motorspor...r-2017-season/

[Racing Harz]

Fantastic 1. race yesterday evening

[Accident]

It was a quite good race. Much more interesting/entertaining than the BSS race in my opinion.

Hope to see some Mustangs and Camaros over there too eventually.

[Racing Harz]

Fantastic 2. race as well!

[TzeiTzei]

Race 2 was really good. The KTMs threw it away. They had a 1-2-3 about 15mins before the end. Two of them collided with each other and one passed the safety car and got black flagged.

[fergus_r]

Great races, can't wait for Round 2 at Brands.

[merak1974]

Judging from result lists (I did not see the races), the Maserati cars seem to have been a bit off pace. Any ideas why? They were quite competitive last year.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by merak1974

Judging from result lists (I did not see the races), the Maserati cars seem to have been a bit off pace. Any ideas why? They were quite competitive last year.

I think most of them are full-on amateur line-ups, so they are of course at a disadvantage vs the pro/am-teams at the front of the field.