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LM P1 - 9 LM P2 - 9 DPi - 9 LM P3 - 3 LM GTE-PRO - 9 LM GTE-AM - 3 GT3 - 0 (SRO already took care of this) 2) LM P1 - no LM P2 - no DPi - no LM P3 - no LM GTE-PRO - no LM GTE-AM - no GT3 - N/A Apart from the huge amount of cars in GT3, there are no other classes that can actually sustain a race with healthy double-figure entries on their own (maybe apart from LMP3). Multiclass or nothing, sportscar racing at high level has always been multiclass. |
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1) Would you be interested in watching an ACO race where this class was the headliner category (above other slower categories, whatever they are) - YES/NO
LM P1 - Yes LM P2 - Yes DPi - Yes LM P3 - Yes LM GTE-PRO - Yes LM GTE-AM - Yes GT3 - Yes 2) Would you be interested in watching an ACO race where this class was the sole category racing on track - YES/NO LM P1 - No LM P2 - No DPi - No LM P3 - No LM GTE-PRO - Yes LM GTE-AM - Yes GT3 - Yes For Q1 - most of these series already exist. WEC, ELMS, IMSA, Le Mans Cup. The only one that doesn't is GTE as the top, but we do see that in IMSA GT only races and as a proof of concept it works. GT3 obviously has the entire SRO catalog proving it works. For Q2 - Prototypes on track on their own car be quite dull. Might as well watch single seaters at that point. The big draw of prototype racing for me is multi-class as it adds something completely different to the mix. GT racing is a bit different because it can become big touring car races. |
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On scale of 0 to 10, how would you describe your level of interest for each of these ACO properties for the 2018(-19) season:
FIA World Endurance Championship 10 European Le Mans Series 9 Michelin Le Mans Cup 3 Asian Le Mans Series 6 Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup 3 ELMS still have some special atmosphere, while AsLMS provides some teams and drivers. Nevertheless, sometimes it's too much racing going on and I think some series are interesting only to compete in or cheer for you relatives or friends, who are at the wheel. Spa 6 Hours (2018-19) 10 Le Mans 24 Hours (2018-19) 10 Silverstone 6 Hours (2018) 9 Fuji 6 Hours (2018) 10 Shanghai 6 Hours (2018) 8 Sebring 1500 Miles (2019) 10 LM P1 10 LM P2 5 LM P3 2 LM GTE-PRO 10 LM GTE-AM 3 I'm not a Drivers' Championship fan as it has to be a monoclass to get the really best of the best. So I do not understand the whole concept of LMP2 with different chassis and attention upon drivers rather that cars. The same goes to LMP3. No engineering evolution - no interest, as I have no friends who compete there. |
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Alright so now that we know the entry lists and more of the calendars and Alonso effect (if exists) and all that jazz, let me slightly modify the original questions - and this time I am also including IMSA and some other smaller things because everything here is kind of related
So I have the list of events/happenings right here. Put the following grade you think describes your interest for following (however it is you might do) the said events next to them A = I cannot for the world to miss this, it's my life! B = I'm plenty interested in this C = I'm moderately interested in this D = If I have time / particular mood I might follow it... or not, it doesn't really matter F = I couldn't care less whether this event exists or not So for example: RD2. Sebring 12 Hours B If you don't care about any of the events of series X you can just put F next to the series name and remove the events ------------------------------------------------- FIA WEC RDXa. ACO Press Conference (Entry Announcement) RDXb. WEC Prologue Paul Ricard RD1. Spa 6 Hours RDXc. Le Mans Test Day RD2. Le Mans 24 Hours RD3. Silverstone 6 Hours RD4. Fuji 6 Hours RD5. Shanghai 6 Hours RDXd. ACO Press Conference 2019 (Entry Announcement) RD6. Sebring 1500 Miles 2019 RD7. Spa 6 Hours 2019 RDXe. Le Mans Test Day 2019 RD8. Le Mans 24 Hours 2019 ELMS RDX. Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test RD1. Paul Ricard 4 Hours RD2. Monza 4 Hours RD3. Red Bull Ring 4 Hours RD4. Silverstone 4 Hours RD5. Spa 4 Hours RD6. Portimao 4 Hours LE MANS CUP RDX. Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test RD1. Paul Ricard 2 Hours RD2. Monza 2 Hours RD3. Road to Le Mans 2x55 Min RD4. Red Bull Ring 2 Hours RD5. Spa 2 Hours RD6. Portimao 2 Hours ASLMS RD1. Shanghai 4 Hours RD2. Fuji 4 Hours RD3. Buriram 6 Hours 2019 RD4. Sepang 4 Hours 2019 IWTSC RDXa. Roar Before the Rolex 24 RD1. Daytona 24 Hours RDXb. Sebring Winter Test RD2. Sebring 12 Hours RD3. Long Beach (split) 1h 40 Min RD4. Mid-Ohio 2h 40 Min RD5. Detroit (split) 1h 40 Min RD6. Watkins Glen 6 Hours RD7. Mosport 2h 40 Min RD8. Lime Rock (split) 2h 40 Min RD9. Road America 2h 40 Min RD10. Virginia (split) 2h 40 Min RD11. Laguna Seca 2h 40 Min RD12. Petit Le Mans 10 Hours RDXc. Sebring Encore (some past events included I know so just put there what you already experienced with them) |
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FIA WEC RDXa. ACO Press Conference (Entry Announcement) B RDXb. WEC Prologue Paul Ricard B RD1. Spa 6 Hours B RDXc. Le Mans Test Day B RD2. Le Mans 24 Hours A RD3. Silverstone 6 Hours C RD4. Fuji 6 Hours C RD5. Shanghai 6 Hours C RDXd. ACO Press Conference 2019 (Entry Announcement) B RD6. Sebring 1500 Miles 2019 A RD7. Spa 6 Hours 2019 C RDXe. Le Mans Test Day 2019 C RD8. Le Mans 24 Hours 2019 A ELMS RDX. Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test D RD1. Paul Ricard 4 Hours D RD2. Monza 4 Hours D RD3. Red Bull Ring 4 Hours F RD4. Silverstone 4 Hours F RD5. Spa 4 Hours F RD6. Portimao 4 Hours F LE MANS CUP RDX. Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test F RD1. Paul Ricard 2 Hours F RD2. Monza 2 Hours F RD3. Road to Le Mans 2x55 Min C RD4. Red Bull Ring 2 Hours F RD5. Spa 2 Hours F RD6. Portimao 2 Hours F ASLMS RD1. Shanghai 4 Hours F RD2. Fuji 4 Hours F RD3. Buriram 6 Hours 2019 F RD4. Sepang 4 Hours 2019 F IWTSC RDX. Roar Before the Rolex 24 F RD1. Daytona 24 Hours C RDX. Sebring Winter Test F RD2. Sebring 12 Hours D RD3. Long Beach (split) 1h 40 Min F RD4. Mid-Ohio 2h 40 Min F RD5. Detroit (split) 1h 40 Min F RD6. Watkins Glen 6 Hours F RD7. Mosport 2h 40 Min F RD8. Lime Rock (split) 2h 40 Min F RD9. Road America 2h 40 Min F RD10. Virginia (split) 2h 40 Min F RD11. Laguna Seca 2h 40 Min F RD12. Petit Le Mans 10 Hours F RDX. Sebring Encore F |
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RDXa. ACO Press Conference (Entry Announcement) C RDXb. WEC Prologue Paul Ricard B RD1. Spa 6 Hours B RDXc. Le Mans Test Day B RD2. Le Mans 24 Hours A RD3. Silverstone 6 Hours B RD4. Fuji 6 Hours B RD5. Shanghai 6 Hours B RDXd. ACO Press Conference 2019 (Entry Announcement) C RD6. Sebring 1500 Miles 2019 A RD7. Spa 6 Hours 2019 B RDXe. Le Mans Test Day 2019 B RD8. Le Mans 24 Hours 2019 A ELMS RDX. Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test D RD1. Paul Ricard 4 Hours B RD2. Monza 4 Hours B RD3. Red Bull Ring 4 Hours B RD4. Silverstone 4 Hours B RD5. Spa 4 Hours B RD6. Portimão 4 Hours B LMC RDX. Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test F RD1. Paul Ricard 2 Hours D RD2. Monza 2 Hours D RD3. Road to Le Mans 2x55 Min C RD4. Red Bull Ring 2 Hours D RD5. Spa 2 Hours D RD6. Portimao 2 Hours D AsLMS RD1. Shanghai 4 Hours D RD2. Fuji 4 Hours D RD3. Buriram 6 Hours 2019 D RD4. Sepang 4 Hours 2019 D IMSA RDX. Roar Before the Rolex 24 D RD1. Daytona 24 Hours A RDX. Sebring Winter Test D RD2. Sebring 12 Hours A RD3. Long Beach (split) 1h 40 Min B RD4. Mid-Ohio 2h 40 Min B RD5. Detroit (split) 1h 40 Min B RD6. Watkins Glen 6 Hours A RD7. Mosport 2h 40 Min B RD8. Lime Rock (split) 2h 40 Min C RD9. Road America 2h 40 Min B RD10. Virginia (split) 2h 40 Min C RD11. Laguna Seca 2h 40 Min B RD12. Petit Le Mans 10 Hours A RDX. Sebring Encore F |
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I appreciated your query helgi, but I can't do each race. Too long. I can grade series by my interest though.
A IMSA Weathertech B WEC (so far but it can go down), Blancpain GT C Other Euro/North Am GT3 Series and races(N24, ADAC, GT Op, PWC) D Japan/Asia GT series; CTSCC F ELMS, Le Mans Cup, Prototype challenge |
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