2018 Pirelli World Challenge silly season - Page 8

cbbrit · 25 Jan 2018, 20:17 (Ref:3795079)

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Originally Posted by nasportscar

Correct, two separate "series"

Same series (PWC), but they are different classes running separate races, to be accurate!

Bcarr6 · 30 Jan 2018, 05:23 (Ref:3796778)

Are TRG confirmed yet? They are posting pictures of their Aston Martin GT3 with a countdown to st Petes...

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JorritVD · 30 Jan 2018, 11:56 (Ref:3796842)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Are TRG confirmed yet? They are posting pictures of their Aston Martin GT3 with a countdown to st Petes...

On Twitter they say they will enter the Vantage for St. Pete
https://twitter.com/theracersgroup

They did also just St. Pete race last year with the Vantage GT3, but hopefully they will do more.

JLGarcia · 30 Jan 2018, 12:10 (Ref:3796845)

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Originally Posted by JorritVD

On Twitter they say they will enter the Vantage for St. Pete
https://twitter.com/theracersgroup

They did also just St. Pete race last year with the Vantage GT3, but hopefully they will do more.

They also posted pics all over Twitter back in December suggesting they'd run the Aston at the Rolex, so...

Bcarr6 · 30 Jan 2018, 13:35 (Ref:3796870)

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Originally Posted by JLGarcia

They also posted pics all over Twitter back in December suggesting they'd run the Aston at the Rolex, so...

They are a good old team, be nice to see them run a full or partial program in GT3

for some reason I thought they did more than just St Petes last year, JD did a great job that weekend

nasportscar · 30 Jan 2018, 16:51 (Ref:3796931)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

They are a good old team, be nice to see them run a full or partial program in GT3

for some reason I thought they did more than just St Petes last year, JD did a great job that weekend

I think you'll see the Aston at St Pete, but mostly to help promote TRG's "travel group" or whatever they call it. I think you'll see them at select races, but would love to see them on the grid fulltime (obviously)

Bcarr6 · 30 Jan 2018, 22:29 (Ref:3797007)

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Originally Posted by nasportscar

I think you'll see the Aston at St Pete, but mostly to help promote TRG's "travel group" or whatever they call it. I think you'll see them at select races, but would love to see them on the grid fulltime (obviously)

Nice. What’s the expectation for grid size in GT3 currently?

nasportscar · 31 Jan 2018, 01:47 (Ref:3797037)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Nice. What’s the expectation for grid size in GT3 currently?

High teens seems to be pretty realistic. Maybe some special events will hit the low 20s

JorritVD · 1 Feb 2018, 15:58 (Ref:3797477)

Alegra Confirms Switch to PWC; Christensen, Pumpelly as Drivers
http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...ly-as-drivers/

Mechanic Z · 1 Feb 2018, 18:17 (Ref:3797507)

Looks like there will be a Ferrari for Fuentes & Bacarella: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeG4wVPn...phaprimenation

Mechanic Z · 1 Feb 2018, 18:19 (Ref:3797508)

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Originally Posted by JorritVD

Alegra Confirms Switch to PWC; Christensen, Pumpelly as Drivers
http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...ly-as-drivers/

Christensen could be a championship contender. Great addition to the field!

**joeb** · 1 Feb 2018, 18:31 (Ref:3797520)

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Originally Posted by JorritVD

Alegra Confirms Switch to PWC; Christensen, Pumpelly as Drivers
http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...ly-as-drivers/

That is a great lineup, and I thought their car last year was gorgeous, hope they don't change the livery too much.

JorritVD · 2 Feb 2018, 07:21 (Ref:3797664)

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Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

Looks like there will be a Ferrari for Fuentes & Bacarella: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeG4wVPn...phaprimenation

Looks like a nice addition and an entry which wasn't known of so far

Though I get it a bit confused. Is it a SprintX entry, or Fuentes joins for the SprintX as teammate?

Bcarr6 · 2 Feb 2018, 17:29 (Ref:3797798)

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Originally Posted by JorritVD

Looks like a nice addition and an entry which wasn't known of so far

Though I get it a bit confused. Is it a SprintX entry, or Fuentes joins for the SprintX as teammate?

That looks confusing but it is both drivers for sprint x, and Fuentes for Sprint

Mechanic Z · 2 Feb 2018, 18:32 (Ref:3797813)

Per the release on NARacecar, sounds like Fuentes will actually be running the whole season: http://nasportscar.com/squadra-corse...printx-season/

JorritVD · 2 Feb 2018, 19:02 (Ref:3797823)

Ah, it is a full season entry. That is nice.

But that teamname: Squadra Corse Garage Italia Americas
Couldn't it be any longer?

cbbrit · 3 Feb 2018, 06:06 (Ref:3797939)

The first Mercedes AMG GT4 entry has been announced from Robinson Racing:

http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/147178...champ-robinson

nasportscar · 4 Feb 2018, 04:17 (Ref:3798296)

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Originally Posted by cbbrit

The first Mercedes AMG GT4 entry has been announced from Robinson Racing:

http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/147178...champ-robinson

This was first announced about two months ago

cbbrit · 5 Feb 2018, 00:28 (Ref:3798516)

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Originally Posted by nasportscar

This was first announced about two months ago

I'll be sure to let Richard S. James know!

On other news here is a 3-car VW GTI entry for TCR. Hope it wasn't announced two months ago!

http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...18-pwc-season/

nasportscar · 5 Feb 2018, 15:52 (Ref:3798718)

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Originally Posted by cbbrit

I'll be sure to let Richard S. James know!

On other news here is a 3-car VW GTI entry for TCR. Hope it wasn't announced two months ago!

http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...18-pwc-season/

The FCP Euro was announced previously, but not with HRD. That's good news!

nasportscar · 5 Feb 2018, 15:53 (Ref:3798719)

R. Ferri taking this seriously http://nasportscar.com/r-ferri-retur...toni-vilander/

cbbrit · 5 Feb 2018, 16:17 (Ref:3798725)

R Ferri Motorsport RACING WITH FERRARI returns to GT and SprintX with Toni Vilander and a TBA for his co-driver:

http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...8-gt-campaign/

JorritVD · 5 Feb 2018, 17:31 (Ref:3798750)

WOW!!! I don't want to be negative about the other GT entries, but I think R.Ferri just gave themselves the 2018 PWC GT Championship Title. This is a mega strong entry with Vilander behind the wheel of the 488.

Mechanic Z · 5 Feb 2018, 18:57 (Ref:3798788)

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Originally Posted by JorritVD

WOW!!! I don't want to be negative about the other GT entries, but I think R.Ferri just gave themselves the 2018 PWC GT Championship Title. This is a mega strong entry with Vilander behind the wheel of the 488.

Hard to count out Parente, Keilwitz, Cooper or Christensen. This is definitely going to be one of the strongest entries, though! I don't think there's anyone that's quicker in a Ferrari than Vilander.

cbbrit · 8 Feb 2018, 16:37 (Ref:3799611)

Two more updates for SprintX:

http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...-roster-gts-x/

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...printx-rounds/

Excellent news for the series! The list of drivers keeps getting better and better!

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