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Absolutely loving the GT1 series.
I'd give it 9/10. I feel like this is the BPR series all over again, but with one main improvement; balancing of the cars performance. Here are some of the other great things about this series: A place to race your old millon dollar super car GT machine that has been taking up space in the garage just because it's a couple of years old. A series where you can be competitive in that aforementioned million dollar piece of "hard rubbish", because of ongoing equalisation of performance. A place where you can feel good that the millions of dollars you've spent over the last five years on the team isn't for nothing, because no factory team is going to come in with a car that does 2 - 3 seconds a lap faster than you. (Porsche 1996) A place where if you have something that looks like a melted vanilla slice or block of cheese in the sun, then you can enter your Nissan GTR. I bet the people who are happiest with this series are the ones paying for it, and driving in it. Last edited by Splatz the Cow; 5 Aug 2010 at 06:25. Reason: Spulling |
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The series has been well run, very entertaining and well subscribed, albeit as already mentioned bolstered by a couple of obsolete, if legendary cars.
Surprised the Ford GT and Nissan are able to compete with the hitherto big hitter GT1's and separately i'm surprised Bouchut isn't at the front of the Lambo crews, as he was standout 3 years ago? I'm sure the performance balancing of mixing the old GT1's with the new was only seen as a temporary measure, which might have to become a bit more permanent for next year unless someone builds replacements especially for the MC12 and also perhaps for the DBR9? Do I hear right that Alpina are building cars for the series next year? I missed that news. Presumably they are the 6 series cars? I also hope another relatively heavyweight manufacturer endorses GT1 and enlists a specialist engineering firm to build something, hopefully Audi or Ferrari/Maserati. Also it seems to me that GT2 is struggling and GT3 seems to have lost an awful lot of cars/entrants too. Maybe the 3 categories are taking strength away from each other? I would add GT2 back into the GT1 series rename it 'FIA World GT' to create an even bigger field!! It's not traditional sportscar racing but why should it be, enduro fans have got their series so now there is something in between touring cars and sportscars for us to enjoy! |
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A 599 would make a good replacement for the MC12, but I'm not sure Ferrari would give their blessing.
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Does GT1 appeal to women?
My sister in law loves the look of the Maserati, thinks the Lamborghini is ugly, the Nissan too big and tall, and "why aren't there any (of her favourite,) Porsches?" The result is a yes vote from the fairer gender. |
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In the aspect that there is a limited pool of chassis mfgs, I would agree. That however is not new, nor an indication, "that GT-2 is struggling" as put forth. L.P. |
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Slightly OT but did Michelotto build any 575s from the ground up or did they just modify an existing car? I remember a 'Michelotto' 575 for sale a while back and it had every update ever made,it was one of the last cars to be built so I remember. |
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Ground-up, I am not sure about. Were they not the 575 GTC Evoluzione? I know the first of ? how many of the Michelotto's was chassis #20 which went directly to a collection. How many actually came out of Michelotto I am not certain, but they did not start until late 2005 and by then the Prodrive 550 was already the chosen weapon, and that not for long. L.P. Last edited by HORNDAWG; 11 Aug 2010 at 23:22. |
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Well i like it so thats all that matters to me. Its been a good season for the championship so far and with rumours of a north american race next season it will get even better. Who cares if the cars are 4-5 years old, who cars if Hindy dosnt like it, who cares that every weekend the fia are adjusting the performance of cars to keep things close. We would all miss the series if it wasnt around and im fairly sure some people who seem deadset against the series secretly watch the races
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It looks as if the #22'20' started as a N-Technology car and was Evoluzioned by Michelotto. It also seems 3 cars probably came out of Michelotto. And yes they were not built in continuous numerical sequence, but were even in #.
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It makes me wonder how many more cars in the grid GT1 could have if Larbre and the other GT1 LMS team ran in FIA and if the 550 (or a real longshot, the C5-R) was allowed to race under the new rules.
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Grosjean out and Prost in at Matech, already 9 drivers use for team Ford, thats too much
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http://www.olivergavin.com/2010/08/o...-championship/ - it was going to happen sooner or later, the statement is a thinly veiled way of showing his utter and total contempt and frustration with the slowest gentleman driver on the grid. 4 seconds a lap slower in most cases! A shame as he would have been very strong if Mika Salo had of been his teammate rather than substitute
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I think its a shame to lose such a great driver from the championship but yeah I can see his frustration at him the hare being paired with the tortoise. They should've paired him with Salo instead of Kuismanen in the first place but when one brings the money they get the drive.........
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I remember reading an interview where Kuismanen was complaining about Gavin, saying how difficult it is to set seatbelts right with him and how working with Salo was much easier Good to see Oliver go, he cannot get results with that slow grandfather.
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