2011 Japanese Super GT - Page 25

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 05:38 (Ref:2964195)

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.C.

Yes I also watch Petit Le Mans today. It was good, but it was still lacking the punch. GT2 was great as always.

The Nismo GTR is catching the S-Road GTR for 2nd. And yes the DENSO Lexus is super quick. As loong as a GT-R win the Championship, I wil be happy. Nismo and S-Road GTR are the best shot at taking the title.

I was honestly expecting S Road to dominate, but it appears DENSO is doing that! Although it looks like both S Road and MOTUL GTR are catching them for the lead.

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 05:40 (Ref:2964196)

Fantastic battle for the lead in traffic.

J.C. · 2 Oct 2011, 05:47 (Ref:2964197)

Motul GT-R is fast. All on the back of the Denso SC430. Great battle for the lead.

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 05:51 (Ref:2964198)

Insane overtake by Motoyama into turn 11.

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 05:52 (Ref:2964199)

MOTUL Nismo GTR, Denso Lexus in the pitlane, great pitstop by Denso.

J.C. · 2 Oct 2011, 05:54 (Ref:2964200)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

MOTUL Nismo GTR, Denso Lexus in the pitlane, great pitstop by Denso.

Motul GT-R lost the lead in the pits :/

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 06:04 (Ref:2964206)

The DP on steroids is battling for the GT300 class win.

J.C. · 2 Oct 2011, 06:07 (Ref:2964207)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

The DP on steroids is battling for the GT300 class win.

Can that DP race in the Grand-Am Series?

Motul GT-R back in the lead. Now I want S Road GT-R to get in 2nd, in front of the Denso SC340. Very tight points race.

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 06:11 (Ref:2964208)

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.C.

Can that DP race in the Grand-Am Series?

Motul GT-R back in the lead. Now I want S Road GT-R to get in 2nd, in front of the Denso SC340. Very tight points race.

I wish...

... but I certainly dont think it would be.

FordCosworthPanoz · 2 Oct 2011, 06:39 (Ref:2964213)

This race has certainly been worth staying up until past 3:30 AM in the morning to watch.

J.C. · 2 Oct 2011, 06:42 (Ref:2964216)

Great win by the Motul GT-R. The S Road GT-R finish 2nd. A good day in the points for them. GT-R 1,2 finish

My first Super GT race LIVE. And it was an epic one.

Long day of racing...

TF110 · 2 Oct 2011, 06:44 (Ref:2964217)

Too bad for the Denso SC430. They had a 3rd place at least.

Japanese Samurai · 2 Oct 2011, 09:04 (Ref:2964249)

**Sunday press conference by GTA
*About support race of SGT
GTA wants to tie up with AFOS (Organiser of GT Asia).
(GT Asia was a support race of Suzuka and Autopolis round this year.)
GTA is also considering the tie-up with the Chinese VW Sirocco race.
GTA wants to improve the quality of a support race.
*About Asian round in future
Together with the Asian strategy of Japanese auto manufacturers and tire manufacturers, GTA wants to advance the Asian strategy of SGT.
In it, holding SGT in South Korea, Taiwan, and Shanghai is also included.
*No mentinon about 2012 regulations
http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=36616

BBSB · 2 Oct 2011, 09:17 (Ref:2964253)

Oh dear. What a dreadful race for the HSV camp. Tire problems or what? I suppose the fact this is the first time HSV runs on this track didn't help their case.

Fantastic result for the GTR's. Now only nº23 has a chance to steal the title from S-Road in the final race but it will be difficult. S-Road should have this in the bag.

BBSB · 2 Oct 2011, 09:19 (Ref:2964254)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TF110

Well, maybe next year Bridgestone tires will be the better tire? You never know.

Exactly, you never know. That's why you don't want to put all your eggs in one basket (as Honda is doing). Thanks for proving my point!

Nissan and Toyota have a cleverer strategy. They cover all their bases. On a day when a tyre from a particular brand struggles for performance it means they still have a chance to win because they have other cars on different tyre brands. We see this happen regularly. It's very important, especially since the races are frequently affected by the weather over there in Japan. And in a championship battle with only 8 races (sometimes even less) it gives no room for errors, as you don't have sufficient time to recover as in other series with 15-20 races like F1 etc. It's massively important.

Take this year as an example. Nissan wouldn't likely have 2 cars/teams in contention at the end (nobody can take the title from their hands now, in fact) if they had only Bridgestones for ex. the michelins on the S-Road nº46 helped them start almost every race from the front or near the front.

Monkey Head · 2 Oct 2011, 09:24 (Ref:2964255)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

**Sunday press conference by GTA
*About support race of SGT
GTA wants to tie up with AFOS (Organiser of GT Asia).
(GT Asia was a support race of Suzuka and Autopolis round this year.)
GTA is also considering the tie-up with the Chinese VW Sirocco race.
GTA wants to improve the quality of a support race.
*About Asian round in future
Together with the Asian strategy of Japanese auto manufacturers and tire manufacturers, GTA wants to advance the Asian strategy of SGT.
In it, holding SGT in South Korea, Taiwan, and Shanghai is also included.
*No mentinon about 2012 regulations
http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=36616

if Bandoh san has watched video,he may not willing to visit the brand new'Grade 2' circuit in Taiwan....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaJwwF5Sz_E
even though the final layer of tarmac and kerbs hasn't completed yet...

Japanese Samurai · 2 Oct 2011, 13:10 (Ref:2964315)

**Sunday press conference by GTA Part2
*About GT500 regulations after 2012
The fundamental stance of the present series does not change till 2013.
"Driver change and Refuel" race style will not change after 2014.
Introduction of common parts, common standard, etc. are considered about a technical regulations in 2014. Exchange with overseas series is taken into consideration in it. (Current regulation till 2013???)

*Tie-up with DTM
New DTM vehicle can participate in GT500 class by BOP till 2013.

GTA consider exchange with overseas about future SGT. It is a stance that SGT will not become Galapagos series.
*2012 problem of GT300 class
Adjustment of plus-or-minus 10% of BOP is carried out to FIA-GT3 car.
(1) Weight, (2)minimum ground clearance, and (3) restrictor are used for the method.
*2012 GT500 class
Speed adjustment of GT500 car in 2012 is still under examination.
Revival of canard wings, expansion of restrictor size, etc. are considered.
http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=36628

Japanese Samurai · 2 Oct 2011, 13:41 (Ref:2964322)

Autopolis round race result
http://supergt.net/supergt/2011/1107/1107race_e.htm
GT500: 1.#23 MOTUL NISMO GTR, 2.#46 S-Road MOLA GTR 3.#38 ZENT Cerumo SC430
GT300: 1.#62 R&D Sport Legacy B4 2.#11 JIM Gainer 458GTC 3.#14 SG Changi IS350
Digest movie
http://supergt.net/supergt/movie/new...1/1107move.htm
Photos
http://car.nifty.com/cs/catalog/car_...02323218_1.htm
http://as-web.jp/photonews/keyword_r...p?c_id=2&no=90
*By the violation of yellow flag in free practice, Weider (#1) became the start from 10th grid.
*Road surface condition changed in the qualifying and the race. It became very low temperture.
Super lap group of GT500 (=BS users) have a rapid grip down trouble.
There is a regulation that Super lap teams must be started with tires used in the Super lap.
NISMO(#23) seem to choose the most suitable tires.
It seems that the sweet spot of BS tires is very narrow.
*ZENT Cerumo choosed the 2 pit stops strategy.
*The cause of SARD(#38)'s trouble is not clear yet.

godlameroso · 2 Oct 2011, 13:48 (Ref:2964323)

Looks like the S-Mola team has this sown up, all they need is 4th @ Motegi to seal the championship (provided Nismo GT-R wins that is)

Japanese Samurai · 2 Oct 2011, 14:35 (Ref:2964335)

Autopolis round race day highlights by Nissan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBxMXctSE34

DS" · 2 Oct 2011, 14:52 (Ref:2964341)

So Audi, Mercedes and BMW could run in SGT, but with a BoP to the SGT-spec cars. On the other hand, I can understand SuperGT in that they don't want the DTM regulations being "forced" upon them. But unified regulations are better than BoP in my opinion, because it would be rather easy for GTA to restrict the DTM cars to a level, in which they won't be able to beat the Japanese SGT cars. Maybe DTM should built an own Asian series, kinda like GP2 Asia, if they are so keen to run in Asia.

J.C. · 2 Oct 2011, 16:25 (Ref:2964370)

Quote:

Originally Posted by godlameroso

Looks like the S-Mola team has this sown up, all they need is 4th @ Motegi to seal the championship (provided Nismo GT-R wins that is)

As a Nissan fanboy, as long as a GT-R win the Championship, then I happy.

J.C. · 2 Oct 2011, 16:28 (Ref:2964374)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DS"

So Audi, Mercedes and BMW could run in SGT, but with a BoP to the SGT-spec cars. On the other hand, I can understand SuperGT in that they don't want the DTM regulations being "forced" upon them. But unified regulations are better than BoP in my opinion, because it would be rather easy for GTA to restrict the DTM cars to a level, in which they won't be able to beat the Japanese SGT cars. Maybe DTM should built an own Asian series, kinda like GP2 Asia, if they are so keen to run in Asia.

Didnt Mercedes make an alliance with Nissan? On the automotive side of things? Thought I was reading something about that a few months ago...

alexkiller8 · 2 Oct 2011, 18:08 (Ref:2964406)

new dtm cars have omologated cheap aero bodykit, much less performant than the gt500 (and gt300 proto) ones! the engines are less powerfull than the gt500 ones! so how can will be balanced these cars?

rich07 · 3 Oct 2011, 08:38 (Ref:2964694)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

*Tie-up with DTM
New DTM vehicle can participate in GT500 class by BOP till 2013.

indeed!

Great to see R&D Sport win in GT300. And Mola keep rolling on towards the championship, I really hope they win, that livery is one of my favourites.

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