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Can anyone tell me exactly what the 111 Audi G8 was? DSC calls the G2 class a "catch all" and I assume that allows them to accept interesting entries that don't actually fit in one of the other classes.
The performance of this car was impressive but is it an unrestricted GT3, a GT1 or a 2010 GT1, or a GT2? What are the rules for G2 and if, as suggested they are a sort of "Formula Libre" for GT cars could one run, say, a McLaren F1 GTR or one of the Coupe LMP1 cars perhaps? Just interested |
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Im delighted to see PK take the win over Vitaphone . Vitaphone have had their fair share of Spa wins . Good to see another winner for a change .
Nice win for AF Corse too , my favourite European Fiat team . |
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I'm pretty sure the cars in G2 still have to be true GTs, so no prototypes, 1990s GT1 cars, etc. It's basically a catch all for cars that don't correspond to FIA GT rules, but do conform to rules of another recognised GT series. |
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27 Jul 2009, 15:33 (Ref:2509293) | #532 | ||
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Ive been there this weekend and it was a fantastic race once again! The battle for the lead was awesome, i stayed up nearly the whole night .
I also saw the crash of the #1 Maserati. He lost it when he went over a curbstone. Here is a video i made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkKM2v0Vh00 |
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27 Jul 2009, 15:38 (Ref:2509296) | #534 | ||
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On the exit of Pouhon. The same place as where the IMSA Porsche had its crash.
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Hard to see. All I saw were what looked like Porsche (had to be the 70) lights stopped on track....then after the slowed down replay, the rear Maserati lights as it, the #1, limped away. |
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It is hard to see i agree. When you turn up the sound youll understand what happends. First you see the #1 Maserati spinning and hitting the guardrail, then it spins back onto the track. A couple minutes later it starts it engine again and drives away.
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27 Jul 2009, 19:36 (Ref:2509419) | #540 | ||
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I am expecting it is due to a new part or parts on the 997s for this race (unlikely anything more fundamental, as the cars constitute chassis from 3 years with various upgrade levels) which has either been flagged by the stewards or, more likely, has been the subject of inquiry from a Ferrari team as to its eligibility. This has happened in the past with both manufacturers in ACO and FIA competition, most recently before LM this year with the fender issues on the Ferrari. The Ferraris are not on the list because there likely hasn't been a question raised as to their spec. Furthermore, finishing has nothing to do with it - those are all the 997s in the race, period.
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Indeed, the weight was only 1250kg. Restrictors larger than in GT3, but I don't know the exact diameter off by heart. May not have had to use the weaker GT2 control tyre either, which I gather has been robbing FIA GT2 cars of pace relative to the GT3s this year?
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I'm curious, does anyone know why they made the race only 10 points this year? Seems odd that a race that is 12 times longer than any other race on the calendar is worth the same number of points as the 2 hour races. From some of the press releases of some of the other FIA-GT competitors, it seemed that the lack of points played into their decisions not to risk their equipment for 10 lousy points.
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It was always double points before? I'd assumed the same held this year.
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There's been plenty of complaints in general in the past about how this one race was able to so clearly skew the overall championship results, and I would think that they wanted to avoid that charge being levied again.
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