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Pratt & Miller expecting to hit their 2 year, 20 car delivery target.
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Yeah I read that article too. Chevrolet Corvettes in GT WC Europe in 2025 me thinks :-) Fingers crossed for N'Ring 24 too. DTM also would be awesome.
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From what I have seen so far these customer Corvettes are utter garbage, one team has dumped and run, and a few others are seemingly all at sea, even TF Sport are struggling in WEC and they are a damn good team, seems to me the Mustang is a better bet for hitting the ground running.
The Factory cars seems perfectly fine, obviously.... strange that. |
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So basically a works car then!! I dont really see a difference unless you want to be pedantic, either way those cars are quick the customer stuff so far has been not much to shout about, so much so a few have dumped them, and that has to be a worry.
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That is not a great start for a new programme though is it? However much of a prima donna he is!
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I think really when you see a factory car doing exceptionally well out the box, and the customer cars being little better than backmarkers, I would be very concerned, BMW, Porsche Ferrari et al dont seem top have the same issue. Even in Hypercar!!
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I think the issue is that the customer cars so far have been so far away from the factory ones, OK there are not stacks of them.
These guys should know what they are doing no? They have been building Corvettes for decades and have made the factory car very quick, if even pro teams cannot get a handle on them, yes it could be the drivers, but it also suggests the car is either very poor or very difficult to set up. Was listening to Pittard yesterday talking about this very thing, he drove the 296 and the 911 last year and said both were very much harder to drive whereas the Aston he is in now is easier, making a car easier to drive helps everyone, not just the amateurs you know. And Corvette surely should be able to manage this? |
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All one can hope for is that Corvette will have proper customer racing support network in Europe once they really start selling cars. If not, why would a team even consider a Corvette for a European program.
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Iron Dames have withdrawn from the Spa 24H in the wake of Bovy's crash at Watkins Glen.
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Boo! Seriously, couldn't they hire another driver?
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Yeah i was surprised at that tbh. Even if it meant that they needed to move classes.
Anyway, if the weather forecast is correct then it looks like we may have yet another endurance race affected by weather. Hopefully the Saturday night/Sunday morning forecast is not accurate Last edited by v8supes; 26 Jun 2024 at 17:41. |
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I am sure someone like Lilou, Kat Legge would jump at the chance.
Furthermore for this weekend I actually enjoy GT4 more, and would like to see the grid of maybe 40-45 GT3 and then a multiclass element of maybe 20-25 GT4 teams. It would make for more jeopardy and also add in that factor of lapping. I have never understood why SRO does not do this, it works well in Brit GT at a much lower standard of driver, and in the endurance races at tracks that can contain that grid size I see no reason why it could not be done? DO GT$ have any long distance races in this series? |
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Brad Schumacher (#38 HAAS RT Audi R8) has had to withdraw from the Spa 24H after being diagnosed with Epstein-Barr Virus.
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Pin is not back to full strength after a training incident. She missed Le Mans. Since then has done shorter F1 Academy/FRECA races, but not endurance events.
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