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Old 25 Feb 2012, 19:51 (Ref:3030998)   #1
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2012 FIA GT3 European Championship
Does anyone even know if there's any entries for GT3 Europe this year? Seems like everyone's doing either GT1 World or Blancpain. I haven't seen any news myself on any motorsport page. Heck, I don't even know if it's still going to be run this year.
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Old 25 Feb 2012, 21:07 (Ref:3031048)   #2
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Yeah it would be a shame if it fell apart, victim of the success of the GT3 rulesets. Blancpain and the national series such as ADAC Masters sucking up teams.
FIA GT3 Europe was actually really good last year with some top class teams, but alot of them seem to have moved elsewhere.

Prospeed - Blancpain
Schubert - GT Masters
United Autosports - Blancpain
Reiter - GT Masters & Blancpain
WRT - GT1 & Blancpain
DB Motorsports - Blancpain
HEICO - GT Masters
AF Corse - just abotu everything: GT1/Blancpain/WEC

Not to say that any of theese teams couldnt compete in FIA GT3 if they got the budgets together.
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Old 25 Feb 2012, 22:06 (Ref:3031085)   #3
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Since registrations opened, the only news I saw was about a Nigerian team going with United Autosport's R8s.
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Old 25 Feb 2012, 22:21 (Ref:3031099)   #4
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I'm sorry but there are just too many good GT3 championships and not enough teams/cars to support all of them. Blancpain is for teams who want longer races and the World Championship is for teams with the big bucks.

The fact that national series are thriving is really hurting this championship.
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Old 26 Feb 2012, 12:40 (Ref:3031432)   #5
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I'm sorry but there are just too many good GT3 championships and not enough teams/cars to support all of them.
there was adac gt, blancpain, gt3 europe etc last year and they all had pretty large grids.
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Old 29 Feb 2012, 04:11 (Ref:3032804)   #6
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It appears Luxury Racing are entering 2 458s this year. Anthony Beltoise will drive one of them.

http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ance-9674.html
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Old 29 Feb 2012, 05:06 (Ref:3032817)   #7
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It appears Luxury Racing are entering 2 458s this year. Anthony Beltoise will drive one of them.

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Wrong, Beltoise will drive a 458 GT3 in the European GT3 Championship.

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Luxury Racing aura également en charge deux F458 GT3 en Championnat d'Europe GT3, dont l'une des deux sera confiée Ã* Anthony Beltoise.
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Luxury Racing will also field two F458 GT3s in the FIA GT3 European Championship, one of which will be driven by Anthony Beltoise.
Their WEC line-ups are Ehret/Farnbacher/Jakubowski in the 58 and Makowiecki/Melo/Vernay in the 59.
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Old 29 Feb 2012, 08:26 (Ref:3032868)   #8
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Wrong, Beltoise will drive a 458 GT3 in the European GT3 Championship.





Their WEC line-ups are Ehret/Farnbacher/Jakubowski in the 58 and Makowiecki/Melo/Vernay in the 59.
Oops... didn't look into what thread I was posting. My bad. Sorry.
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Confused me there for a bit Victor!

There will also be an Audi R8 LMS Ultra in FIA GT3 Europe from Portuguese Team NovaDriver with César Campaniço and Ni Amorim.
Ni is a veteran driver famous for his time with an Opel Calibra in the DTM a few years back, as well as his excursions with the Chrysler Viper in FIA GT and ALMS.
César has driven mainly in Touring Cars and GTs over the past few years. After a few years abroad in Formulas and Megane Trophy, he returned to Portugal for some touring cars and GTs until he started his own team, NovaDriver. This is his 2nd Audi R8, and this one will be a full brand new LMS Ultra.
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What defines the Ultra? Less weight? Better power, reliability, more downforce? Or all of the above?
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Old 1 Mar 2012, 11:25 (Ref:3033506)   #11
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All of the above.
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Old 1 Mar 2012, 16:49 (Ref:3033621)   #12
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Will increased restrictions be applied to the R8 in order to make it less competitive then the R8 Ultra?
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Old 1 Mar 2012, 17:13 (Ref:3033629)   #13
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Will increased restrictions be applied to the R8 in order to make it less competitive then the R8 Ultra?
Well considering the R8 Ultra apparently has
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It should be more competative than the standard R8 anyway
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What defines the Ultra? Less weight? Better power, reliability, more downforce? Or all of the above?
around of -50kg as dry weight for sure, it then depends by BOP. For better power let's say that the engine is more optimized but also here a lot will be influenced by BOP. Reliability is a too much vague word, now the engine should be more reliable with around 10000km planned before revision but as 24h of spa race shown reliability doesn't mean only reliable engine (the car suffered of brake problems too). For sure the car has a better and developed aero than the 2011 model.
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SCUDERIA VITTORIA plans to enter: http://www.scuderiavittoria.co.uk/20...mpionship.html

We plan to run two Ferrari 458 Italia's in the 2012 series, stay in touch with the website to follow results
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Old 1 Mar 2012, 20:45 (Ref:3033705)   #16
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The new R8 probably is all of those things, but the reason for that name is because Audi does this thing known as 'Audi Ultra Lightweight Technology' which wwas plastered down the side of R18's last seaosn.
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Old 4 Mar 2012, 23:26 (Ref:3035145)   #18
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New (?) info on the Camaro GT3s, there will be 2 of them doing a dual campaign of ADAC GT Masters and GT3 Europe.

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i just hope that callaway corvette z06 gt3 cars will be faster than that overweighted tank masked as race with that insanely displacement engine.
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Old 5 Mar 2012, 00:43 (Ref:3035160)   #20
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YACO did mention from a while back that they'd also be in FIA GT3.
Can't believe I'll be able to see that car on track, and up close.
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i just hope that callaway corvette z06 gt3 cars will be faster than that overweighted tank masked as race with that insanely displacement engine.
Do we know what the race car weighs? Or is your comment about the street car?

The street car weighs similar to the Nissan GT-R and Aston DB9, so I don't see why it couldn't be brought down to acceptable weight if those were.
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The Z06 weighs alot less than the DB9 and GTR! My god people talking out their backsides have been in force lately (and not just on T10ths)....
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Old 5 Mar 2012, 11:09 (Ref:3035304)   #23
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He was however refering to the Camaro, not the Vette.
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You sure? I see no mention of the Camaro, only Callaway Corvette in the quoted post.
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Here's a video of the Camaro's engine.
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