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Old 27 Jul 2017, 08:06 (Ref:3754629)   #326
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Reading Sportscar365 Wednesday notebook from Spa it says a team decision but no other details



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Strange, but a very welcome addition
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Old 27 Jul 2017, 09:52 (Ref:3754656)   #327
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My thoughts are that Lotterer could be auditioning for a job should the Porsche LMP1 program go away at the end of the season.
Surprise, surprise ................... IT APPEARS THAT IT HAS!
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Old 28 Jul 2017, 02:30 (Ref:3754936)   #328
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Anyone think that we could see a NSX in BGT or Spa or Nur 24 next year now that HPD have customer cars up for sale?
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Old 23 Aug 2017, 15:42 (Ref:3761204)   #329
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The #99 Rowe BMW has been withdrawn from the Blancpain GT Sprint round of Hungary, after damage in the previous VLN race.
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The #99 Rowe BMW has been withdrawn from the Blancpain GT Sprint round of Hungary, after damage in the previous VLN race.
Couldn't they rent a spare car from someone else? There’s nothing more boring than a sense of morality.
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Old 24 Aug 2017, 12:03 (Ref:3761359)   #331
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Strakka down to 3 cars for Hungary with Come Ledogar out with illness.

Surprised they didn't replace him for the weekend with someone like Tappy

In other Strakka news, 20 year old Martin Kondric replaces owner Leventis to drive alongside Lewis Williamson this weekend

No reason stated but Kondric has been looking pretty sharp especially in Blancpain GT Asia, so may well be a look at bringing him into the Strakka family long term
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Good news from Switzerland, as Emil Frey Lexus Racing joins the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup field at the Nürburgring with one Lexus RC F GT3.
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Good news from Switzerland, as Emil Frey Lexus Racing joins the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup field at the Nürburgring with one Lexus RC F GT3.
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Is this a prelude to them running Lexus ft next year alongside or instead of the XK?
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Good news from Switzerland, as Emil Frey Lexus Racing joins the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup field at the Nürburgring with one Lexus RC F GT3.
That is very good news indeed

Cant wait to see how they fare
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Is this a prelude to them running Lexus ft next year alongside or instead of the XK?
It could be....

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To test our Lexus amongst some of the fastest and most developed cars in GT3 racing is a great step forward and the perfect way to test, if this competition could be something of interest to us in the future.
Mind you previous races they did with the Lexus were on Michelin and Dunlop, so Pirelli is something new. It's basically a big test ;-)
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Curious as to why Strakka has swamped Jazeman Jaafar out

And looking forward to seeing how Lexus fares against Blancpain Competition


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I'm not expecting them to be super competitive. New tires for their car will be a big ask! But definitely looking forward to seeing them race.
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Curious as to why Strakka has swamped Jazeman Jaafar out
They haven't. This is a Sprint Cup race and he only did Endurance Cup with Strakka. And he's still on the list for the Barcelona round ;-)
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They haven't. This is a Sprint Cup race and he only did Endurance Cup with Strakka. And he's still on the list for the Barcelona round ;-)


You're totally right. Who was in that seat before then?

Edit: they had a real mix up through the sprint season. They have ditched Loris Hezemans, and David Fumanelli
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2017 as a whole hasn't been kind to Strakka
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Reading the words and analyzing the reflections of John Gaw, the Managing Director for Motorsport at Prodrive (Aston Martin Racing), I came to my mind the great battles between GT3 and GT2 in the 24 hours of Spa and 24 hours of Nurburgring of 6, 7 or 8 years ago.
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“I think it’s important as the LMP1 issue gets sorted, we don’t lose sight of the opportunity that GT has, and we find a way to maximize the exposure of that to continue to attract new manufacturers.”
“There’s five manufacturers racing in GTE,” he told Sportscar365. “It’s obviously going quite well because there’s more manufacturers coming. There’s more manufacturers interested. So there’s nothing broken about GTE, I don’t think.
“The U.S. do GT-only races. I’m not saying that would work for WEC but there’s other ways of doing it.
“I’m in support of anything that improves the show for the manufacturers. Manufacturers go racing to sell cars and that’s how the race teams get budgets.
“Anything that helps that is a good thing.”
While in general support of the shift to a winter season, Gaw feels it won’t lead to as drastic of a cost reduction for some teams as initially projected.
“Cutting costs is an interesting subject,” Gaw said. “The main costs are not the actual, physical racing costs. The main costs are development, overheads, people, equipment. The number of races really don’t affect that.
“For teams like Ford or ourselves and some of the LMP2 teams that are based at Silverstone, dropping the Silverstone race doesn’t really affect the budget for the year.
“But if it keeps the championship alive and progressing and going forward, I am. it does.
“LMP1 is part the World Endurance Championship. It’s part of the family and the way things work. It has to be kept and the Super Season will help it.
“I just think what we have to do at the same time is not just focus on saving LMP1. We have to focus on maximizing a brilliant GT [class].
“If there’s no show for them to activate behind and therefore sell cars, then the marketing budgets become tighter and you get less manufacturers. So you want to maximize it so the future is secure.”
Analyzing these words I understand that he is not happy with the Super calendar of the WEC and that only was taken into account the emergency of LMP1 for this schedule, without considering the good moment of GTE.
We all know that the ACO never had a great affinity to the GT.
Ratel is the GT Man, I think that with a good BOP between GT3 PRO and GTE would be very interesting to admit GTE in Monza, Silverstone and Spa Francorchamps, and take advantage of the opportunity that the ACO leaves aside.
We could have a big battle between Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin, Ford, BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Bentley, McLaren and Lamborguini, taking all GT factory equipment together. We only need Corvette that they only race Le Mans in Europe.

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You're totally right. Who was in that seat before then?
Misano: #42 Leventis/Williamson, #44 Hezemans/Kane
Brand Hatch: #42 Fumanelli/Williamson, #44 Hezemans/Kane
Zolder: #42 Fumanelli/Williamson, #43 Kane/Ledogar
Budapest:#42 Kodric/Williamson
Nürburgring: #42 Kodric/Williamson, #43 Kane/Schothorst

The other cars have been Barnicoat/Parente and Watson/Bell for all previous Sprint rounds, with Ledogar replacing Parente at the Nürburgring.
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Misano: #42 Leventis/Williamson, #44 Hezemans/Kane

Brand Hatch: #42 Fumanelli/Williamson, #44 Hezemans/Kane

Zolder: #42 Fumanelli/Williamson, #43 Kane/Ledogar

Budapest:#42 Kodric/Williamson

Nürburgring: #42 Kodric/Williamson, #43 Kane/Schothorst



The other cars have been Barnicoat/Parente and Watson/Bell for all previous Sprint rounds, with Ledogar replacing Parente at the Nürburgring.


Thanks marcel, I was unimpressed with Hezemans, a bit too crash prone. I thought

Fumanelli was a bit better but nothing to shout about.

Leventis was gentlemanly to give up his seat in his team, very much entitled to a place in his own team if he so wished.

What ever happened to the Am Craig Fleming, he ran in a few Enduros at the start of the year I think

All in all it's been a bit trial and error for the Strakka team this year in terms of drivers

That said they have gained Barnicoat who has been a real stand out of several occasions


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Anyone who has an hour to kill, watch the Ring qualifying race. Great battle for the lead. Very odd stewards call right at the end mind you.

Edit: Ok after seeing the replay I guess I can see where the penalty came from for the Lambo.

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