FIA GT Race FIA GT Rnd 8: 29 Sep-1 Oct Hungary 2006

Hazard · 26 Sep 2006, 20:30 (Ref:1720684)

Changes at BMS, as they will field four cars!

Two DBR9's as usual in GT1, and two DBRS9's in G3

Groppi & Seiler, and Rios/Stancheris/Zlobin in the other.

Also, Matteo Malucelli will replace Christian Pescatori in the #23 car alongside Fabio Babini - reasons not given.

Alzen will replace Collard in the Ebimotors Porsche, as Collard is racing for Penske in the Petit Le Mans.

minimangler · 29 Sep 2006, 11:08 (Ref:1722848)

Alzen for Collard?
That's not much of loss of pace there.
I can see why he isn't bothered about missing a round though, because Porsches are so outdated now, and he stands no chance championship wise anymore.

mirkob · 29 Sep 2006, 13:03 (Ref:1722967)

First Practice:

Pole for Saleen, but good lap for Murcielago with Bouchut and Kox in car !!

Nick49 · 29 Sep 2006, 15:22 (Ref:1723116)

Hello

Yes its early days but a Saleen, Aston Martin, Corvette, two Maserati's and then the Lamborghini. Well lets hope this sort of competition carries on through qualifying to the race.

Nick

Nick49 · 30 Sep 2006, 12:23 (Ref:1723604)

Hello

2nd practise and now the Corvette is on top and the Lamborghini down to 9th. Still its the qualifying that counts.

Nick

mirkob · 30 Sep 2006, 13:31 (Ref:1723628)

Great pole for the Saleen Zakspeed !

Good 2nd for BMS Aston Martin Pirelli...

Note the Murcielago at 1" 3 from the pole, ahead 1 MC12 and 1 DBR) Michelin .. and the Balf (Dunlop) Saleen ...

Nick49 · 30 Sep 2006, 14:16 (Ref:1723647)

Hello

Yes another pole for Janis in the Saleen and a good mix as we go down the order with an Aston Martin, Maserati and a Corvette following. Good to see the Lamborghini making progress with a 7th place grid position but the Balfe Saleen is in its usual bottom GT1 spot and somewhat off the pace it seems.

Another good race in prospect.

Nick

SALEEN S7R · 1 Oct 2006, 05:37 (Ref:1724065)

Nice to see Zakspeed on pole once again, can BMS or Vitaphone spoil the party though? Barring any problems it looks pretty straight forward for Zakspeed if qualifying is anything to judge by. Once again it is nice to see Scuderia Ecosse on pole in GT2, hopefully they can transfer that into a win in GT2 this time out.

Nick49 · 1 Oct 2006, 12:45 (Ref:1724374)

Hello

It seems that the Zakspeed team are running away with this one. Good to see the Lamborghini going so well at the moment.

Is it me or was live timing slow to appear today.

Nick

Nick49 · 1 Oct 2006, 13:30 (Ref:1724428)

Hello

And now the Corvette is second. No its not the live timing has just changed and its now six seconds behind Babini's Aston Martin. I see the Lamborghini has pitted again is down to 8th.

Nick

Nick49 · 1 Oct 2006, 14:32 (Ref:1724462)

Hello

Another triumph for the Zakspeed Saleen with the Corvette second and the Babini Aston Martin third. Can't wait to see my DVD recording of the race to see the action and why the Lamborghini had to have 4 stops, which dropped it down to 8th place. I presume the Maserati MC12's had loads of success ballast.

Nice to see Kirkaldy in the Ecosse Ferrari 430 take the GT2 win. Only 102 laps of the predicted 115 on the live timing so I presume some yellow flag action.

Nick

**chunterer** · 1 Oct 2006, 15:44 (Ref:1724499)

Yep watched most of it on Bravo 2 (nee Player?).

Saleen inexorably pulled away, Bouchut in the Murcialago was phenomenal early on and then there was that Hungary 'typical train' mid race with Kox at the wheel of the Lambo fending off the 2 Viatphone MC12's and Ramos in the BMS DBR9 - great entertainment.

Then in the closing stages a tremendous battle between the same Aston? and Kumpen in the C6R.

A damn fine race by all accounts!!

Hazard · 1 Oct 2006, 16:49 (Ref:1724535)

Other Aston of Babini. Ramos shared with Gollin whom was punted by the #1 Maserati.

No word on whether the Maserati's are looking at penalties, but basically the team titles their's anyway now.

Bert is now joint 2nd in the title race just 9 points behind Bartels/Bertolini. Big ask, but not impossible.

SALEEN S7R · 2 Oct 2006, 06:29 (Ref:1724931)

Another good race, Zakspeed without any ballast were of course dominant and did walk away from the rest of the field though. Still, that wont be the case I think next time out. Good scrap between the MC12s and the Murciealgo, nice to see the Lambo running so well. GT2 was fairly interesting too, Kinch really had to work to get 1st place in class towards the end of the race, good to see Scuderia Ecosse back on form.

minimangler · 2 Oct 2006, 08:46 (Ref:1725033)

nice to see the saleen win again
but maybe it is time we saw a few tweaks to the equalising formula, because mid engine cars seem to dominate the series?
i.e less power maybe, or more weight?
though that would be bad for lambo and saleen, but maybe just give them more power?
aston and corvette still quite even, but for me the astons have been the dissapointment of '06. the teams are good on paper, as are the drivers, so it's hard to see the issue, when as a works team they tend to set the pace. or is it just that euro competition is beter than american?

Nick49 · 2 Oct 2006, 08:57 (Ref:1725039)

Hello

Working around my daughters requirements to watch "trash" TV, I've managed to watch just over two hours of my recorded FIA GT race and good entertainment it is too. The Lamborghini / Maserati battle was great although I doubt the Vitaphone duo would agree. I feel the same that the Aston Martins have been a bit of a disappointment this year althogh you could argue that there is more diverse competition in the FIA GT. It does seem strange that one of the Saleens is very dominant when Acemco's version didn't get a look in in the ALMS series. Of course there may well be technical differences between the series which accounts for this. Mind you we do have a lot of talanted drivers in the FIA GT series as well.

Nick

SALEEN S7R · 2 Oct 2006, 08:59 (Ref:1725042)

I dont think there needs to be any tweaks to the rules though, if you look at the ALMS for example the Corvettes are dominating the series in what is of course a front engined car and in the LMS the Aston Martin of Labre competition has just won the championship beating mid engined competition in the shape of the Oreca Saleeen.

davemk7 · 2 Oct 2006, 17:20 (Ref:1725463)

i not sure if this is right but....
In the ALMS the corvette run 50kg heavier and have a smaller air restrictor than the works aston martins and still they struggle to compete, although they did win petit le mans.
As for the acemco saleen compared to the zakspeed saleen. Again if i'm right the zakspeed saleen is a 2006 model (as is the oreca car) which is a massive update over the acemco saleen which i believe is a 2001 chassis like the balfe car.

It was another great race, seemingly as always. The entry list always looks a little light on paper but fia gt has more entrys for gt1 and gt2 than lms or alms. And it's always a great race.

Is the Playteam Maserati likely to be back for Adria?

mirkob · 2 Oct 2006, 18:26 (Ref:1725513)

No, because in the same week-end the Italian GT Championship races in Vallelunga (Rome).

For the next year we should have the Racing Box's MC12 in the FIAGT running with Portuguese budget ; also the Playteam's MC12 has chances to arrive in the 2007 FIAGT

Hazard · 2 Oct 2006, 18:45 (Ref:1725543)

Boo! Too many Maserati's!

More Aston's! More Corvette's! More NEW Saleen's!

mirkob · 2 Oct 2006, 20:25 (Ref:1725624)

I think we only need more GT1, possible not Aston (we just have 4 Astons, with RaceAlliance that could run 2 cars again)

**chunterer** · 3 Oct 2006, 07:59 (Ref:1725996)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mirkob

I think we only need more GT1, possible not Aston (we just have 4 Astons, with RaceAlliance that could run 2 cars again)

Guys i've had a punt at what might be entering next year on the World GT1 thread - i'd really like your opinions/amendments.

mirkob · 10 Oct 2006, 08:06 (Ref:1733705)

Small Video of the Mc12 on the BMS AM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj_nt34pTLc

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