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Once again, driver changes do not apply to Zanardi, as stated in the article quoted in post #97, above, from the Sports Car 365 article. He will NOT be sharing the car. |
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On the other hand, he's changing he will be no longer dependent on a co driver, with having to be focused 1h on heavilly physically intensive racing as sprints is instead.
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Zanardi being able to get out of the car quickly enough is more a safety issue than anything else obviously. With his previous WTCC experience one has to assume that that part is all covered. Do I remember correctly that he rolled his car on top of the Raidillon at Spa in one the WTCC races early in the new millenium and escaped without harm? |
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Official press release from SRO:
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/n...-sprint-series Ratel says that the in-race pitstop for Alex's car is expected to be tires-only, but a minimum pitstop time will be imposed if necessary. |
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Agree, also because this kind of racing doesn't require an athletic physical condition like can be F1 or LMP1. Take a look to Enzo Ide and you'll understand what I mean.
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I would bet on Alex being more fit than at least 90% of his competitors!
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That's Zanardi's first step into endurance, he must be looking to Le Mans sure, Since as stated before a 3h full race of the Blancpain Endurance is like a 3h stints of Le Mans or Spa. But to do a 24h race he must have a car with special setup to be shared with mates. |
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During ffsa gt tour at imola I noticed that one of the ferrari drivers (don't remember if he raced for sofrev or jmb..) was in a wheelchair.. He and his teammate practiced the driver change, it was a bit more complicated than the standard operation but they had no trouble at all so I don't think that this could be an issue in a 24 hour race..
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Just for the record: I wasn't trying to poo-poo Alex. Far from it. I just thought that he probably is fit enough for doing driver changes, so the modified controls might indeed be the real issue (less for him, but for a co-driver).
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Gilles Duqueine a few years back, who is in a wheel chair, competed in the in the FIA GT3 series in a Viper with Anthony Reid. Also he was entered in a Sport Garage Ferrari at last years Spa 24h. So I do not see what the problem is either.
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4 WRT Audis at the sSprint series, even one more than last year:
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/n...he-blancpain-g So expect minimum two full pro efforts among this four. |
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Looks like they are going to have a stable lineup as well. Vanthoor/Ortelli, Sandstrom/Stippler, Rene Rast and....(much to guess) and Oliver Jarvis as wild card probably.
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Also 3 fulltime entries in the Endurance Series plus one additional car for the Spa 24H. WRT is beginning to look like AF Corse!
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With the departure of teams like hexis and MVDS, only HTP and kessel (is still unknown if AMR will field the work team) could stand against WRT squadron.
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http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/vi...ies-expansion/
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Correct me if I'm wrong but we're looking at 13 (more or less) secure cars on the BSS entry list, right?
http://gtsprintseries.wordpress.com/...france-nogaro/ Maybe HTP can cope with the WRT-Armada... |
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If the BoP goes like this year, WRT won't be a case. SLS will just squash them all.
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