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If the others entered & put forward suitable cars they have often been favourably received, but invited auto-entries is BIG NEWS and will I'm sure add to the appeal of FIA-GT in 2007 for Le Mans hopefuls. Great news Mariantic |
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Why are the ACO being so nice?
How strange, and potentially pointless! As B03 says they are over-subscribed. These teams could apply for an entry, if they wanted, and the ACO could accept. I suppose it is nice to be asked.
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Also gobsmacked...
Well so we might see a maserati MC-12 at LM, strange... Good news imho. Well give also entrance to supergt cars.. and we have a great full GT1 field (not being serious about the S-GT, well would love to see a bigger GT1 field, but that is just my biggest dream) |
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JMB, Freisinger and BMS Scuderia Italia definitely had invitations for the 2004 race, thanks to FIA GT success in 2003.
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These new entries will be great
http://www.the-paddock.net/content/view/240952/49/ I hope some accomidations can be made for the MC-12 to run. |
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22 Dec 2006, 21:27 (Ref:1797957) | #34 | ||
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And just a short two years ago, you've thought that the ACO was going to have a heart attack when IMSA allowed the MC12 to enter the ALMS...
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22 Dec 2006, 21:28 (Ref:1797958) | #35 | ||
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To Vitaphone still their Saleen?
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They belong to Konrad.
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Please note, the cars have not been invited, the teams were.
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So, such teams as Petersen White Lightning don't get the autoinvite, because they are running at slightly different spec.... Yet, Vitaphone gets an autoinvite for performing in a car, that isn't even homologated, and never will be homologated for an ACO race proper. Bottom Line, this stinks. The ACO stinks. |
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It is indeed contradictory, excluding PWL and including Viataphone makes no sense. Including the 2 first ACO-COMPLIANT teams would be arguable but more logical.... A slap in the face for ALMS after all their efforts to maintain a decent series IMHO.(not to remember that in 2005 3 of the 4 winners came from there...)
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22 Dec 2006, 22:07 (Ref:1797982) | #39 | ||
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Well, sound like politics...
Maybe the ACO wants to make some presure on the IMSA to use ACO rules, but the Vitaphone invitation is realy strange. What happens if Vitaphone changes the car? Is there something in the rules that the automatic entry is away if you change the car? Vitaphone Lambo, that would be great ... |
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not sure about this business of petersen and vitaphone, but i guess its out of spite the ACO not giving petersen the invite.
maybe it is done to make IMSA change their regs in all classes to the ACO's regs, although the maserati MC12 or MChammer as i like to call it, would be a great sight at lemans in 2007 afterall, it will add spice to the already rather spicy GT1 class. |
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As to the invite, any team can change to any car they like, as long as they remain in the invited class. |
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any ideas on what the FIA teams would switch to to become ACO-compliant? And would the ACO work out some kind of modifications to allow the MC12 to run at a modified setup to compete? What are the problems with the MC running, size, power/displacement, or limited construction? Not to sure about specifics but would love to see it at Le Mans next year
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Its 3cm too wide at the rear wheels.
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Exactly. That is the only problem. As far as I know Maserati have also made sufficent numbers of the car for it to be eligable, so homlogation shoudnt be a issue. Who knows though, perhaps the ACO have been watching the MC12 running in FIA GT over the course of 2006 and are going to make a announcement regarding letting the car run in some form or another? I just hope they dont try and penalise it but rather let it run in the same spec it does in FIA GT with a 180cm rear wing rather than a 200cm rear wing like the other have.
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I am pretty sure Vitaphone can use any other GT1 car to take up their entry...but the political tug of war continues between the ACO and Maserati...I say the ACO should stand firm, as Maserati have more than enough resources to make their car fit the rules - as many other teams had to when the ACO introduced the current rules...yes we may lose a Maserati from the 24 Hours but I think it is for the greater good (of having a firm govening body)
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Yes Maserati have enough recources to make the car fit the regulations but they would have to totally re homlogate the car all over again. A bit of a pointless excerise just to get a entry at Le Mans from their perspective. Especially when you consider that Maserati have a new GT1 car in the pipeline.
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Trouble is, Maserati built the car to the rules when it was made, but the rules were changed on them. How is the ACO being firm by inviting a team that ran a car all year long that isn’t even remotely close to ACO specs, but then they don’t invite a team that won an auto-invite race (PWL @ Petit) because they ran that race with a slightly larger (allowed by IMSA) restrictor? Someone please explain the reasoning there… Heck, they don’t even allow the MC12 to race in their own Le Mans Series… Quote:
But why invite a team knowing full well they've raced all year long with a car that doesn't comply with your rules? Will they have to race something other than what they've been racing (If the ACO doesn't allow some variation with the MC12)? Or forcing them to co-team with a team that does have a legal car. If they do switch cars, then just how effective will they be running a ‘different’ car? |
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I think maybe they're aiming at rewarding a team's achievments in FIA GT rather than the car they used to do it with. Still doesn't make an awful lot of sense, though.
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Its the Team not the car that get the invite. So any team that has been invited has until (and including) the 8th of Jan to decide if they want to get their hand on an ACO legal car and drop the ACO a nice fat deposit. The Invite is not for the MC12 While the debate seem to be centered on this contentious car, there are 3 other teams that have also been included, who I think will make a welcome addition to the grid. I agree its hard to understand why the ACO have chosen to offer these invites while still leaving some teams in the US out in the cold that have supported the ALMs. I see it as olive branch to try and bring some hitherto unlikey harmony to the Sportscar racing scene in Europe at least. btw, I fully epect the winner of the 07 Daytona 24hr to be offered an invite after that fine race has taken place! |
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This announcement has come completely out of the blue. Had this been the ACO's intention all along for 2007, we would have known about it long before now. A deal has clearly been struck between the two sanctioning bodies. We know what the FIAGT gets out of it, we'll just have to wait to see what the ACO gets out of it. I have my suspicions, and I don't think all the answers lie in Europe.............
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