2013 ADAC GT Masters

[IndyMeister]

Originally Posted by IndyMeister

Kechele and Verdonck did reasonably well. But I guess they will be hoping for more rainy weekends to maximise the Ford's strength.

Lambda seems to one of the team that can't catch a break: some highlights but no sonsistency due to bad luck and technical woes.

Maybe that's the reason why Rodrive switched to Lamborghini...

[urdragon]

Quote from JRM facebook:

"JRM Racing today confirmed it will widen its 2013 racing programme as part of its on-going development of the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 for competitive GT3 use. In addition to competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series, the Daventry-based team will enter two cars into the finale of the ADAC GT Masters championship at Hockenheim, Germany, from 27 – 29 September"

[IndyMeister]

The most recent 27 car entry list features some "regulars" of the FIA GT Series:
http://www.adac-gt-masters.de/de/starterliste/

Maxi Buhk, René Rast and Dominik Baumann are not patricipating in Spain. An interesting entry is Phoenix Racing (with Enzo Ide) who seem to preffer racing at Hockenheim (maybe to keep travelling costs down; maybe to state their case against FIA/SRO BoP; maybe ...)

Both races will be broadcasted by kabel1.

[pederb]

Ollie racing GT3 Camaro

Albert is looking forward to this weekend not only because he feels confident but also to partner his new super fast teammate Oliver Gavin!

[IndyMeister]

Hockenheim was a bit difficult for the Camaro with no top ten finishes nor stellar starting spots (being a one-off entry doesn't make it easier).

SaReNi might not have convinced a lot of potential buyerscustomers with that performance. It will be interesting to see if the cheap price und the muscle car image are sufficient to sell those camaros. Hans Reiter is....

[Koenigsegg]

Originally Posted by IndyMeister

Hockenheim was a bit difficult for the Camaro with no top ten finishes nor stellar starting spots (being a one-off entry doesn't make it easier).

SaReNi might not have convinced a lot of potential buyerscustomers with that performance. It will be interesting to see if the cheap price und the muscle car image are sufficient to sell those camaros. Hans Reiter is....

Hockenheim is their best result so far. It was the first time they could run the softer tire compound like all other cars used whole season. They used to run a harder tire compound because of their 19inch wheels (all other cars have 18inch wheels). No 19inch soft tire compound where made at the other races. That's why they were at the back of the grid in all other rounds.

They also had damage in the 2nd race at Hockenheim.

[IndyMeister]

Thanks for going into detail with the Camaro's issues (I did not dare to do itbecause I wanted to make my argument as clear as possible).

Tyres and GT Masters are an issue in itself and the Camaro certainly got the worst out of it during this season. And you are right: the new tyre compound produced an improved performance at Hockenheim.
Further more: The deeper you start in the midfield the more difficult it gets to bring your car home undamaged.

But to my mind, the problem still is that customers expect a GT3-car to be right on the spot when they buy it. No matter what tyres you fit, no matter what BoP is applied, no matter what series you race in...