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2 hours isn't a problem for me (but I do prefer 3 hours) ... but the brakes limit is plain dangerous IMO.
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Two sets of carbon discs should be enough--but only just. Keep in mind that teams were doing Spa 24 on one set of steel rotors (with a change of pads). Yes, at the end of the race they were scrap, but carbon will last much longer.
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Are there going to be special rules for Spa then?
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The only difference for the technical rules for Spa relate to tyres - nothing on engines or brakes
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So not only do you have to build an engine to last 3 races, but you also have to build an engine that can survive 24 Hours of Spa plus two other races?
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If you use a 4th engine the team gets a 2 min stop and go penelty each race a 5th engine, team gets a 3 min stop and go penelty each race a 6th engine, 4 min stop and go each race 7th engine, DQ for the remander of the season. |
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I wonder if the rules change was a contributing factor for Racing Box getting into the Oreca / Saleen S7R and LMS this year?
http://www.racingbox.it/en/contenuto...hp?id_news=129 L.P. |
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Is anyone here solidly informed enough to make a list of teams moving from FIA GT to LMS? I am under the impression that there had been at least two more teams, but I'm not that well informed and forget many details.
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HORNDAWG's point might have been that it might have been easier to take the MC12 into the FIA GT then, yet they didn't.
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I think success is when you achieve what you set out to do. If that is the case for Open GT and GT3, and it seems that way, then everything's great for them.
But if the FIA GT set out to be an quasi-endurance racing series and then has to compromise along the way to a shorter format, then it is not a success anymore. The new format might be more successful in terms of retaining teams and a following and perhaps securing better TV deals than without a change, but at the same time it is not the FIA GT anymore. The question is how much something can be compromised before it loses it initial and intended identity. I'm less inclined to attend and follow the new FIA GT (except a visit to Spa), while I'm planning to attend the LMS events at Spa and Nürburgring On a side note, I wish GT3 had proper TV coverage. I'd love to see the races in full with pit coverage and pre-race shows. In my opinion GT3 is one of the most exciting things to happen in a while (even if it's currently at risk to become somewhat of a corporate victim), as I immediately stated on RSC on several occasions as soon as the series was announced, and find the lack of pan-european coverage rather disappointing. |
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If you make GT1 a poor class then you can drop it for lack of support, promote GT2 to the front and add GT3 to make up the field, this is where I came in I think!
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Sounds good to me. GT1 cars are fantastic, but unnecessarilly complex. I've got a bit sick of reading how unlike their road counterparts they are. Seems a bit pointless really. GT2s with more power (and maybe two classes based on engine size - 4 litres/8 litres?) would be much better IMO. After all, most people couldn't really tell a GT1 and a GT2 apart unless they knew what they were looking at.
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Ditching GT1 would be a big mistake IMO. As things are there are more than enough cars racing in the class to justify keeping it. GT2 is a great class but the cars just dont have that wow factor that the GT1's have, given the choice of seeing a MC12 or Saleen S7R race for the lead of a race or a Ferrari 430 or Porsche 997 GT3 RSR I would choose the MC12 and S7R every time.
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