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Old 26 Feb 2011, 11:47 (Ref:2837134)   #1
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Creventic added the 24 Hours of Barcelona to their 24H Series portfolio, to be held on Septermber 24-25. This has moved the 12 Hours of Hungary to May 21-22.

The 24 Hours of Barcelonawas Spain's most important authentic endurance race, but it skipped 2010 because of lack of entries.
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Old 26 Feb 2011, 12:11 (Ref:2837139)   #2
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Hmm, not a fan of the Barcelona date, right in between the 24hour races at Zolder and Silverstone...
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Old 26 Feb 2011, 14:38 (Ref:2837179)   #3
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And I doubt many GT2s or GT2 drivers will pop in with Silverstone and PLM races during that period.

SRO already shoots itself with Blancpain, GT3, GT4, FFSA and ADAC GT Masters. Then we've got GT Open and this new intruder.

They could put this race in late October. Barcelona is still pretty ok then.
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Old 24 May 2011, 00:07 (Ref:2884848)   #4
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The VDS Ford Mustang driven by Julien Schroyen. Benjamin Bailly and Raphaël van der Straten himself won the 12 Hours of Hungary. Second was the Speedlover Porsche 911 raced by James Emmet and Jean Michel Gerome, and third was the Monlau Seat León Supercopa driven by Javier Hernández, Jaime Manuel Hernández and Pepus Alonso.
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Old 24 May 2011, 12:24 (Ref:2885138)   #5
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The VDS Ford Mustang driven by Julien Schroyen. Benjamin Bailly and Raphaël van der Straten himself won the 12 Hours of Hungary. Second was the Speedlover Porsche 911 raced by James Emmet and Jean Michel Gerome, and third was the Monlau Seat León Supercopa driven by Javier Hernández, Jaime Manuel Hernández and Pepus Alonso.
Was there really only 11 entries??
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Old 24 May 2011, 13:33 (Ref:2885188)   #6
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Was there really only 11 entries??
Yup, not even worth bothering putting on an event IMO, the stands were empty too.
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Old 24 May 2011, 19:27 (Ref:2885380)   #7
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I suppose some teams and/or drivers with budgets interested in longer races are off to the Blancpain series?
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Old 24 May 2011, 19:32 (Ref:2885385)   #8
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11 entries in a 12 hour race....
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I think I counted 2 spectators, and 11 cars taking the green flag for a 12 Hour race looks ,well, boring
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11 cars taking the green flag for a 12 Hour race looks ,well, boring
Even a 10-lap sprint race would look dull with that kind of grid.
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Old 24 May 2011, 21:03 (Ref:2885438)   #11
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I think this youtube video pretty much sums everything about the current state of the 12h Hungaroring and the series in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwOoRiLemc
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The VDS Ford Mustang driven by Julien Schroyen. Benjamin Bailly and Raphaël van der Straten himself won the 12 Hours of Hungary. Second was the Speedlover Porsche 911 raced by James Emmet and Jean Michel Gerome, and third was the Monlau Seat León Supercopa driven by Javier Hernández, Jaime Manuel Hernández and Pepus Alonso.
Congrats to VDS, its not their fault if only ten other teams show up to race against them. Its a shame about the small grid but this 12hr race has always been poorly attended has it not?
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I'm not really suprised by the lack of entries because the Blancpain series was on at the same time.
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I don't think the Blancpain Series really was the reason as the bulk of the field at Hungary was usually made up of touring cars and non-FIA-spec GTs.
I think their best entry was somewhere in the mid-30s one or two years ago.

What really killed them was the late move to May to make room for the Barcelona race in fall. Not only was it on rather short notice, but the date is inherently a bad one with VLN-teams being in preparation mode for the 24 hours at the Ring and of course all other national series like BTCS and Britcar in full swing.

In October teams are far more likely to skip a round of their domestic series for a 12 hour event, because many of them will be out of the championship race in their respective series by that time.
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I think this youtube video pretty much sums everything about the current state of the 12h Hungaroring and the series in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwOoRiLemc
Oh dear !!!
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Old 26 May 2011, 10:31 (Ref:2886082)   #16
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MMM, makes the Bahturst 12hr in Australia look like a success. Well it would not have been boring for the teams as they need to work hard if there is 12 or 60 cars in the race. Better luck next year for the organisers.
I heard a rumour the Bathurst 12hr was changing to a 24hr event, then being added to the 24hr Endurance series. Can anyone shed light on this?
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all we know about Bathurst for sure is they have the 24h series logo on their website's homepage.
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Old 27 May 2011, 06:59 (Ref:2886547)   #18
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Well thats a start.
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MMM, I heard a rumour the Bathurst 12hr was changing to a 24hr event, then being added to the 24hr Endurance series.
Hope this is the case. We could see some other quality teams from Europe other than Audi/Joest like maybe Schubert and Marc VDS.
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