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Old 20 Nov 2016, 09:01 (Ref:3689663)   #101
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It's difficult to define factory team/works team.
As for Nissan, Nissan is managing NISMO directly.
So NISMO is a factory team in name and in reality.
But in Honda, Team MUGEN and Team Kunimitsu are independent team/company. (MUGEN isn't a subsidiary company of Honda.)
Therefore they are the works teams which means that they get 1st treatment from Honda.
Then how about Lexus or Toyota GT500 one ?

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Old 20 Nov 2016, 09:05 (Ref:3689664)   #102
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Good question.
In Toyota, there are no official works teams at all.
However, Team Tom's can get a 1st treatment by substance.
This is based on the results in the past solely.

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Old 20 Nov 2016, 09:52 (Ref:3689670)   #103
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@Japanese Samurai (sorry i m not urging you , you share your thought for us)

In conclusion, all Lexus GT500 team are all privateer team or semi works team .

For Nissan , Kondo Racing is privateer team and the rest of Nissan team are semi work team except Nismo .

As Honda, Only, Team Mugen and Team Kunimitsu are works team or semi-work teams and other Honda team is privateer team right???

Speaking about ARTA , ARTA is the privateer team or semi work team for Honda team right???
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Old 20 Nov 2016, 10:31 (Ref:3689679)   #104
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Very very difficult problem!

In my opinion, there are no pure privateer teams in GT500 class.
It's because they get great financial support from 3 manufacturers more or less.

For example, all Nissan GT500 drivers have a contract with NISMO.
NISMO send them to all Nissan GT500 teams.

Team Bandoh (#19) calls itself privateer.
However, according to Juichi Wakisaka, they get financial support equal to other Lexus teams since 2014.

So I think all GT500 teams are at least semi-works team.
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Old 20 Nov 2016, 11:38 (Ref:3689687)   #105
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Team Bandoh (#19) spent 700,000,000 yen as GT500 participation budget by 2011-2013 (including chassis/operation cost) in privateer era, according to Autosport magazine.
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Old 21 Nov 2016, 09:28 (Ref:3689904)   #106
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Kohei Hirate is making LC500 seat for 2017 at TRD today.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNDxKUdhzMW/
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Old 21 Nov 2016, 12:34 (Ref:3689925)   #107
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About "works team" definition,
Team Studie (#9) BOB Suzuki says on his blog that works team status doesn't mean BMW pays total budget.
http://lineblog.me/studiebob/archives/9243285.html
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Old 21 Nov 2016, 14:52 (Ref:3689953)   #108
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About "works team" definition,
Team Studie (#9) BOB Suzuki says on his blog that works team status doesn't mean BMW pays total budget.
http://lineblog.me/studiebob/archives/9243285.html
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It means that BMW pay half of the total budget and Team Studie is responsible to pay other half of the total budget right???
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Old 21 Nov 2016, 15:03 (Ref:3689955)   #109
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I don't know the breakdown of the sponsor money.
What he means is that the works team also needs a sponsor!
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Old 21 Nov 2016, 16:53 (Ref:3689977)   #110
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Interesting news.
Saitama Toyopet (Toyota dealership) will participate in Sepang 12h race by Mercedes (!) GT3 car.
There was a rumor that Saitama Toyopet will participate in GT300 class by Mark-X Mother chassis car next season.
They might use Mercedes GT3 car (AMG GT3?) for GT300 class next season.
http://www.sepang12hours.com/newsitem.php?key=28
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Old 21 Nov 2016, 17:09 (Ref:3689981)   #111
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Interesting news.
Saitama Toyopet (Toyota dealership) will participate in Sepang 12h race by Mercedes (!) GT3 car.
There was a rumor that Saitama Toyopet will participate in GT300 class by Mark-X Mother chassis car next season.
They might use Mercedes GT3 car (AMG GT3?) for GT300 class next season.
http://www.sepang12hours.com/newsitem.php?key=28
Sorry. They seems to use SLS GT3. So GT300 participation is unlikely.
http://www.sepang12hours.com/results...inal%20Results
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Old 22 Nov 2016, 02:51 (Ref:3690100)   #112
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Doesn't rule out the possibility of using a different car in GT300 next season, though. Just means they're using a Mercedes SLS in Sepang. (More than likely, because Shogo Mitsuyama and his Adenau garage are on the team in Sepang.) It does seem odd for a team representing a Toyota dealership to run something that isn't a Toyota or a Lexus, but hey, that's racing™

APR, JLOC, HubAuto, GreenBrave all have a tall task ahead of them to win that race though. Audi and Porsche look unbeatable.
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Old 22 Nov 2016, 12:58 (Ref:3690200)   #113
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CK Holdings Co., Ltd. (an investment fund) officially announces the commencement of tender offer bid of Calsonic Kansei today.
In a word, Calsonic will leave the Nissan group.
Calsonic livery of Team IMPUL (#12) wouldn't be seen any more.
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Old 22 Nov 2016, 13:30 (Ref:3690208)   #114
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CK Holdings Co., Ltd. (an investment fund) officially announces the commencement of tender offer bid of Calsonic Kansei today.
In a word, Calsonic will leave the Nissan group.
Calsonic livery of Team IMPUL (#12) wouldn't be seen any more.
People will need to get used to see #12 car without distinctive plain blue livery.
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Old 22 Nov 2016, 16:40 (Ref:3690253)   #115
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NOOOOO!!!
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Old 22 Nov 2016, 23:49 (Ref:3690371)   #116
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Calsonic and Team Impul have been together for 34 years. Put this into perspective:

Marlboro and McLaren were together for 22 years. By the time Philip Morris's current sponsorship deal expires in 2018, they will have been together with Ferrari for the same length of time, 22 years.

Gitanes and Ligier were together for 19 years.

John Player Special and Team Lotus were together for 14 years.

In NASCAR, STP and Petty Enterprises were together for 28 years, GM Goodwrench and RCR were together for 28 years, and DuPont/Axalta and Hendrick Motorsports were together for all 23 years of Jeff Gordon's career.

In Australian Touring Cars, Shell and Dick Johnson Racing's first run together lasted 17 years. Marlboro and Holden Dealer Team, only 8 years.

In IndyCar, Target and Ganassi were together for 26 years, and Marlboro and Penske were together for 16+ years.

Calsonic have sponsored Team Impul for a longer period of time than, well, every other iconic motorsports sponsorship that you can think of.
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Old 23 Nov 2016, 08:41 (Ref:3690441)   #117
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Here is the BMW M6 GT3 reports the link as shown as below:

http://bmw-m-heat.jp/event/20161117-3805.html

応援ありがとうございます。
より速く、より強くなってサーキットに帰ってきます。


熱い声援をありがとうございます。今年はBMW M6 GT3のデビューイヤー。No.7 Studie BMW M6とNo.55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3は優勝に表彰台と活躍しました。来シーズンはマシンの熟成も進み、さらに速くなります。きっとファンの期待に応えてくれることでしょう。引き続き、応援をよろしくお願いします。

KEN YAMANE comment (BMW Team Studie Technical Director)
「新しいマシンを速く走らせるためには、様々な開発が必要であると改めて感じました。何が必要で、どうすれば良くなるのか。方向性を見定めながら試験をしていかないと進歩するのは難しいです。次のステップとしては 、より確かな開発試験を経て、レースを組み立てていくこと。それを痛感したシーズンになりました」

Yasuaki Suzuki comment:

「ツインリンクもてぎは抜きにくいコースだけに、予選15位に沈んだのが最終戦の敗因でした。決勝レースのペースは決して悪くありません。予選の速さ、決勝での耐久性を高められるよう、ヨコハマタイヤ とBMW M6 GT3とのマッチングを改善していかなければなりません。他チームのGT3マシンが投入からすでに1年間熟成されていたのに対して、BMW M6 GT3はデビューイヤー。でも、ここまでトラブル続きになるとは想定していませんでした。もちろん、日本は特別に暑いこともあります。そういったデータを受けて、BMW Motorsportも改善に動いているので、来年は信頼性もアップすることになります。最終戦もエンジニアが二人来ています。BMW Group Japanなど、これだけのサポートを受けて、しかもヨルグ・ミューラーと荒 聖治をドライバーに起用していながら、今年の結果では話になりません。当然、ファンの方たちもがっかりされていることと思います。必ず挽回して、来シーズンを素晴らしいものにしたいと思っています」

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Can you please translate this three article as shown as above???
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Old 23 Nov 2016, 09:08 (Ref:3690444)   #118
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Thank you for your support.
We will return to the circuit with become faster and stronger.
Thank you for your hot cheers. This year is the debut year of BMW M6 GT3.
#7 Studie BMW M6 and #55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3 played an active role as a podium, and a victory.
In the next season, the machine will continue to mature and it will be faster.
We will surely respond to your expectations.
Please continue to support us.

Twin Ring Motegi is a difficult course to overtake.
So 15th place in the qualifying was the defeat of the final race.
Our race pace was not too bad.
We need to improve match-up between Yokohama and BMW M6 GT3 so as to increase the qualifying speed and the durability in the race.
It was a debut year for BMW M6 GT3. While the other team's GT3 machine had been matured for a year already.
However, I didn't think trouble continued so much.
It's also one of the factors that Japan is hot especially.
Receiving such data, BMW Motorsport is working hard to improve the car.
So next year it will be more reliable machine.
Two BMW engineers are coming to the final round.
We get BMW Group Japan and BMW support. And we have Jorgue Mueller and Seiji Ara as drivers. So this year's result can't be met at all.
I think that the fans are also disappointed.
I definitely want to recover and I hope to make the next season wonderful.
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Old 23 Nov 2016, 12:07 (Ref:3690478)   #119
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So if Calsonic Kansei will leave the Nissan Group, then which company will sponsor Team Impul should CK Holdings Co., Ltd. said that they won't put their brand onto No. 12?
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More than likely, Itochu Enex Co., the Japanese energy firm that sponsors IMPUL's Super Formula team, would step up to become their new title sponsor.
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That would be an ugly car.
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That would be an ugly car.
Having that livery won't even replace the iconic Calsonic one in our hearts...
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Perhaps they will run a livery similar to 2009 where they kept the blue base and ran more prominent Impul branding in place of the usual Calsonic?

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Unlikely.
That's a livery when Calsonic evacuated a title sponsor temporarily by a recession called "post Lehman shock."
At that time, Calsonic had a will to return to the title sponsor soon.
So Hoshino-san had kept the Calsonic-blue livery.
But now, there are no guarantees to which Calsonic returns.
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