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29 Aug 2007, 16:41 (Ref:1999309)
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Autosport and GT2
On Armchair Enthusiast; "I've Cancelled Autosport" thread the editor says that they are to run a special GT2 feature in a few weeks time, what would you like to see in it experts?
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29 Aug 2007, 16:51 (Ref:1999320)
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Personally a comparison between the actual street car and the GT2 version for each of the cars raced.
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29 Aug 2007, 16:53 (Ref:1999321)
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The cost of running a 430 GT against a 997GT3 RSR campaign..... in the Fia , LMS or ALMS would be interesting .
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29 Aug 2007, 18:02 (Ref:1999376)
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Add in a comparison with GT1 also then any fan who reads Autosport will know just what is, and is not. Bob |
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29 Aug 2007, 19:19 (Ref:1999438)
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I think what the autosport guy has in mind is more like 'what GT2 car would Lewis Hamiltion have in his garage'
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29 Aug 2007, 19:29 (Ref:1999450)
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That is unfair; there will be a lot of "Expert View"s I am sure. However I am thinking of changing the title of this thread to what GT2 car would Lewis Hamiltion have in his garage to attract more readers.
 He promises that it is a good article, and I look forward to it. What I would like to see in it? I doubt I'm being realistic, it is probably just about one aspect, but here goes: An article on a team that races GT2, a comparison of the cars, a track test of the 911. A review of the year so far. A discussion on the future of GT2. And a retro 911s at Le Mans through the year, with amateur racer Adam Ashmore testing them all! |
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29 Aug 2007, 19:50 (Ref:1999475)
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A brief review of the evoloution of GT2 over the years, then maybe a section on the likely cars of the future.
An article on a team that races GT2 would be good, highlighting their problems getting exposure in the motor sport press! (If the name Hamiltion appears I hope it is attached to Adrian or Duncan first!) |
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30 Aug 2007, 21:08 (Ref:2000397)
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@ Badger, do you really want to know the cost, you will probably die of a heart attack, the budgets in GT2 are too big...
@AdamAshmore, I asked Lewis and he did not know all the cars in GT2, when I told him the list, he said that he would like the Ferrari(dam you lol)! @Nordic, Tell me about it, if you win or are on the podium in FIA GT2, ALMS GT2 or LMS GT2 you get about 4 lines, it is like we dont exist... And GT1/LMP1 get 2 pages, when most of the time the GT2 race has been better, sucks. |
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30 Aug 2007, 21:57 (Ref:2000438)
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I'd be interested in something covering the evolution of GT2 through the ages, as it were.
On a more realistic note, a proper breakdown/analysis of the major GT2 racing stuff going on this year would be cool. The comments before RE a comparison of the racing GT2s with the road going versions I would personally find thoroughly interesting. In the end, given it is Autosport, I expect a few massive pictures combined with a few largely true if unspectacular sentences stuck somewhere where there is space. All in all, it will probably be disappointing: but, apparently, this will be because I a numpty who should be ignored because I am not the editor of the magazine (thus, my opinion, whilst keenly wanted, should, and will, be ignored, since, you see, I am neither a Hamilton obsessive nor in agreement with the editor). Yeeeeeehaaaa! Last edited by Dutton; 30 Aug 2007 at 22:03. |
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30 Aug 2007, 22:18 (Ref:2000452)
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 Not really a GT2 kind of car, more LMP1.
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31 Aug 2007, 06:35 (Ref:2000616)
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I don't think you know Lewis (or Lou to his close mates) as well as you make out.
When I met him for lunch at McDonalds to Tuesday, I asked him what GT2 car he likes most, after a brief phone call to Ron (Dennis not McDonald) he asked what GT2 was. Jenson Button on the other hand is trying to get a seat in a GT2 car for next year. So far no team has expressed an interest. Last edited by Nordic; 31 Aug 2007 at 06:41. |
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31 Aug 2007, 15:06 (Ref:2000896)
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[quote=Sean Edwards
@Nordic, Tell me about it, if you win or are on the podium in FIA GT2, ALMS GT2 or LMS GT2 you get about 4 lines, it is like we dont exist... And GT1/LMP1 get 2 pages, when most of the time the GT2 race has been better, sucks.[/quote] Mr Edwards, have you read the "Ive Cancelled Autosport" thread on Armchair enthusiast? Your coments would be very apposite |
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31 Aug 2007, 21:39 (Ref:2001089)
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@Nordic, I only karted with him and messed around with him and Nico Rosberg (our dads know each other from when they raced F1 in the 70's together and me and nico lived beside each other in monaco and went on many holidays together). Lewis also instructed me in formula renault in 2004, so no, I don't know him at all
 Ps, he defo don't go to Mcdonalds haha! LOL at JB comment! @old man, no I have not seen it, link? |
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1 Sep 2007, 02:01 (Ref:2001154)
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1 Sep 2007, 07:01 (Ref:2001198)
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Is he more of a Burger king kind of bloke? (I guess your dad is Guy Edwards? if so I remember watching him in in Group C and Grp 5 plus the odd F1 race) http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97401 ere is the the other thread old man mentioned. |
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1 Sep 2007, 09:32 (Ref:2001224)
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Yes, I pop in every so often when I have some spare time. Spa was great and finally we got the podium we deserve, as we should have had 3 already...
Yep, burger king, spot on!  Yeah that's him, group C was proper racing, wish it was like that these days! Cheers, will look later. |
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1 Sep 2007, 11:43 (Ref:2001274)
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[QUOTE=Sean Edwards]@ Badger, do you really want to know the cost, you will probably die of a heart attack, the budgets in GT2 are too big...QUOTE]
Yeah ..... Id like to know where the differance is between running a 997 against a 430 .... where the parts differ in expense and why so ? |
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1 Sep 2007, 11:52 (Ref:2001280)
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Nice pic of Edwards-Keegan in a Fitzpatrick 956 ..... http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-04-23-055.jpg |
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