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14 Mar 2019, 18:40 (Ref:3890494) | #351 | |
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Mclaren has sold 12 GT3's already.
I can account for 9, so we MAY see another programme somewhere. IGTC? VLN? GT Masters? 59 Racing - 1x ABSSA Motorsport - 1x Team Goh - 2x Compass Racing - 1x Teo Martin Motorsport - 3x Balfe Motorsport - 1x |
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It might just be me but, I personally find the 720 incredibly ugly. It's not a patch on the 650 and just looks to modern. A bit pagani zonda ish but worse.
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Teo Martin Motorsport bought two GT3 and one GT4. If Team Goh bought two, they just got one. |
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McLaren are entered for the full IGTC so we’ll have to see at least one 720 at Spa 24. Maybe entered by the factory themselves
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Teo have purchased three cars, and have announced three entries Rueda / Savaria Hahn / Khodair Chaves / TBC They also have 2 570s GT4s, not 1 And Team Goh, well just take a look anywhere on the web today, theres pics of the team with BOTH 720s GT3's in livery, on track together.... |
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I may be wrong though and im sure youre right on a car or two in PRO for Spa at the very least |
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15 Mar 2019, 11:24 (Ref:3890640) | #358 | ||
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Hahn / Khodair 's car belongs to the drivers or to the team? I give you that. |
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25 Apr 2019, 19:45 (Ref:3899631) | #359 | ||
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The Suzuka 10 Hours entry list has three McLaren 720S GT3 in the Pro Class.
One entry features Mika Häkkinen, Katsuaki Kubota and Hiroaki Ishiura. |
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28 Apr 2019, 18:44 (Ref:3900296) | #361 | ||
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Didn’t really like the 720 when it was launched but it’s growing on me, showed good pace in GT Open this weekend, will be interesting to see how it gets on in GTD.
Pretty remarkable that all 3 McLarens in GT Open managed to make contact with each other at the start of the second GT Open race. |
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18 Jul 2019, 16:52 (Ref:3918369) | #363 | |
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Curious Mclaren havent used Parente at all yet this season, although there may be a clause with Kpax that means he cant run until the end of the Blancpain America Season, which would leave him open to the couple of finale endurance races of 2019.
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28 Nov 2019, 23:36 (Ref:3943516) | #364 | ||
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Will we see any 720 GT3 in the Endurance series next year?
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29 Nov 2019, 01:33 (Ref:3943524) | #365 | ||
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Hopefully in Blancpain Europe. United Autosport looked to return to GT3 but that has been put back to 2021. At a guess this would’ve been with the 720. Garage 59 has switched to Aston for obvious reasons. Shame the likes of Hexis aren’t still around to really put the cat amongst the pigeons in Blancpain Endurance. I can’t think of another top team that would run the car unless they changed makes. The car seems to be racing in a few series now. International GT Open, BritGT, IMSA, Super GT, Aus GT this year. Rumour has it Compass will return to IMSA next year but whether it will be full season or not is unknown. Expect one maybe two at B12 next year. |
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A 720 has been very fast at the Challenge Bathurst event this weekend driven by Ron Barnicote
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Ben Barnicoat that is That was done unrestricted AFAIK but wasn’t done in cool temperatures so still a fine effort nonetheless. The car must be blinding quick across the top with the aero it has. |
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😅😅😅 Thanks for reminding us all of that. Wow what a faux pas that was. Almost unbelievable.
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I got back up to their pits a little later, to say the least there was a bit of an atmosphere..........I suddenly had to go out to the back of the circuit and shoot some other cars.............it seemed safer........... |
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Not knowing about that crash, it took me a bit to find anything about it. This being the most I could find (after a 15min search):
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I remember you mentioning this in your FIA GT retrospectives for Speedhunters (that seems another lifetime ago) and always wondered what happened between the three cars considering there’s hardly any footage of the 97 season on YouTube and yet you can find highlights of the entire 98 Mercedes whitewash.. |
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Speedhunters? Ten years gone, yes, a lifetime ago............that was fun to do but they descended into fanboi and internet yogi level..........my face no longer fitted, pity as I enjoyed the work (and the money). Thinking back to Spa '97 there was no love lost between the factory Porsche drivers and Gounon. Jean-Marc was held accountable by some of them for the accident that put Bob Wollek out of Le Mans a few weeks earlier. Early on Sunday morning Bob, leading the race he wanted to win more than anything else, tried to lap Gounon's Gulf McLaren but was held up for three laps. Then coming out of Arnage he lost control and clouted the barriers heavily and was forced to retire. Later, Norbert Singer attributed the incident to be the result of a broken driveshaft but in the minds of some, Gounon was to blame. Some others thought Bob had lost his cool and messed up............ |
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