I am also wondering what they are going to do about the Silver/Silver pairings in GT4. Aaccording to Ratel's press conference at Spa, the only GT4 series to allow Silver/Silver combinations will be the European series, with the regional cups in Britain, France and Central Germany being strictly Pro/Am affairs.
Maybe they could keep the Silver/Silver pairings with the GT3s to prop up that field and have the stand-alone-ish series only for the Pro/Ams? Right now, there's 9 Silver/Silver pairings in GT4, so those guys plus the GT3s would already make a credible field.
If they can find another ten or so Pro/Am teams, a Pro/Am only GT4 Cup series might be viable.
The overall impression that I have, though, is that Ratel once again came up with an overly neat one-size-fits-all plan and now the local promoters are left holding the bag, trying to squeeze their series into a format that really doesn't meet their needs.
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