Quote:
Originally Posted by pederb
I strongly dubt that we will see a Caddy race in FIAGT3 in Europe, but then I was 100% sure that we would have seen at least one Viper in Blancpain, either in sprint or endurance this year but no ?
|
Does Riley have a European partner that acts/could act as a distributor? If not, then perhaps that is off-putting for European teams because it would mean parts would have to be shipped in from the US as they were needed, or the team would have to spend up front for a big spares package to ensure they wouldn't have to wait for parts to be delivered.
I was surprised we didn't see more of the GT3 Vipers too. The older CC seemed pretty popular over there and I would have thought that with GT3 being the same mix of cars in every series that a team might have snatched a few up and used the fact that they were the only Vipers on the grid as a selling point to drivers/sponsors being able to stand out more than yet
another 458/SLS/Z4/R8.
I don't think we will see any Cadillacs in privateer hands either though, as much as I would like to. This seems more like a factory PWC effort than it does an effort to build and sell a GT3 car.