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Hey, don't forget the Bentley's Continental GT3 project - it also comes next year. And the other "specific" ones: Toyota GT86 (as US Scion
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Has The Ginetta G55 the FIA homologation or its just avaliable for national class?
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Yeah, noticed that didn't know how to edit, cause no delete option even during edit time.., Audi tends to use stupid names, like calling etron to all full electric cars and then calling their Le mans hybrid Etron... Like if there didn't exist one trillion of names to have to use the GT3 tag that even exists at their brand in the R8 LMS. No Safety cage or Spoiler at the text, Sorry.
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I would only believe that if R8 steps up to GTE. But even then it's unlikely. They could just do like Ferrari, Aston Martin, BMW and Porsche, using the same models in both classes.
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Money, money, money... And a spirit of sport, where R8 is a little bit more sports-car than TT...
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[devilsadvocate] But the TT competes with the Z4 in the showroom, does it not? Surely if the BMW can go racing in GT3, so could the Audi.... [/devilsadvocate]
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http://www.quattroworld.com/034motor...ar/#more-19399 http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ocus-5480.html This car of a lower grade than the GT3 or GTE, scored an overall victory in a 6 hours race with rain conditions in VLN beating all of GT3 and GTE. http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.gb.php?id=2741 One question: Should be all GT3 rear wheel drive? or the rules allow another traction |
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Only RWD in GT3.
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Sorry Mitch nothing in the regs for GT3 says they must be RWD.
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So why did Audi go to RWD with the R8 then?
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Must be an advantage then to go RWD over FWD then by the fact that no-one uses FWD or has considered FWD.
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HOWEVER, as that Audi TT win showed FWD can have a major traction advantage in the rain. Also, interestingly, WTCC driver Charles Ng says that the FWD touring cars can accelerate out of corners faster than his RWD BMW 3-series (though he can brake later and have higher entry speed). http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/11/...-charles-ng-2/ |
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Sorry, I was pretty much stating the obvious (I'm no simpleton trust me) but yes, even if it's allowed no-one in their right mind in GT3 would race a FWD car.
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Contrary to current trends you dont need big horsepower in GT3. The balance of performance is about power to weight ratio. Given the high speed flowing nature of many european tracks it would be possible to build a 400hp FWD that would be competitive.
As an example: A Volvo C70 with carbon hard top (ala Z4) fitted with a turbo 2.5 litre driving the front wheels could be a competitive package if done right. |
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Meanwhile a RWD Volvo of the same power would be better on its front tyres...
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Actually....FWD does have an advantage over rear wheel drive, particularly on tight downhill roads. It's not necessarily faster, but in this instance gravity is helping the drive train do it's thing for FWD. That said no one drives only downhill, and RWD definitely has more potential than FWD
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