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26 Sep 2012, 18:32 (Ref:3142149) | #101 | |
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Kind of strange that MWM has made such a song and dance about this, starting their show half an hour earlier for something that has been long rumoured.
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26 Sep 2012, 18:36 (Ref:3142150) | #102 | |
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With Bentley and Jag now back in GT3 surely the ACO will have to do something to lure them in?
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26 Sep 2012, 18:40 (Ref:3142153) | #103 | |
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Yes, they did oversell it. Hopefully the Jag P1 will come to fruition and there may be a GTE Bentley in the future as they said.
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26 Sep 2012, 21:41 (Ref:3142234) | #104 | |
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Even though it's enormous, I hope that Bentley can keep up with the rest of the field!
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27 Sep 2012, 04:18 (Ref:3142323) | #105 | |
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It's reported on GTspirit.com the car weighs 1250kg. The Nissan GTR is a big car as well.
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27 Sep 2012, 12:54 (Ref:3142505) | #106 | ||
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1250KG, and 500BHP+ should work OK!
The shots are taken at Anglesey Circuit, just round the corner from Bentley in Crewe. I look forward to meeting one 'in the flesh' as it were... |
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1250kg/500hp is about where most of the cars start off anyway...who knows what BOP will do...
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27 Sep 2012, 13:12 (Ref:3142510) | #109 | ||
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Seen how massively huge gigantic the GTR GT3's rear wing is? The drag off that alone would ruin it's coefficient...
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Okay, I gave an example to not exclude a car for it's size, the road GT- R has reasonable laptimes at famous tracks,anyway we all know the GT3 GTR is not competitive enough, but the GT1 car was bloody fast!, and i would bet bigger than the bentley. Few things are bigger in motorsport than the GT1 GT-R.
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Looks great, similar to a V8 Star car. Hope someone will run one next season.
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27 Sep 2012, 14:42 (Ref:3142559) | #113 | |
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Apparently a road going Conti's door weighs 54kg, race car door weighs 7kg. That is 94kg saved through doors alone!
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28 Sep 2012, 04:50 (Ref:3142845) | #114 | |
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Wow, couple that with those seats, whatcha think those weigh? That's a good 60kg easily taken out. There's so many things that're gone it's no wonder to me it's 1250kg.
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Add to that that they have taken out the four wheel drive system.
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3 Oct 2012, 13:59 (Ref:3145736) | #116 | ||
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Good article of Endurance-info
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-13678.html |
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There will be a road going version of that Bentley too. So if you have Ā£200,000 spare and no taste, you know where to go.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/pa...al-gt3-planned |
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5 Oct 2012, 06:57 (Ref:3146454) | #118 | |
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No taste? Maybe thats your view but itd be great to see a lighter bentley. They did say the aero would be toned down.
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5 Oct 2012, 16:24 (Ref:3146677) | #119 | ||
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New car: VDS GT 001-R
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5 Oct 2012, 21:18 (Ref:3146808) | #120 | ||
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Could be the next R8 LMS ultra? the road going car has changed now!
http://audi-motorsport-blog.blogspot...photoshop.html |
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Nice photoshop, but that's all it is.
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8 Oct 2012, 14:56 (Ref:3148263) | #124 | ||
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A SLS GT3 collectors edition to celebrate 45 aniversay Mercedes-AMG branding:
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Make a GTE version already, Mercedes!
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