[iV8SC13R10,R11,R12] Chill Perth 360, Barbagallo Raceway WA: 3-5 May

**GTRMagic** · 14 Apr 2013, 06:18 (Ref:3233738)

9 championship races so far.. 7 winners...

A Ford at the top of the championship.. and not the one you might think..

Tension in the paddock between teams, between drivers.. sometimes their own teams...

We should see the impact of an engine upgrade for each of the Erebus AMG cars, and the Nismo Altimas in Perth..

... and 888 with a rejuvenated self, if history is anything to go by...

Plenty of racing, overtaking and all to come...

.... the 360 format (like Tasmania) of 2x 60km 'half races' becoming one race on the Saturday and 2x 100km races on the Sunday...

Who to win?

#14?

**gomick** · 14 Apr 2013, 07:02 (Ref:3233762)

Top 20 Points Standings...

Will Davison - 697
Jamie Whincup - 666
Craig Lowndes - 591
Garth Tander - 553
Fabian Coulthard - 552
Jason Bright- 539
Shane van Gisbergen - 532
James Courtney - 510
Jonathon Webb - 477
Scott McLaughlin - 457
Mark Winterbottom - 448
Russell Ingall - 421
Rick Kelly - 378
Alex Davison - 355
James Moffat - 349
Tony d'Alberto - 346
Alexandre Premat - 318
David Reynolds - 302
Lee Holdsworth - 298
Dean Fiore - 295

fomoco · 14 Apr 2013, 08:02 (Ref:3233783)

Wonder if push to pass will come in to play, or will it be single file racing, could a few others have a crack at the top , has Red Bull backed a team finally caught up to byt hte otherss, should make for interesting racing

**GTRMagic** · 14 Apr 2013, 09:54 (Ref:3233851)

Umai Naa · 14 Apr 2013, 10:34 (Ref:3233865)

Hope it's got a bit more go than the existing units.

I wonder if the noise will be different?

Pro Racer · 14 Apr 2013, 11:13 (Ref:3233899)

no because the flat plane crank will still be in it IIRC.

**GTRMagic** · 14 Apr 2013, 21:31 (Ref:3234226)

HRT To get Major Engine & Chassis Upgrade For Perth

A risk doing both at the same time?

fomoco · 15 Apr 2013, 08:46 (Ref:3234449)

So a tight track, Some passing areas, but if u dont use push to pass, could end up of track or into a wall, sand and more sand, upgrades for second Holden team, upgrades for mercs, should be interesting

Marcos WTF · 3 May 2013, 12:44 (Ref:3242116)

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Originally Posted by fomoco

So a tight track, Some passing areas, but if u dont use push to pass, could end up of track or into a wall, sand and more sand, upgrades for second Holden team, upgrades for mercs, should be interesting

"push to pass?" When did Dirty Marcos come back to V8SC?

chavez · 3 May 2013, 23:24 (Ref:3242425)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marcos WTF

"push to pass?" When did Dirty Marcos come back to V8SC?

Must have been driving Whincup's car at Pukekhoe.

on_to_it · 1 May 2013, 10:41 (Ref:3241300)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

HRT To get Major Engine & Chassis Upgrade For Perth

A risk doing both at the same time?

Yes, and for more than one reason unless they've tested them separately (can they though?). Here's two of them;

a) If performance is better, you then have to establish where exactly the improvement came from.

b) If one upgrade is a success, and the other is a step back (it happens), thereby offsetting the gain, what worked and what didn't?

Heady stuff!

peckstar · 15 Apr 2013, 08:57 (Ref:3234456)

only 1 holden team hasnt won a race yet this year. The official factory supported team. HRT

Surely questions are being asked

Jam3s · 15 Apr 2013, 09:33 (Ref:3234476)

Quote:

Originally Posted by peckstar

only 1 holden team hasnt won a race yet this year. The official factory supported team. HRT

Surely questions are being asked

Yes because multiple podium finishes and vast improvements in performance as the year has progressed thus far is just horrendous.

There were a few times in the last race where the camera was pointing behind Courtney and he was gradually pulling away from one of the FPR cars down the straights, so they certainly are not struggling with engine performance compared to the others, so for them to say they have some nice upgrades on the way will be worrying for the rest. Might be driveability upgrades as well, and those teamed with improved front suspension might make them mighty out of the corners.

Going to assume Erebus's engine upgrades are cable throttles and individual throttle bodies (why they thought they could get away with only duel throttle bodies is beyond me, the throttle response must be horrible out of corners). I wouldn't be surprised to see them with Nissan in Perth.

DV_08 · 15 Apr 2013, 11:20 (Ref:3234541)

Quote:

Originally Posted by peckstar

only 1 holden team hasnt won a race yet this year. The official factory supported team. HRT

Surely questions are being asked

I must have missed LDM winning a race or even TDR

Reload · 16 Apr 2013, 03:04 (Ref:3235005)

Quote:

Originally Posted by peckstar

do you think they would be happy that 4 other holden teams have won and they havent?

The answer is an obvious one, however as I said they are competitive this year and consistently so. Before the season started, if you had told them where they would be at this time, i am sure they would have taken it.
No they haven't won, but at least they are knocking on the door.
Personally i couldn't care if they do win or not, however their team being competitive again adds to the championship.

Umai Naa · 15 Apr 2013, 11:21 (Ref:3234544)

Must've been Race 6 or 8.

Umai Naa · 15 Apr 2013, 23:36 (Ref:3234953)

The only one that could be unhappy is GT, since ALL of the team's cars are reasonably competitive.

**GTRMagic** · 16 Apr 2013, 04:38 (Ref:3235024)

Nismo Fixes LDM Commodore

..which should be 'right' for Perth...

Taking bets that it will have issues in WA?

Umai Naa · 22 Apr 2013, 00:55 (Ref:3237634)

Mr Lowndes said the car suited him, but since R1 he hasn't really figured much in the results.

champcarman · 22 Apr 2013, 01:01 (Ref:3237636)

Yeh, Brighty has been nowhere since he turned 40!

In V8 Supercars ,more than any other form of motorsport, you are only as good as your car.

peckstar · 22 Apr 2013, 01:08 (Ref:3237638)

Quote:

Originally Posted by champcarman

Yeh, Brighty has been nowhere since he turned 40!

In V8 Supercars ,more than any other form of motorsport, you are only as good as your car.

So your suggesting that Craig has a bad car? better or worse than his team mate. did it suddenly get bad after Clipsal?

**GTRMagic** · 23 Apr 2013, 10:29 (Ref:3238318)

"Mostert Should Be in Top 10 in Perth"-Frosty

No pressure huh...

rik · 23 Apr 2013, 11:56 (Ref:3238361)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

"Mostert Should Be in Top 10 in Perth"-Frosty

No pressure huh...

Wonder if Blanchard's car will get the all the good FPR bits too?

djr81 · 1 May 2013, 06:33 (Ref:3241233)

Maybe I am the only one bitter and twisted about this but....
The millions the V8 crowd insisted be spent on new pit facilities at Wanneroo looks a little like wasted money given they are the only ones to use it and there will not be any pitstops this year.

peckstar · 1 May 2013, 06:37 (Ref:3241234)

Quote:

Originally Posted by djr81

Maybe I am the only one bitter and twisted about this but....
The millions the V8 crowd insisted be spent on new pit facilities at Wanneroo looks a little like wasted money given they are the only ones to use it and there will not be any pitstops this year.

it sits vacant for the rest of the year?

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