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Old 27 Apr 2013, 19:57 (Ref:3240055)   #4
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SALEEN S7R should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridSALEEN S7R should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridSALEEN S7R should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
Regarding the ammount of manufacturers in sportscars vs F1, yes there are more in sportscars but unfortunately few of the factory teams have the glitz and and glamour that you find in a F1 paddock. The Audi and Toyota set up may well be as impressive as F1 teams in terms of motorhomes and facilites etc, but who else? Corvette and AMR maybe but not many else. Vitaphone when they were in the old FIA GT championship achieved this however. What relevence does this have? Well most F1 fans and the general public are sucked in by the F1 atmosphere, you dont quite get that in a sportscar series paddock unfortunately.

As for the F1 drivers comparison, lots of the drivers in sportscars who come from F1 are great in their own right, but I think many F1 fans see them simply as F1 rejects who werent quite good enough to win in F1 for whatever reason. F1, rightly or wrongly, wrongly IMO is still seen as the pinnacle of motorsport and is untouchable in F1 fans minds, personally I would put the WEC on a par with F1 in terms of the series stature.
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