2016 Australian GT Championship - Page 24

TCR · 16 Jun 2016, 00:01 (Ref:3650319)

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Originally Posted by GROUPA

This car is wasted on Manolios - he is proven to be too slow when driving decent cars he's just way out of his depth.

All kudos though for bringing the cars out though

100%. Would be interesting to see it's potential in the hands of a pro.

mayhem · 16 Jun 2016, 02:23 (Ref:3650340)

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Originally Posted by GROUPA

This car is wasted on Manolios - he is proven to be too slow when driving decent cars he's just way out of his depth.

All kudos though for bringing the cars out though

Isnt there plans to run 3 out of Trofeo by year's end? Hopefully at least one of those will be steered by pilots that will do the car justice.

rich07 · 16 Jun 2016, 07:36 (Ref:3650380)

Would be nice to see Trofeo snaffle a factory driver for a race or two like what has happened with pretty much every Huracan customer thus far.

And there's Ryan Millier but he's an unknown quantity to me.

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peckstar · 10 Jul 2016, 05:22 (Ref:3657926)

big round of gt this weekend, and no hackett and his mercs again.

Bcarr6 · 10 Jul 2016, 08:30 (Ref:3657935)

Anywhere we can watch this round on demand from the UK?

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rich07 · 10 Jul 2016, 09:00 (Ref:3657940)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Anywhere we can watch this round on demand from the UK?

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Some of this years races have been uploaded to youtube (unoficially) but I havent seen anything from Townsville yet.

D.R.T. · 10 Jul 2016, 13:38 (Ref:3657989)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

big round of gt this weekend, and no hackett and his mercs again.

Is he focusing on Endurance champ + plus Sprint rounds?

mayhem · 1 Sep 2016, 21:31 (Ref:3669033)

Wonderful recognition of the strength of the series that Nissan is willing to back an entry now, add that with the two Hobson ran GTR's and I think Godzilla fans will be happy!

D.R.T. · 1 Sep 2016, 23:28 (Ref:3669059)

And the move to FIA driver rankings for 2017 Endurance series and removal timed pit stops for driver parity.

Tourer · 1 Sep 2016, 23:50 (Ref:3669063)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

And the move to FIA driver rankings for 2017 Endurance series and removal timed pit stops for driver parity.

I missed (or had forgotten) about the removal of the timed pit stops. That's a very good thing imho - certainly makes it seem more "real" and can only be a good thing for the strength of the series.

peckstar · 2 Sep 2016, 00:10 (Ref:3669065)

Do we still have to put up with them in this years enduros?

D.R.T. · 2 Sep 2016, 00:39 (Ref:3669073)

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Originally Posted by Tourer

I missed (or had forgotten) about the removal of the timed pit stops. That's a very good thing imho - certainly makes it seem more "real" and can only be a good thing for the strength of the series.

There will still be timed pit stops from my understanding however they will be consistent rather than variable from car to car.

The timed pit stop is there to allow for safe driver changes etc

Tourer · 2 Sep 2016, 01:14 (Ref:3669086)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

There will still be timed pit stops from my understanding however they will be consistent rather than variable from car to car.

The timed pit stop is there to allow for safe driver changes etc

That's to be expected, most series with driver changes have some type of process to ensure that there is enough time to make driver changes safely.

Definitely a positive step to do away with the variable pit stop times - good news.

Axeman444 · 2 Sep 2016, 04:01 (Ref:3669128)

Nice to see MARC sending the M6 to Thailand. If you have the money to buy the car firstly, shows how flexible you can then be. Drive in Aus GT sprint and/or endurance, Asian GT, 2nd Tier Super GT... If the schedules are setup so that there is time to ship cars to different series' races, the world is your oyster if you have the coin and time.

MaskedRacer · 2 Sep 2016, 12:49 (Ref:3669184)

Been catching some Australian GT races on youtube and I got to say its pretty darn impressive GT racing. It certainly beats Pirelli World Challenge right now.

mayhem · 7 Sep 2016, 07:24 (Ref:3670694)

Tekno + McLaren = GT4

A good indication of the strength that GT racing is gaining in Australia, seems like Tekno are getting on the ground floor of GT4.

peckstar · 7 Sep 2016, 07:44 (Ref:3670698)

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Originally Posted by mayhem

Tekno + McLaren = GT4

A good indication of the strength that GT racing is gaining in Australia, seems like Tekno are getting on the ground floor of GT4.

when do GT4 run?

mayhem · 7 Sep 2016, 08:03 (Ref:3670701)

That's answered in the story. But when cars are at 50% of the price of their GT3 brothers, this might be a shrewd move for Tekno, plus it looks to strengthen GT4 numbers in the B12hr, only a good thing.

peckstar · 7 Sep 2016, 10:05 (Ref:3670715)

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Originally Posted by mayhem

That's answered in the story. But when cars are at 50% of the price of their GT3 brothers, this might be a shrewd move for Tekno, plus it looks to strengthen GT4 numbers in the B12hr, only a good thing.

so really just the 12 hour then at this stage, if they can get enough cars

Big outlay

Tony C · 7 Sep 2016, 21:36 (Ref:3670829)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

so really just the 12 hour then at this stage, if they can get enough cars

Big outlay

Did you only read the headline? The story mentions about the Endurance championship and GT Trophy.

GT4 has been running in Aus GT in small numbers for years. Hopefully more people will buy GT4s now rather than old GT3s that they cant afford to run more than once a year.

peckstar · 7 Sep 2016, 21:47 (Ref:3670831)

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Originally Posted by Tony C

Did you only read the headline? The story mentions about the Endurance championship and GT Trophy.

GT4 has been running in Aus GT in small numbers for years. Hopefully more people will buy GT4s now rather than old GT3s that they cant afford to run more than once a year.

sure did, right to the end, did you?

“It’s a little bit hard because we’re filling the tracks every weekend with GT3, so maybe there’s not room for it, but in an ideal world that’s where I’d like it to be.”

GT4 has not been running in Aus GT for since 2014, There ended up no class for it at this years 12 hour

Bcarr6 · 7 Sep 2016, 22:22 (Ref:3670836)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

sure did, right to the end, did you?

GT4 has not been running in Aus GT for since 2014, There ended up no class for it at this years 12 hour

Think GT4 will be allowed in enduros next year right?

This years 12hr only didn't have a GT4 through lack of entries. Much more interest in GT4 next year the class will be decent

Aston bringing a factory GT4, couple of caymans likely. 5-6 GT4s at least

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peckstar · 7 Sep 2016, 22:29 (Ref:3670838)

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Think GT4 will be allowed in enduros next year right?

This years 12hr only didn't have a GT4 through lack of entries. Much more interest in GT4 next year the class will be decent

Aston bringing a factory GT4, couple of caymans likely. 5-6 GT4s at least

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There is a class for GT4 in next years 12 hour (assuming it gets 3 entries)

D.R.T. · 8 Sep 2016, 00:01 (Ref:3670851)

And if not - GT4 cars still run in the event under invitational classes yeah?

Sooooooooooo no risk.

peckstar · 8 Sep 2016, 01:00 (Ref:3670868)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

And if not - GT4 cars still run in the event under invitational classes yeah?

Sooooooooooo no risk.

Correct, although then time limted

However i reckon they will get a class next year, so no problem. Never really questioned that

just wondering what else it will do in Australia, unless there are plans to bring more (in theory a cheaper class to run in than gt3 )

Alot of outlay if it only runs the 12 hour, but hey its not my money