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Old 28 Nov 2017, 06:14 (Ref:3783697)   #51
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Correct Tourer.

AGP to kick off the calendar provides great visibility at Australia's largest motorsport event. SMP with V8SC as support and then headlining at The Bends, PI and Sandown gives good balance across the season.

Less is more in 2018
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Correct Tourer.

AGP to kick off the calendar provides great visibility at Australia's largest motorsport event. SMP with V8SC as support and then headlining at The Bends, PI and Sandown gives good balance across the season.

Less is more in 2018
how is less more?

and do you have a source for your feedback, will assume its just made up if you dont have one
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Old 28 Nov 2017, 09:48 (Ref:3783726)   #53
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before we had one class of similar cars, now we have mulitple classes of varying speed cars, we have more cars, but the quality has reduced due to varying speeds of cars,
Class racing works for Le Mans, was a staple of the FIA GT Championship, and it was a staple of the ATCC and the Bathurst 1000 for over 30 years

Nothing wrong with different classes and varying car speeds, it makes it more interesting for me, so i'm glad it's adopted in AGT

I'm not a fan of mixing sprint races with endurance races in any series though, keep them separate in my opinion.

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Where can we find this feedback DRT? I assume its somewhere freely available.
Tony Quinn addressed all those issues a number of times this year in interviews on the Inside Supercars podcast
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Old 19 Dec 2017, 08:31 (Ref:3788020)   #54
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Not quite sure if this is the place, however

AMRS announces technical details for GT category

GT Lites 2018 Calendar

Apr 6-8 Mallala
Jun 8-10 Morgan Park
Jul 7-8 Winton TBC
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Soooo... Bairdo is doing the full season?
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Old 19 Feb 2018, 02:31 (Ref:3802269)   #57
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STM to enter two Mercedes in Australian GT for 2018
Scott Taylor has announced that he will pilot one of two Mercedes-AMG GT3s which his team will enter in this year’s Australian GT Championship.

https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/02/19...australian-gt/
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Soooo... Bairdo is doing the full season?
Enduros only according to this

So 2 STM cars. Anyone else?
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So 2 STM cars. Anyone else?
You would imagine Tony Quinn will have a car or 2. MPC, Hackett, YNA, SRM, Talbot/Walkinshaw, Walls, Twigg, Manolias, Zagame, Bates etc

Miedecke Motorsports were advertising for a mechanic for the GT3 car last week which is a good sign.
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You would imagine Tony Quinn will have a car or 2. MPC, Hackett, YNA, SRM, Talbot/Walkinshaw, Walls, Twigg, Manolias, Zagame, Bates etc

Miedecke Motorsports were advertising for a mechanic for the GT3 car last week which is a good sign.
Miedecke are selling the AM aren't they? Does Walky still have the Porker?

Scudd and MacPherson gone. Twigg is in CC so would have to do double duty if he is in GT. As will Storey, Evans, Miles. And you are scraping the barrell using Manolias as an example of a shining light
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And you are scraping the barrell using Manolias as an example of a shining light
Isn't Manolias effectively the works Lambo entry?
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Miedecke are selling the AM aren't they? Does Walky still have the Porker?
http://www.supercars.com/news/champi...-united-plans/

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Scudd and MacPherson gone. Twigg is in CC so would have to do double duty if he is in GT. As will Storey, Evans, Miles. And you are scraping the barrell using Manolias as an example of a shining light
You may see Macpherson moonlight in the Porsche throughout the season.

Scraping the bottom of the barrell?? He either turns up or he doesn't - wasn't your question about who would turn up with STM rather than conversations of performance capability?

You can also add Dylan O'Keefe in the HSY Audi for MPC

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Scraping the bottom of the barrell?? He either turns up or he doesn't - wasn't your question about who would turn up with STM rather than conversations of performance capability?
While this is true, I was being a little facetious with my comment

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Effectively a works driver, maybe, effectively a good example of someone running AusGT, no.
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Bates makes Audi switch for GT return

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Great to see Tony back especially after his accident last year.

Has raced an Aston Martin, Mercedes and now and Audi in 12 months. Not a bad gig
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https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/02/26...s-gt-comeback/

Erebus Motorsport has commenced discussions with several manufacturers including Bentley as it looks to make a return to GT racing.

The Melbourne squad has been longing to rejoin the GT3 scene having been absent since contesting the 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour with a pair of Mercedes SLS GT3s.

In a bid to resurrect its GT racing roots the team is currently involved in talks with number of brands as it seeks to acquire new GT3 race cars.
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Erebus Motorsport has commenced discussions with several manufacturers including Bentley as it looks to make a return to GT racing.

The Melbourne squad has been longing to rejoin the GT3 scene having been absent since contesting the 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour with a pair of Mercedes SLS GT3s.

In a bid to resurrect its GT racing roots the team is currently involved in talks with number of brands as it seeks to acquire new GT3 race cars.
I got the impression they are aiming for 2019, although it wasnt clear.

but im guessing ist a bit late now if they dont have cars in place at least for the first few rounds (round 3 is just over two months away)
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Word floating around is that Round 1 at the Australian Grand Prix is over subscribed with entries. Hopefully some of this momentum and competitors continue into the rest of the season
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Word floating around is that Round 1 at the Australian Grand Prix is over subscribed with entries. Hopefully some of this momentum and competitors continue into the rest of the season
how many cars will that mean?

F1 race winner to contest Aus GT at Albert Park

i expect to be early enough to watch this race at the track

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Pretty impressive drawcard for the event and Australian GT.

I am not sure of grid density however one would imagine it would it around the 40 car mark. So a decent spectacle - hopefully plenty of green flag running.
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Pretty impressive drawcard for the event and Australian GT.

I am not sure of grid density however one would imagine it would it around the 40 car mark. So a decent spectacle - hopefully plenty of green flag running.
Ive looked at the Aust Gt website and it is suggesting up to 30 cars, although i would think this may be more marketing than official. (for the record 29 last year). In theory also includes trophy cars

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30 it is then!

Great news for round 1 of the Australian GT. Good to see to Marranello back out after they were MIA at the Bathurst 12 hour

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Great news for round 1 of the Australian GT. Good to see to Marranello back out after they were MIA at the Bathurst 12 hour
definitely and with a quick driver. would think they are favorites,
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Australian GT confirms AGP sprint format

so same format as last years gP, which IMO is good

Pros in Race 1&3, Ams in 2&4

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