FIA GT Round 6 - Nurburgring GP Circuit - 27-29 August

dj4monie · 24 Aug 2010, 19:31 (Ref:2749655)

The event calendar -

Free Practice 27 Aug 10:40 - 27 Aug 12:00
Pre-Qualifying 27 Aug 16:10 - 27 Aug 17:30
Qualifying 28 Aug 09:00 - 28 Aug 10:00
Qualifying Race 28 Aug 14:15 - 28 Aug 15:05
Warm-up 29 Aug 10:15 - 29 Aug 10:45
Championship Race 29 Aug 15:15 - 29 Aug 16:15

All CEST (Central Europe), use http://www.timeanddate.com/ for local time conversion.

Streaming of Free Practice, Pre-Qualifying, Qualifying and both races available at GT1TV

No EPG listing for Bloomberg and I have already contacted SRO and Bloomberg about this.

rich07 · 24 Aug 2010, 23:44 (Ref:2749749)

No second Phoenix Corvette for this round.

AndrewF31 · 25 Aug 2010, 17:43 (Ref:2750081)

And no GT3. GT3 is only back for the next round in Portimão.

Speed-King · 25 Aug 2010, 18:14 (Ref:2750104)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

And no GT3. GT3 is only back for the next round in Portimão.

Yep, but ADAC GT-Masters is there, so there will be a nice field of GT3 cars.

Abd the European GT4 series will have a shared race with Dutch GT4, so there should be close to 40 cars on track in that race and I am really looking forward to that one. I have seen only one GT4 race so far in person last year at Zolder, but that one was really quite entertaining, as are the Dutch races that are streamed on the Circuit Zandvoort website.

AndrewF31 · 25 Aug 2010, 19:26 (Ref:2750140)

so that's where Jan Lammers went to. And a troubled Ski Jumper (Sven Hannawald).

**FIRE** · 26 Aug 2010, 08:27 (Ref:2750433)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Yep, but ADAC GT-Masters is there, so there will be a nice field of GT3 cars.

Abd the European GT4 series will have a shared race with Dutch GT4, so there should be close to 40 cars on track in that race and I am really looking forward to that one. I have seen only one GT4 race so far in person last year at Zolder, but that one was really quite entertaining, as are the Dutch races that are streamed on the Circuit Zandvoort website.

Nurburgring will be the debut of the Chevrolet Camaro GT4 (entered by Equipe Verschuur).

Speed-King · 26 Aug 2010, 09:17 (Ref:2750452)

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Nurburgring will be the debut of the Chevrolet Camaro GT4

And the Lotus Evora.

AndrewF31 · 26 Aug 2010, 10:15 (Ref:2750482)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Nurburgring will be the debut of the Chevrolet Camaro GT4 (entered by Equipe Verschuur).

Is it anything like the Camaro that raced at the Daytona 24 hours? That was a beautiful looking car.

The Lotus Evora should also be nice to see.

Is there anywhere to watch the races? I think MotorsTV shows highlights but I might be wrong. The GT4 Europe website doesn't seem to have the same online streaming that GT1 and GT3 have.

Speed-King · 26 Aug 2010, 10:22 (Ref:2750486)

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Is it anything like the Camaro that raced at the Daytona 24 hours? That was a beautiful looking car.

Naw, it's pretty much the same car that races in the Continental Tire Challenge in the US: Here

AndrewF31 · 26 Aug 2010, 10:29 (Ref:2750489)

still gorgeous even without the wing.

Speed-King · 26 Aug 2010, 10:43 (Ref:2750494)

Typical Nürburgring weather:
Between 8° and 15°C and an 85% chance of rain. Forecast has been getting worse all week long. Five days ago, they said 20°C and sunny.

But then, that sounds almost nice compared to the 2°C we had at night during the 24 hours... And it's just one night of camping this time around instead of three.

Go_For_Pole · 26 Aug 2010, 13:59 (Ref:2750588)

TripleH: Alessandro Pier Guidi with Longin and Alex Muller continues with Heger. Margaritis moves over to Phoenix.

**FIRE** · 26 Aug 2010, 16:09 (Ref:2750650)

The Camaro GT4 is indeed based on the Continental Tire car. Don't know what the difference is between the original Riley car and the Verschuur GT4 car. They planned to run two cars from the start of the season but huge engine problems delayed that.

dj4monie · 26 Aug 2010, 17:40 (Ref:2750690)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

The Camaro GT4 is indeed based on the Continental Tire car. Don't know what the difference is between the original Riley car and the Verschuur GT4 car. They planned to run two cars from the start of the season but huge engine problems delayed that.

Not enough to talk about it. Mostly around fuel cells and minor safety equipment. Racing VDS in Belgium bought an ex-Grand Am Cup car (Mustang FR500).

Yakuncha · 27 Aug 2010, 14:15 (Ref:2751070)

Lots going on, mainly the exclusion of Phoenix Carsport

http://www.planetlemans.com/2010/08/...ntent=FaceBook

Yakuncha · 27 Aug 2010, 16:02 (Ref:2751107)

http://www.gt1world.com/news/article...re-qualifying- - Im in shock - Swiss Racing Team were 3rd fastest!

Speed-King · 27 Aug 2010, 16:16 (Ref:2751114)

Here's an actual pic of one of the Camaros

AndrewF31 · 27 Aug 2010, 16:51 (Ref:2751127)

I don't get why the 2nd car will not score points this race.

Wonder if we'll ever know who was the private owner who requested the return of the car? Could it be related with the big fire in Silverstone, and their worry that the car could be permanently damaged, a risk they didn't want to take?
Or a ploy by Ratatouille and the Maseratis to guarantee the championship? lol

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Here's an actual pic of one of the Camaros

Good looking Camaro.
Will have to look for the GT4 highlights on MotorsTV.

**FIRE** · 27 Aug 2010, 20:16 (Ref:2751207)

No 2nd Corvette and Hezemans injured....hmmm (okay maybe I watch to much TV

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

I don't get why the 2nd car will not score points this race.

Because teams have to enter 2 cars?

AndrewF31 · 27 Aug 2010, 21:12 (Ref:2751227)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

Because teams have to enter 2 cars?

Too many strange rules in this championship. They prefer to lose 2 cars instead of 1.
I'll focus on GT3 and GT4.

Purist · 27 Aug 2010, 21:57 (Ref:2751234)

I don't find anything weird about asking for a certain level of commitment, and providing sanctions should those conditions not be met. It's called a contract, pure and simple.

rich07 · 28 Aug 2010, 00:54 (Ref:2751263)

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Originally Posted by Purist

I don't find anything weird about asking for a certain level of commitment, and providing sanctions should those conditions not be met. It's called a contract, pure and simple.

True and reading the Planetlemans article I noticed this:

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The stewards are further informed by the team representatives that car 14 was owned by a private person who has demanded the return of the vehicle and subsequently disposed of it elsewhere. No written contract exists between the team and the private owner.

Not very smart of Phoenix to not undertake that. Any clues as to who owned the car in dispute? Was it a Hezemans owned car, maybe?

Yakuncha · 28 Aug 2010, 01:22 (Ref:2751270)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Wonder if we'll ever know who was the private owner who requested the return of the car? Could it be related with the big fire in Silverstone, and their worry that the car could be permanently damaged, a risk they didn't want to take?
Or a ploy by Ratatouille and the Maseratis to guarantee the championship? lol

Luc Alphand experianced a similar predicament last year when they lost 1 car in a transporter fire (Chassis #003), seems the rich baron who owned both cars wanted the other 1 (#004) back, hence their 2010 Le Mans cars being the Mad Croc Racing (DKR (#006)/Selleslagh (#002) ) cars.

At this rate it appears there might only be 2 C6R's in the 2011 season, unless the one unsold chassis with Pratt & Miller (#008) is bought by Phoenix Carsport (provided they run in GT1 in 2011).

For the record it appears chassis #005 is the one that has been withdrawn, the same one damaged by fire at Silverstone in May 2010

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Originally Posted by rich07

Any clues as to who owned the car in dispute? Was it a Hezemans owned car, maybe?

According to Corvettemotorsport.com they own #001, the other Phoenix run car

dj4monie · 28 Aug 2010, 06:57 (Ref:2751316)

Qualifying Stream is up
Timing and Scoring

NightStalk3r · 28 Aug 2010, 13:24 (Ref:2751394)

Race was alright, commentary was awful as usual.

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