SPA 24 hrs, 25-26 July - Page 3

911 GT1 · 29 Jun 2009, 20:25 (Ref:2493521)

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Originally Posted by rich07

Phoenix doing anything? Fassler/Denis Deletraz/Alzen/??? in their C6R would be a worthy addition. Could they enter their Audi R8 in the GT3 class perhaps?

No Phoenix Audi at Spa.

MJ_N_09 · 30 Jun 2009, 10:18 (Ref:2493825)

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Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

And they ran a GT2 Panoz in the LMS in 2007.

I wonder where all all the Panozes have gone.....2006 was quite the dream year for them. I know PTG in the ALMS has 2, but still...

MJ_N_09 · 30 Jun 2009, 10:20 (Ref:2493827)

Don't DKR also have a C5-R in use in FFSA too? That could be an entry.

HORNDAWG · 30 Jun 2009, 15:26 (Ref:2493962)

Hmm, there's this pesky thing called homologation.

L.P.

airbusA346 · 30 Jun 2009, 17:24 (Ref:2494011)

Does anyone know when the entry list is meant to be released?

Tom.

AndrewF31 · 30 Jun 2009, 17:30 (Ref:2494020)

Last year the provisional entry list came out the day after the Oschersleben race which was in July, on the 8th, the test day at Spa.
So maybe next week

Marcel ten Caat · 30 Jun 2009, 23:07 (Ref:2494192)

Stéphane Ortelli will join Tim Sugden, David Ashburn and maybe a Porsche works driver in the Trackspeed Porsche for Spa 24.

MJ_N_09 · 30 Jun 2009, 23:13 (Ref:2494197)

Are any of these 1 off teams for Spa planning a full season next year?

cmk · 1 Jul 2009, 00:12 (Ref:2494216)

IMSA seem perfectly happy in the LMS and GT Open, but things can change. JWA is for gentlemen and runs enduros as a result. Chad will go with whoever has a budget, so probably see JWA. I think that's the one-off teams? Save maybe Jet Alliance, who could be at Spa and back next year too.

AndrewF31 · 1 Jul 2009, 14:52 (Ref:2494518)

First GT3s appearing on the ballot: EI reporting that Matech will not enter their GT1 car but, instead, they will have 2 GT3 Ford GTs competing.

Marc VDS will have the lone GT1 Ford GT at Spa.

At the end of the article, they mentioned Nissan taking 2 GT-Rs to Spa. That would be the #35 Gigawave run car plus another?

Ford GT part confirmed on the FIA GT site.

Dead-Eye · 1 Jul 2009, 15:54 (Ref:2494556)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

At the end of the article, they mentioned Nissan taking 2 GT-Rs to Spa. That would be the #35 Gigawave run car plus another?

It says that with the Nissan, there will be 2 GT1-2010 cars at Spa. 1 Ford and 1 Nissan.

AndrewF31 · 2 Jul 2009, 11:19 (Ref:2494972)

Planet Le Mans has posted a provisional entry list.

Some interesting additions in there. Wonder how much speculation is involved:

1 - Maserati adds Sarrazin and Negrão to Bartels-Bertolini
2 - Maserati adds Lamy and van de Poele to Müller-Ramos
A third Vitaphone Maserati is entered with Margaritis, Rosenblad and Pier Guidi
Luc Alphand adds Olivier Beretta and Jousse to their Corvette

Their Prospeed lineup has Collard, Westbrook and Edwards in #60 and O'Young and Holzer still in the #61.

They speculate GT3 will have a Muhlner Porsche, a Phoenix Audi with at least Fassler and Moser.

dxk1 · 2 Jul 2009, 12:10 (Ref:2494999)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Planet Le Mans has posted a provisional entry list.

This is shaping up to be an excellent field in both GT1 and GT2. The Ferrari-Porsche duel should be epic as well as the Maserati-Saleen-Corvette Duel. I'm really looking forward to this one.

DK

NightStalk3r · 2 Jul 2009, 12:13 (Ref:2495000)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Their Prospeed lineup has Collard, Westbrook and Edwards in #60 and O'Young and Holzer still in the #61.

Well see, but that is incorrect.

Dead-Eye · 2 Jul 2009, 15:21 (Ref:2495078)

Do we know how much coverage we can expect on gt1live?

AndrewF31 · 2 Jul 2009, 16:38 (Ref:2495104)

Heard in the chat room that last year it should the 24 hours but there was no commentary during the late night hours.

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r
Their Prospeed lineup has Collard, Westbrook and Edwards in #60 and O'Young and Holzer still in the #61.

Don't know where Planet LM got their info. It could be speculation.
Where did you hear about the Prospeed lineups?

NightStalk3r · 2 Jul 2009, 17:01 (Ref:2495112)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

Don't know where Planet LM got their info. It could be speculation.
Where did you hear about the Prospeed lineups?

One of the drivers for the #60 At Spa, i also have a rendering of there Spa Livery that has all of O'Youngs sponsors on the #60.

Speed-King · 2 Jul 2009, 17:16 (Ref:2495125)

Karl Wendlinger wrote in a recent column on motorsport-total, that they'd have all four drivers in one Saleen for Spa. So there's probably one K+K-car too much on the PLM-entry list.

AndrewF31 · 2 Jul 2009, 17:25 (Ref:2495128)

Seems PLM's entry list has the news we've seen posted around the web and based the rest on FIA-GT's season entry list and some speculation (mainly the GT3 entries like Muhlner and Phoenix, although it's odd they already have drivers for the Audi).

Just noticed Jetalliance isn't on the list.

AndrewF31 · 2 Jul 2009, 19:31 (Ref:2495173)

DSC reports about the IMSA entry. They'll have Narac, Pilet and Long on their team. Immediate favourite in GT2.

rich07 · 3 Jul 2009, 01:40 (Ref:2495276)

Hopefully JetAlliance appear out of the blue, although we would've heard something already if they were going to Spa. But without Karl and Ryan it wouldnt be the same.

If Vitaphone enter three cars surely one of them has to be called Vitasystems like last year? Great name.

If LAA do indeed have Beretta that will be a good lineup with Biagi and Massen. It would be superb with both Ollies in the car. Is Julien Jousse good? I dont know much about him.

cmk · 3 Jul 2009, 03:42 (Ref:2495298)

He's had a reasonably strong open-wheel career.

Cuttlefish · 3 Jul 2009, 08:07 (Ref:2495339)

Absolutely amazing lineups in the #1 and #2 Vitaphone cars. Seems like they put all the pay-drivers in the #17 car? I really wish they'd run in an ACO series; perhaps next year with whatever new (and hopefully legal this time) car Fiat builds for them.

I'm interested in seeing how the Matech GT3s times compare to the GT2 times. Weren't the GT3s actually faster than most of the GT2s at an earlier round?

AndrewF31 · 3 Jul 2009, 08:34 (Ref:2495347)

They're really close to each other, ya.

Pole times from the first 3 rounds:

Silverstone: GT2 1:50.2 / GT3 1:51.0 and 1:49.4
Adria: GT2 1:15.1 / GT3 1:15.4 and 1:15.1
Oschersleben: GT2 pole 1:28.8 / GT3 1:29.7 and 1:28.9

Can't remember if there was rain at Silverstone for qualifying but the times there and at the other 2 are close enough.

Average race speeds between the 2 are also close (winners, in km/h):

Silverstone: GT2 158 / GT3 157 and 158
Adria: GT2 123 / GT3 119 and 119
Oschersleben: rain in GT2 so not easy to compare

Should be close between them. However, if you look at the results from Spa last year they weren't that close. At Monza last year, there was a 30 km/h gap between GT2 and GT3 but I'm not sure if there's any regulation differences between last year and this year.

cmk · 3 Jul 2009, 17:54 (Ref:2495584)

I think Spa is one of the courses where the GT2 cars should clearly have the legs on the GT3s. All the same though, it does make you wonder why we bear the extra cost of GT2s that basically run the same pace as the GT3s over a single lap. Imagine GT3s with equivalent rubber...

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