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Old 26 Feb 2018, 03:20 (Ref:3803938)   #426
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I would suggest that many GT cars are and potentially all could be pretty easy to ID in the dark regardless of headlight colour these days, thanks to the light strips.
Unfortunately, high resolution still photograph from close angle which you provided here isn't quite representative of what happens in motion and longer viewing distances, where it all becomes a big blur of polarizing light. Supplementary light strips added or not...
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Old 26 Feb 2018, 07:39 (Ref:3803959)   #427
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Unfortunately, high resolution still photograph from close angle which you provided here isn't quite representative of what happens in motion and longer viewing distances, where it all becomes a big blur of polarizing light. Supplementary light strips added or not...
Correct. This video clip someone's loaded on YT is taken from the new viewing bank at Indianapolis. Now a favourite viewing spot for Ayse and I, we spend several hours there over the course of the week. Strips of coloured lights aren't going to help.
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Old 26 Feb 2018, 20:49 (Ref:3804144)   #428
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Correct. This video clip someone's loaded on YT is taken from the new viewing bank at Indianapolis. Now a favourite viewing spot for Ayse and I, we spend several hours there over the course of the week. Strips of coloured lights aren't going to help.
Yup!

This is just as bizarre as the new refueling / tire change rule
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Old 27 Feb 2018, 05:22 (Ref:3804187)   #429
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Very much so. As much as I love the Ferrari it sounds like a Tesla compared to the 458. The turbos make for a different sound compared to the older atmo engine but still it sounds average compared to what a good turbo engine sounds like (the Bentley which sounds like WW2 bomber).
Yeah, the Turbo Ferrari sounds like crap. As does the BMW M8 and the GT4 AMG.
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Old 28 Feb 2018, 15:39 (Ref:3804600)   #430
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So maybe it is the other, long term rumoured entry- Mclaren, instead of Lambo to announce at Geneva?

Press Conference scheduled for 6th March.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/0...m-mclaren.html
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Old 28 Feb 2018, 15:47 (Ref:3804603)   #431
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Also, given Mclarens Le Mans success with the F1 GTR- is it not more logical for them to use the upcoming BP23, which has a single front seat inspired by the F1 layout
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But why would they want a LMGTE product after touting for a decade or more that they are not interested in class victories, only overall. What's changed?

However, maybe them coming over would put at least a temporary stop to them (or rather Zak Brown now) making DPi-like lobby demands to the ACO on how GTP 2.0 / LMP1-of-the-future should look like, that would be welcoming...

Or maybe it's some sort of new GT1 car and Stephane Ratel stands up in the audience, clapping
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So maybe it is the other, long term rumoured entry- Mclaren, instead of Lambo to announce at Geneva?
Certainly looks that way, although there's been no backtracking on the Lambo rumour, so who knows, maybe both, but this is presumably the one which has been referenced in the press recently.
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Old 28 Feb 2018, 18:35 (Ref:3804649)   #434
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Old 28 Feb 2018, 22:55 (Ref:3804752)   #435
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Also, given Mclarens Le Mans success with the F1 GTR- is it not more logical for them to use the upcoming BP23, which has a single front seat inspired by the F1 layout
Is that even legal these days? The ACO regulations since then have always defined a sports car as having two seats on either side of the center line.
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Is that even legal these days? The ACO regulations since then have always defined a sports car as having two seats on either side of the center line.
Who cares if it's legal in the world of waivers
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Or maybe it's some sort of new GT1 car and Stephane Ratel stands up in the audience, clapping


Haha that would be brilliant
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Is that even legal these days? The ACO regulations since then have always defined a sports car as having two seats on either side of the center line.
If it's the road car's layout, they're not going to care. It fits the spirit, if not the letter, of the rules and does not produce an overwhelming advantage over other cars. Won't even need a waiver for it.
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Glickenhaus announced that there will be GTE and GT3 versions of it's new SCG 004 and they want to race it in IMSA and WEC in 2019
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I would love it but having a very hard time seeing them meet the various manufacturers 'requirements'.
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I would love it but having a very hard time seeing them meet the various manufacturers 'requirements'.


Quantities of cars made for small manufacturers are much lower than for big OEMs
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I see a lot of talk about Lister going on through various Twitter folk like specutainment and dsc. I wonder if there's plans for the brand to return to Le Mans/endurance (wec) coming up in the auto shows?
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Looking more likely the Senna will be announced as a McLaren GTE car.

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Hideous, but 99% sure that's the base for the GTE car.
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That monstrosity doesn't belong in GTE. I think the Ford GT is pushing it. This thing is a million dollar + semi prototype. I really don't understand why they'd do this car when they're doing a 720s GT3 which would suffice with some upgrades (or downgrades) and bop. It'd save the company money and could actually have customer cars for a reasonable price. If the base car costs over a million, imagine how much trying to run a private effort with it would be! I don't understand the logic in running it. But whatever McLaren decides, can't say they make the best decisions recently
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McLaren are taking the route of wanting to advertise and use as many products as they possibly can. In GT4, Audi and Mercedes use the same base car (although I believe Audi did do a TT GT4 Prototype), whilst McLaren used a totally different car for the GT4.

They're doing the same thing with GTE. If you've got a product you want to see, you might as well advertise it.
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Looks like the race version Supra was spied (somewhat) unloading at Geneva

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I see a lot of talk about Lister going on through various Twitter folk like specutainment and dsc. I wonder if there's plans for the brand to return to Le Mans/endurance (wec) coming up in the auto shows?
Lister Thunder presumably? Be good to have Lister back in motorsport, they'd face fierce competition in GTE though. I'm not convinced it's the right place for a small manufacturer to go racing these days.
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Looks like the race version Supra was spied (somewhat) unloading at Geneva

https://youtu.be/pFnpU2k0Gqg
And rumoured to be a GTE, yes?
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And rumoured to be a GTE, yes?
I don't know what type of racing it would be in or if it's just a simple racing concept of what will be the Supra road car.
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