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2009 FIA GT Calendar Released
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"The FIA announces the 2009 FIA GT Calendars The 2009 calendars for both the FIA GT Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship have been released during today’s session of the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The FIA GT Championship calendar will include nine rounds in total, including two rounds outside Europe. Eight rounds were announced today, with a further overseas race, which will start the season, due to be confirmed during the December meeting of the World Motor Sport Council. ....
** To be confirmed by the FIA WMSC in December" http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/11/...a-gt-calendar/ I wonder where this other "overseas" race will be? No Monza, Brno or Nogaro. Bucharest and the 1000 km of Nürburgring clash on the 30th August as well as Portimão and the 1000 km of Silverstone on the 13th September. Tom. |
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Minor update:
FIA GT3 European Championship: Dubai is on December 4/5, not November 14/15... |
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"The FIA World Motor Sport Council also announced that Magneti Marelli had won the tender to be the single ECU supplier to the FIA GT Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012."
Traction control ban? It was mentioned as a possibility, together with standard ECU, in one of the press releases last year. |
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It has been said that F1 is the only thing the audience there cares about...
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Could FIA GT be going back to China to start the year?
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09 Combined Series Schedule
Blue = ALMS Orange = LMS Black = LeMans Purple = FIA GT * Subject to the homologation of the circuit ** To be confirmed by the FIA WMSC in December C = conflict January 26-28 : ALMS : Wheels Down Winter Test - Sebring March 8-9 : LMS : Paul Ricard Test- 1st time open to public March 21 : ALMS : 12 Hours of Sebring March : FIA : TBA ** April 4 : ALMS : St. Petersburg C April 5 : LMS : 1000km of Catalunya, Spain C April 18 : ALMS : Long Beach April 22-23 ACO/LMS test @ Bugatti Circuit Le Mans, France May 3 : FIA : Silverstone, U.K. May 10 : LMS : 1000km of Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium May 17 : ALMS : Salt Lake City May 23 : FIA : Adria, Italy May 31 : ACO : Le Mans Test Day June 13-14 : ACO : 24 Hours of Le Mans June 28 : FIA : Oschersleben, Germany July 18 : ALMS : Lime Rock July 26 : FIA : Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium August 2 1000km of Algarve, Portugal - NIGHT RACE * August 8 : ALMS : Mid-Ohio August 16 : ALMS : Road America August 30 : LMS : 1000km of Nurburgring, Germany C August 30 : ALMS : Mosport, Canada C August 30 : FIA : Bucharest, RomaniaC September 5 : ALMS : Detroit September 13 : LMS : 1000km of Silverstone C September 13 : FIA : Algarve, Portugal*C September 26 : ALMS : Petit Le Mans October 10 : ALMS : Laguna Seca C October 11 : FIA : Zolder, Belgium C November 1 : Asian Lemans Series (ACO) 2 races: Mt. Fuji, Japan November 8 : Asian Lemans Series (ACO) 2 races: Shanghai, China November 22 : FIA : San Luis, Argentina* L.P. Last edited by HORNDAWG; 5 Nov 2008 at 23:13. |
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Looks pretty good actually...I don't think it's realistic to expect fewer clashes, and certainly better than the horror stories of LMS and Spa on the same weekend.
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a good calendar, even I dont konw why going to the new portuguese circuit ! Adria still with its night race, but 2 clashes with the LMS, only 8 rounds vs 5 and still we have clashes !!!
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The FIA GT Adria race will be a night race again as well.
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I suspect it is North America but this is a pure guess. |
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No Monza!! ?? massive shame. As for the overseas race, I doubt it will be in North America, ALMS would have something to say about that! My first guess was Zuhai but where else could it be?
Africa?? not likely Australia? not likely but if it happens I will be there with bells on! Another race in South America? Brazil?? Somewhere in Asia, possibly? Middle East? |
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I think Middle East or Japan is more likely than America.
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I just think it is a shame there are two FIA/LMS clashes
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Bahrain or Qatar.
I'd say Bahrain was the better of the two. |
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Sebring as a joined FIA-GT/ALMS race would be fantastic, but without Dr.Panoz/IMSA paying teams to come over, it's probably not viable for the European teams. |
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That's it, if the promotors in other parts of the world had the money (and the willingness to part with it) which is in the middle east at the moment then the FIA GT would go to Japan, America or Australia or anywhere else that would want them racing.
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It will likely cost 2million Euros for a promoter to do a flyaway FIA GT event. That's Euros 200 per ticket if you get a 10,000 crowd without profit. For that price, you can actually go for a nice 3/4 days holiday over here in Asia.
Of course, if you get a 1 million euros title sponsor you do offset the costs. But it is very, very , very very very very hard to find. And even if you sell the ticket at 100 Euros, it still isn't the bargain of the year. Last edited by Asa; 8 Nov 2008 at 15:44. |
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hard times now, and Ratel wanting a World Championship !!! FIA GT concentrate on Europe, there are a lot of good tracks, and its strange to have no race in France, Nogaro was a positive event the last 2 years
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