FIA GT3 Corvette a victim of success

[dj4monie]

Originally Posted by kyoung

Lambotte/Parisy; again, two very capable drivers, but what about the other half of these teams, they have not even come close to a podium finish. Seiler/Lunardi has their moments too, but ends up fading in the end. The cars are fine as they are; if you want to make sure the Dalmatian and the Silverpinkgreenteam don’t win, weigh them down, not every Corvette team out there is having the same success.

I assume people don't understand consistency like you seem too.

The lead Calloway run Corvette (Keilwitz/Hohenadel) and the lead Graf Corvette have kept it on the black stuff (and out of the pits) the longest, this is why they are ahead in the standings. Less not forget that if not for a fuel pump failure at Jarama the lead would be even bigger.

Can't forget water pump failure at Silverstone for them as well, there lead would be almost insurmountable.

The Lambos are just as fast, just not lucky. Huertgen/Walter would have maybe won race #2 in France but they failed post qualifying tech for Race 2 and started at the back. They still finished 4th....

The Ferrari's have been fast at times, the B6's have been quick, even the Marc DVS Mustang qualified on the first two rows at Jarama but something with the homolgation happened and they were forced to park it and without running through the process again, they decided to shelve it until 2011.

GT3 is fine, this is what happens when you put talented people in well prepared cars and the one "loop hole" in the driver rating is for those that are bronze but because they haven't won anything. All that means that somebody like Adam Jones who's been quick in BTCC and in GT cars, could get a Bronze or Silver rating because he's never won a major championship (unless you wanna call F4 Renault 1.6 "major").

Csaba Walter has been just as quick as Huertgen...

[dj4monie]

Originally Posted by tux1234

To be fair even the extra 40 kilos wouldnt have stopped them running away with it at Paul Ricard

Yep... The are only dominating because others make mistakes.

If anybody should be complaining its all the people who run Audi(s). They have been pined back a bit too far IMHO, the Black Falcon Cars should be much closer to the sharp end.

[kyoung]

Originally Posted by dj4monie

If anybody should be complaining its all the people who run Audi(s). They have been pined back a bit too far IMHO, the Black Falcon Cars should be much closer to the sharp end.

They must have read your post, Audi gets more power, and unfortunately they get more weight too, now at 1335 kg...

GT3 _Audi R8 LMS_15.07.2010

Alpina B6 GT3 gets to lose 30 kg...

GT3_Alpina_15.07.2010

Corvette gets an additional 10 kg, now at 1380 kg; by the time the next race rolls around I suspect the Corvettes will weigh as much as my road car...

GT3_Corvette_15.07.2010

[dj4monie]

Originally Posted by kyoung

They must have read your post, Audi gets more power, and unfortunately they get more weight too, now at 1335 kg...

GT3 _Audi R8 LMS_15.07.2010

Alpina B6 GT3 gets to lose 30 kg...

GT3_Alpina_15.07.2010

Corvette gets an additional 10 kg, now at 1380 kg; by the time the next race rolls around I suspect the Corvettes will weigh as much as my road car...

GT3_Corvette_15.07.2010

More power is always welcomed, more weight isn't an issue as long as they can test and I think GT3 has largely open testing rules. AF Corsa seem to win no matter how much success weight was put on them. So as I said weight only makes issues like tire wear and brakes more of an issue, most which can be solved in testing.

There's still time before Spa they can sneak in a short test.