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Isn't ART Grand Prix joining the series this season?
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Has WRT declared their plan?
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Harold Primat the first HTP Motorsport driver to be confirmed for the Blancpain Endurance Series. He will be joined by Bernd Schneider at Spa. Other two drivers for regular BES rounds not yet announced.
http://www.planetlemans.com/2014/01/...al-gt-assault/ |
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We are on January, First race later than the Endurance series in April.
You should really start to bother if at the beginning of March we don't have half grid (And the sprints usually are later than the endurance anyway). A measure of the sucesfulness of a series tends to be the advance in the anticipation of the entry lists, e.g. 24h of Le Mans. Last edited by urdragon; 19 Jan 2014 at 20:40. |
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Wow, Bernd Schneider again.....Hopefully someone can stop the mighty SLS and legendary Schneider.
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Team Villorba Corse purchased a Ferrari 458 GT3, one possible program for 2014 is Blancpain.
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21 Jan 2014, 10:29 (Ref:3356588) | #84 | |
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Alex Zanardi will return to racing in the Blancpain Sprint as a BMW factory driver! http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112207
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21 Jan 2014, 10:44 (Ref:3356591) | #85 | ||
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GEKKENHUIS! That's my dream coming true: seeing Zanardi race!
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Stunning news, what else can you say about Zanardi? He's an absolute inspiration.
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Wow, I like it, normally I would think that SRO's Sprints is more challenging to "physically-challenged drivers" because here tend to be more Pros than in BES endurance, so the average level may be higher, but three hour races maybe is too much, (Like a stint in 24h races) to concentrate as much as the drivers changing. Welcome to the ex F1 Star Zanardi.
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Will be interesting to see what they do about the driver changes. But then, I guess, there is a mandated emergency exit time in WTCC as well and if he didn't have a problem with that, he should be fine here as well.
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21 Jan 2014, 13:27 (Ref:3356687) | #90 | |
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Zanardi will run alone, no driver changes.
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Great to see Zanardi racing once more!
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Actually I meant both
But if he has to be able to leave the car quickly in the case of an emergency then he also should be able to get out of the car in a reasonable time during a pitstop, no? |
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You needn't force that periodically (every pit) if he recognises is a complicated action for him. Moreover maybe is not aethetically perfect and not needed at the same time. |
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I don't understand this discussion. He has driven 4 of 5 years in ETCC/WTCC and it was no problem, why should it be a problem now?
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Maybe GT3 Machine (Inside cockpit) configuration (vs ETCC/WTCC) to him then. I'm guessing tough. |
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From the article: Zanardi, who lost both of his legs in a CART race at the Lausitzring in 2001, will drive a specially equipped BMW Z4 GT3 car that will allow acceleration through hand controls. He will not share the car with a co-driver, thanks to a new regulation for 2014. Last edited by Breitling24; 21 Jan 2014 at 18:43. |
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The Autosport story claims that driver changes in the Sprint series take less than it takes to change the tires in a normal pitstop procedure. Recalling some pitstop videos, I suppose that's quite right, so Alex's mandatory pitstop should be mandated to be tires only (with the regular procedure).
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I'd imagine his getting into and out of the car isn't the problem, it's making the updated controls inside the car work for a co-driver.
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