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All points above very valid. Agree that the 6 month difference hasnt helped, Ratel admitted that.
And being a season-not-quite-opener vs a season finisher has probably hit this race the most. The smaller GT3 guys dont want to risk their cars in an endurance before the bulk of the Sprint season.
At the end of a season its easier to justify I guess. More time to rebuild.
In terms of GT4, certainly silly to host a GT4 series race on the same weekend, but there is only 10 entries, none of which would be guaranteed if the only option was the 8 hr. Again, justifying running a car in 2x 50min races as part of a series, vs running what for GT4 is a standalone endurance race is massively different.
Im hopeful this produces another good race like the last, there was certainly some Bathurst qualities to it that could really build. This might be an event to peak in some years.
Groundwork in now, let it flourish.
We can also undoubtedly expect more full series IGTC cars next year, Mclaren, Lambo, etc all considering.
Thats potentially 4 cars in itself.
If you think about the IGTC calendar as a whole, this race fits in well, in terms of time of year. You go from Bathurst to Laguna Seca, to Spa, to Suzuka, to Kayalmi (spelling?)
Theres a nice flow in that, they just need to keep ironing it out
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