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British GT 2004 (Possible Entries)
Just thought Id draw up a rough list of entrants that we could expect to see during the course of the 2004 British GT championship, Im not going to even attempt driver line-ups though, but if anyone would like to then please do so.
This list is purley speculative and is not official in any way. GT: 2 x Lister Storms, Lister Racing 2 x Saleen S7R's, Graham Nash Motorsport 1 x Lister Storm, Creation Autosportif NGT: 2 x Ferrari 360 GTC Mondea's, Scuderia Ecosse motorsport 2 x TVR Tuscan T400R, Racesport Sailsbury 1 x Mosler MT900R, Rollcentre Racing 1 x Ferrari 360 GTC Modena, Veloqx Motorsport 2 x Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Eurotech Racing 1 x Chrysler Viper, Point preperation 2 x Mosler MT900R, Balfe Motorsport 2 x TVR Tuscan T400R, Eclipse Motorsport 2 x TVR Tuscan T400R, Peninulsa/with JCB 2 x Corvette C5, Xero Competition 2 x Corvette C6, Embassy Racing 1 x Glen Eagling Motorsport, Marcos Mantis 2 x Ultima, Master Motorsport/Ultima Sport 1 x Ferrari 360 Modena, Glenvarigill motorsport 1 x Porsche 911 GT3 RS, RML GT Cup: 1 x Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Gulf Air motorsport 2 x Morgan Areo 8, Richard Thorne Motorsport 2 x Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Tech 9 Motorsport 2 x Glenavarigill Motorsport, Ferrari 360 Challenge 2 x Renault Clio V6, Atlanta Motorsport 2 x Lotus Elise, Lanzante Motorsport 2 x Lotus Elise, Charltons - Team Wireless motorsport 2 x Vauxall VX220, Colin Bowler Motorsport Well thats the best I can come up with, can anyone think of any additions to this list? For my money it looks like a pretty strong grid as it is there, hopefully they will all be there for Round 1 at Donnington. |
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Saleen, did British GT have any GT entries run last year, or just NGT and GT cup?
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Last year GT entries were allowed, but with signifcant penalties imposed, ie I think they had to spend more time in the pits than the NGT class cars to ensure the NGT class cars had a chance of overall wins, the reason for this was there was only one car in the GT class, the Viper which is now being run by point preperation, in the GTO class.
In 2002 however things were a bit differnt with the GT class being allowed entries without being penalised when we had the Factory TVR Speed 12, factory Lister Storm and 2 Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen's. (occasionally 3 Saleens from GNM). Last edited by SALEEN S7R; 22 Jan 2004 at 15:02. |
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How will the rules be structured this year? Will the GT entries be restricted? Is this how the FIA GT series structures their GT and NGT rules also? Sorry about the questions, I'm only a novice GT fan you know.
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A very good entry list but isn´t a bit optimist?
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Thanks Saleen. Good stuff. Sounds like British GT has gained some steam from last year then. I hope Speed covers Brit GT and FIA GT during the season. I'd hate to wait till the offseason to see the races.
One rule question though. Does FIA GT also penalize or restrict the GT class so the NGT's can compete for overall wins? |
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No the GT class cars are the main class, and the class that is meant to win, if u are reffering to Freisingers win in the Spa 24hrs they did that soley because they are one of the best Porsche teams in the world at the moment and have some of the best drivers on the grid, over a 3hr race not much really happens but over 24hrs the Porsche bullet proof reliabilty comes into play.
The GT class is basically the same as the ALMS GTS class. Not sure if there are any differnces now as both use Carbon brake discs and sequential gearboxes now so I think that any differnce that there was isnt anymore. Think of the GT class of FIA GT/British GT as the same as the GTS class of the ALMS and the NGT class the same as the ALMS GT class and u wont go far wrong. One thing I would like to know though is, the ACO have increased the fuel tank capacity for GT/GTS NGT/GT class cars in the LMES and LM and ALMS to 100 litres, does this also apply to FIA GT and British GT? Or are they still using the 90 litre fuel tanks? |
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Hi SALEEN S7R
The GTO VIPER is owned by me and Rob Croydon. We have not yet sorted a team to run the car and this is well under way. SPEEDY77 |
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Just read today on www.dailysportscar.com that Richard Thorne Motorsport could run 1 Morgan Areo 8 in NGT, and 2 in the Cup class of the British GT championship. This would be fantastic news for the series.
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Haven't Rollcentre also got a GT class Noble GTO too?
And is the Embassy Racing car really a C6, surely it is a C5? |
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2 x Lister Storms, Lister Racing 2 x Saleen S7R's, Graham Nash Motorsport 1 x Lister Storm, Creation Autosportif NGT: 2 x Ferrari 360 GTC Mondea's, Scuderia Ecosse motorsport 2 x TVR Tuscan T400R, Racesport Sailsbury 1 x Mosler MT900R, Rollcentre Racing 1 x Ferrari 360 GTC Modena, Veloqx Motorsport 2 x Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Eurotech Racing 1 x Chrysler Viper, Point preperation 2 x Mosler MT900R, Balfe Motorsport 2 x TVR Tuscan T400R, Eclipse Motorsport 2 x TVR Tuscan T400R, Peninulsa/with JCB 2 x Corvette C5, Xero Competition 2 x Corvette C6, Embassy Racing 1 x Glen Eagling Motorsport, Marcos Mantis 2 x Ultima, Master Motorsport/Ultima Sport 1 x Ferrari 360 Modena, Glenvarigill motorsport 1 x Porsche 911 GT3 RS, RML Things I see wrong with this are... Where do you get the double entries from some of the teams? Balfe Motorsport only have one Mosler for a start, Rollcentre have two, but one is for sale (or was after Brands last season and last time I looked in Autosport!) Where have Scuderia Ecosse and Eclipse suddenly got their second cars from? They only have one as far as I am aware. As do Penninsula, but that could change. As far as I know, both Xero and Embassy are only running one Corvette each in GTO, but Xero had a Cup class car last season which will probably return. And have Master Motorsport suddenly bought another Ultima to race??? Where have you heard that from? And RML are running a GT3RS???????? I think they might have their hands full with the SEAT BTCC effort and running two Saleens in the FIA GT championship this year, let alone running a Porsche in the UK. I could be wrong though, I guess. |
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Audi R8R, if u receieve Autosport magazine and have this weeks issue please turn to page 79, the article clearly states in the "Drives available" page that the Scuderia Ecosse team have 2 Ferrari 360 GTC's and are looking for drivers. As for the rest we will have to wait and see what happens, u seemed to have missed what I said though about the list not being offical in any way and purley speculative.
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Purely speculative is right. But I'd sooner see a list that is based around fact rather than a wish list. And no, I don't have a copy of this weeks Autosport.
A list that is fixed more in reality than guess work might help us put a better picture of who is racing what this season. Also, the new regulations of who is a professional, semi-pro and 'gentleman' driver has just been released and there are some VERY surprising names on the list for Class B and C. |
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And do u happen to have such a list Audi R8R? If u have a offical entry list then please feel free to share it with us, if u havent we will have to make do with speculative entry lists for now Im afraid, just like we are with the LMES entry list thread.
And as I said, Scuderia Ecosse will be running 2 Ferrari 360 GTC Modenas in this years British GT championship as well as the LMES and hopefully LM. Last edited by SALEEN S7R; 22 Jan 2004 at 16:28. |
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Okay, I'll make up a list tha I know is solid now and then you can build on it.
GT Lister (Factory) 1 (possibly 2) x Storm Creation 1 x Storm GNM 1 (Possibly) x Saleen S7R GTO Rollcentre Racing 1 x Mosler Penninsula 1 x TVR Typhon/T400R/Tuscan R whatever... Eurotech 2 x Porsche GT3RS Scuderia Ecosse 2 x Ferrari GTC Point Preparation 1 x Viper Xero Motorsport 1(Maybe 2) x Corvette C5 Embassy Racing 1 x Corvette C5 GT Cup 1 x Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Gulf Air motorsport 1 x Morgan Areo 8, Richard Thorne Motorsport 2 x Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Tech 9 Motorsport 1 x Renault Clio V6, Atlanta Motorsport 1 x Lotus Elise, Lanzante Motorsport 1 x Lotus Elise, Charltons - Team Wireless motorsport 2 x Vauxall VX220, Colin Bowler Motorsport That's what I 'think' is already confirmed. I haven't included Eclipse in the GTO category as I haven't heard what their plans are yet. I would think they'll be back for another shot at it again though. But as I said, not confirmed yet. |
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Thanks for the entry. And by the way in last weeks Autosport magazine on page 93 a article states that GNM wants to run a "pair" of Saleens in this years British GT championship, so I think we can assume that there will be 2 Saleen's from GNM.
Autosport reports in Jan 8th edition that the Eurotech team will not only field 2 Porsche 911 GT3 RS in the NGT class but it WILL also field 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup class car in the GT Cup class for Stuart Scott and Steve Wood. Last edited by SALEEN S7R; 22 Jan 2004 at 16:51. |
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Is there still going to be a Holden Monaro in British GT this year? I thought Emotional Engineering were going to be running one but nobody seems to have mentioned it on their provisional entry lists.
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Will QM Engineering be running a Viper this year, I saw it somewhere but haven't heard any news on this recently.
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