GT Open 2018 - Page 2

Juntos · 17 Mar 2018, 22:53 (Ref:3808675)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Brand new team RS Racing Team will do the full season with a 488 GT3 for Andrea Bertolini and Daniele De Amato

Team Owner?

Bcarr6 · 21 Mar 2018, 14:01 (Ref:3809621)

Full Season Entry no.20

HTP joins GT Open for a AM title run-

HTP Motorsport / MS Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Martin Konrad / Alexander Hrachowina

knighty · 22 Mar 2018, 08:05 (Ref:3809812)

Really interesting AMR-Prodrive article about the new 4.0L twin turbo DB11 GT racer.

https://www.pistonheads.com/features...ph-meets/37747

Utterly love the hot-V V8 motor, it would look great in the back of an LMP1 privateer car

.....and even more on DSC!!!!

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/0...-prodrive.html

fwooooaaarrrrrrr

Bcarr6 · 22 Mar 2018, 10:37 (Ref:3809843)

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Originally Posted by knighty

Really interesting AMR-Prodrive article about the new 4.0L twin turbo DB11 GT racer.

https://www.pistonheads.com/features...ph-meets/37747

Utterly love the hot-V V8 motor, it would look great in the back of an LMP1 privateer car

.....and even more on DSC!!!!

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/0...-prodrive.html

fwooooaaarrrrrrr

Not sure you meant to share this in the GT Open page

Bcarr6 · 26 Mar 2018, 11:16 (Ref:3810887)

Optimum Motorsport - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Bradley Ellis / Oliver Wilkinson

TF110 · 30 Mar 2018, 16:35 (Ref:3811968)

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Originally Posted by knighty

Really interesting AMR-Prodrive article about the new 4.0L twin turbo DB11 GT racer.

https://www.pistonheads.com/features...ph-meets/37747

Utterly love the hot-V V8 motor, it would look great in the back of an LMP1 privateer car

.....and even more on DSC!!!!

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/0...-prodrive.html

fwooooaaarrrrrrr

That's not a DB11, but an actual new Vantage. Too bad it doesn't run in GTOPEN

Bcarr6 · 3 Apr 2018, 16:16 (Ref:3812654)

Krypton Motorsport - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Mario Cordoni / Marco Zanuttini

Bcarr6 · 3 Apr 2018, 16:19 (Ref:3812655)

23 cars so far...

SPS Automotive - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Tom Onslow Cole / Valentin Pierburg
Ombra Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Fernando Rees / Damiano Fioravanti
Ombra Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - TBA / TBA
Teo Martin Motorsport - BMW M6 GT3 - Andres Saravia / TBA
Teo Martin Motorsport - BMW M6 GT3 - Marco Basso / Berto Leite
Teo Martin Motorsport - BMW M6 GT3 - TBA / TBA
Vincent Sospiri Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - TBA / TBA
Imperiale Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Giovanni Venturini / Jeroen Mul
Imperiale Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Riccardo Agostini / Rik Breukers
Imperiale Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Tong Liang / Raffaele Giammaria
Drive School - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Marcelo Hahn / Allam Khodair
Rinaldi Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Vadim Kogay / TBA
Rinaldi Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Christian Hook / Steve Parrow
Olimp Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - TBA / TBA
Olimp Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - TBA / TBA
Team Lazarus - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Miguel Ramos / Fabrizio Crestani
Luzich Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Alessandro Pier Guidi / Mikkel Mac
Luzich Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Michele Rugolo / Alexander West
Team Lazarus - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Miguel Ramos / Fabrizio Crestani
HTP Motorsport / MS Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Martin Konrad / Alexander Hrachowina
Krypton Motorsport - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Mario Cordoni / Marco Zanuttini
Optimum Motorsport - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Bradley Ellis / Oliver Wilkinson
Porteiro Motorsport - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Fernando Palazuelo / Felix Porteiro

Bcarr6 · 9 Apr 2018, 12:38 (Ref:3814383)

RS Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Daniele Di Amato / Andrea Montermini
ARC Bratislava - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Konstantins Calko / Miro Konopka

ivozet · 9 Apr 2018, 16:53 (Ref:3814462)

25 cars, but nothing @ all. Less manufacturer. No A. Martin, no Bentley, no McLaren, no Lexus. An italian gtopen base in Spain.

Only the new ETCR

Bcarr6 · 11 Apr 2018, 12:20 (Ref:3814857)

26 GT3 cars, GT Open carrying on their bounce back from low teens in 2016...

http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-con...Entry-List.pdf

Solid enough entry, 10 Huracans, so not as diverse as Blancpain or ADAC, but should make for some good racing none the less

MaskedRacer · 18 Apr 2018, 18:45 (Ref:3816409)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

26 GT3 cars, GT Open carrying on their bounce back from low teens in 2016...

http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-con...Entry-List.pdf

Solid enough entry, 10 Huracans, so not as diverse as Blancpain or ADAC, but should make for some good racing none the less

The lack of manufacturer diversity is unfortunate and it was very noticeable at Portugal. For a while in race 1 the camera was on a on track battle with 4 Lamborghinis at the same time!

A quick tip that I discovered about the Gt Open videos on youtube. If you only listen using the left side of your ear plugs. You'll get the engines only free of the commentary. I wish other series has that ability too. Commentary is good for the first time watching a race, but no commentary makes for a good reason to replay it.

Bcarr6 · 18 Apr 2018, 22:03 (Ref:3816428)

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Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

The lack of manufacturer diversity is unfortunate and it was very noticeable at Portugal. For a while in race 1 the camera was on a on track battle with 4 Lamborghinis at the same time!

A quick tip that I discovered about the Gt Open videos on youtube. If you only listen using the left side of your ear plugs. You'll get the engines only free of the commentary. I wish other series has that ability too. Commentary is good for the first time watching a race, but no commentary makes for a good reason to replay it.

Some really nice racing, your right about lack of diversity but still good to watch

Juntos · 20 Apr 2018, 22:28 (Ref:3816707)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Some really nice racing, your right about lack of diversity but still good to watch

The BoP there has the Italian teams in mind. No surprise.

tux · 6 Jun 2018, 12:08 (Ref:3827136)

Good entry for this weekends Spa round. http://www.gtopen.net/en/news/3102/2...ited-spa-round

Cioci and Griffin should be a great addition.

Bcarr6 · 6 Jun 2018, 16:19 (Ref:3827194)

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Originally Posted by tux

Good entry for this weekends Spa round. http://www.gtopen.net/en/news/3102/2...ited-spa-round

Cioci and Griffin should be a great addition.

Crazy to see Gt Open doing so well again this year after pretty awful years in '14 & '15 for grid numbers.

Speed-King · 6 Jun 2018, 17:04 (Ref:3827206)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Crazy to see Gt Open doing so well again this year after pretty awful years in '14 & '15 for grid numbers.

They're usually doing pretty well at Spa, with the track being rather attractive for one-off-entries and others practicing for the 24h.

That being said, they got solid grids at their other rounds this year as well, so they really seem to have things turned around now.

tux · 10 Jun 2018, 08:21 (Ref:3828028)

What a bizarre qualifying session, never seen so much car to car contact outside of a race.

Juntos · 10 Jun 2018, 14:10 (Ref:3828087)

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Originally Posted by tux

What a bizarre qualifying session, never seen so much car to car contact outside of a race.

You've too many nervous drivers in the grid.

MaskedRacer · 11 Jun 2018, 14:42 (Ref:3828425)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Crazy to see Gt Open doing so well again this year after pretty awful years in '14 & '15 for grid numbers.

GT Open was best around 2012-13 when GTE and GT3 ran together. I think the series should open up to GTLM cars once more A need for more diversity is needed I think. The best sprint series in GT racing today is ADAC Gt Masters. But I actually would rank GT Open ahead of Blancpain GT Sprint which is in a sorry state right now. And we all know that PWC in North America is just about dead.

Akrapovic · 11 Jun 2018, 14:45 (Ref:3828429)

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Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

GT Open was best around 2012-13 when GTE and GT3 ran together. I think the series should open up to GTLM cars once more A need for more diversity is needed I think. The best sprint series in GT racing today is ADAC Gt Masters. But I actually would rank GT Open ahead of Blancpain GT Sprint which is in a sorry state right now. And we all know that PWC in North America is just about dead.

I'd also put British GT ahead of Blancpain Sprint right now. The Sprint series is just awful this year.

Juntos · 12 Jun 2018, 00:01 (Ref:3828542)

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I'd also put British GT ahead of Blancpain Sprint right now. The Sprint series is just awful this year.

The Sprint Series level is higher than GT Open and British GT. I hope you agree with that.

tux · 13 Jun 2018, 13:03 (Ref:3828888)

Does anyone know what is different in BOP between GT Open and SRO?

Akrapovic · 13 Jun 2018, 16:14 (Ref:3828959)

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Originally Posted by Juntos

The Sprint Series level is higher than GT Open and British GT. I hope you agree with that.

It is a higher level...for drivers and teams. As a spectator, it's a significantly lower level. It's not even worth watching this year tbh.

gert · 13 Jun 2018, 16:33 (Ref:3828972)

I think part of the Blancpain sprint race problem is the tracks they run at.
Zolder, Misano, Brands Hatch ?

IMO they don't offer many overtaking possibilities.

Put drivers of comparable ability in cars of comparable capabilities (all BOP'ed) and lets them race nose-to-tail on a track with limited overtaking possibilities and what do you get?
Not that exciting races, as far as I am concerned.

In the mean time, GTOpen races at Spa, Paul Ricard, Monza and Silverstone. I think those tracks offer better opportunities for race action.

OK, I'm not convinced about Hungaroring (Blancpain Sprint goes there too) or Barcelona, and I have no idea about Estoril.

Furthermore GTOpen works with success seconds instead of BOP. A well-driven successful car is put back, but can still be the fastest and come through the pack or try to get as high up as possible.

I'm not saying everything is perfect but IMO there's a lot more action in the GTOpen races than there is in Blancpain Sprint.

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