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Donington entry down to 18 cars, #35 Oak LMP2 has been withdrawn.
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I think that the CN option is the best one:
-It´s a cheap option 100000€ the complete pack, chassis with engine (1/4 of a lmp2 car), and the parts are cheaper than a Clio cup car -The CN cars are capable to do a 6 hours race -The CN constructors could go to the major LMP class easily -You can feed the major classes with new drivers -New teams -There are a lot of chassis options -It remember me the old C3/C-Junior times ...and much more Last edited by pablocomics; 3 Jul 2012 at 22:02. |
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Been saying that CN cars (named LMP3) should be considered for this or ALMS for years...they are cheap and still and they are not spec...and would probably cause less headaches than allowing more styles of GT cars.
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Maybe someone should lure AF Corse to withdraw or switch classes so we could have a really nice balance of brands (Ratel trademark detected)... we've already got spec FLM09 and spec 458 GTC classes, why not spec 997 RSR class
Btw when the weekend comes I'm eagerly waiting for certain someone to say something cheesy like "you know in GT it's not really about quantity, but quality and this grid has plenty of it indeed - and that's all what we've ever wanted really. It will be fascinating to see if one of the GTE-AM cars can actually finishead ahead of GTE-PRO cars, now that would really be something wouldn't it! So what needs to be changed in GT? Nothing! *laughter* Absolutely nothing indeed. And in LMP2, just look at the level of competition there. It's all about variety, it's not spec racing like Formula 1" |
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http://www.motorstv.com/sites/defaul...4_20120720.pdf
No proper live coverage of the race on Motors TV either, just ~ two hour slot @ evening. Marvelous |
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2 hours is plenty to watch an 18 car field , imo .
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Fair enough
Motors TV highlights reels tend to be edited kinda lazily though, they cut off entire hours from the middle of the race (whether or not they contain any key moments) |
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I'm very sure indeed that the 18 car entry so far published is considerably out of date - and not in a good way!
I expect an LMP2 team listed not to be there plus at least one GTE car too to be a no show Waiting to see on both the LMPCs |
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The entry list on LMS website has changed again; #35 Oak is back (again??!! they'll probably change their mind in few days though, just because) but the Prospeed Porsche has been withdrawn
12x LMP2 02x LMPC 02x LMGTE-PRO 02x LMGTE-AM 00x GTC/GT3 Curtis still showing TBAs as drivers so not so sure about them either |
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Is the race likely to go ahead if the entry drops further ? Didn't they cancel Zolder because there weren't 20 cars minimum ? I suppose its too much to ask if any GT3s have shown interest. I'm going Sat / Sun but am beginning to worry somewhat ....
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this ELMS grid is so disappointing, I really regret booking flights to this now....should have waited for WEC at silverstone....
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Just had a look at the ELMS grid for Donnington myself, HOLY MACKERAL! 18 cars with most being P2s, only 2 each in GTE-Pro and -Am? My word that's disappointing. They should be trying to entice some GT3 teams to bring their machinery along....
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