2011 Japanese Super GT - Page 12

Japanese Samurai · 2 Jul 2011, 09:08 (Ref:2913815)

GTR's vertical fin on front fender. Nissan says GTR was equipped with new underpanel to increase front downforce at Sepang round.
http://www.nissan-motorsports.com/EN...t/3/index.html

Audi Racer · 2 Jul 2011, 12:00 (Ref:2913876)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TF110

That's crazy looking. Hopefully the SC430's are back on the pace in the next couple races. The tire situation will be solved soon. Toyota know what they're doing.

F1 lol

MitchZ06 · 2 Jul 2011, 12:22 (Ref:2913885)

Excellent contribution! F1 being compared to sportscars is the best comparison ever! [/sarcasm]

Matador · 2 Jul 2011, 20:33 (Ref:2914050)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MitchZ06

Excellent contribution! F1 being compared to sportscars is the best comparison ever! [/sarcasm]

I know right?

Not to mention that a couple of seasons ('05, '08, '09) they actually had a pretty competitive car that took podiums and with better drivers would have easily taken wins as well. Or that quite a bit of technology on the fastest cars last season came straight off the TF110 (that never made it to the track)

Anyway, back on topic....

Audi Racer · 2 Jul 2011, 21:28 (Ref:2914057)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MitchZ06

Excellent contribution! F1 being compared to sportscars is the best comparison ever! [/sarcasm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1

I know right?

Not to mention that a couple of seasons ('05, '08, '09) they actually had a pretty competitive car that took podiums and with better drivers would have easily taken wins as well. Or that quite a bit of technology on the fastest cars last season came straight off the TF110 (that never made it to the track)

Anyway, back on topic....

Take a joke.....if lol doesn't denote "joke" i don't know what does.....

TF110 · 2 Jul 2011, 22:03 (Ref:2914061)

My SN is from the unraced TF110. The Mercedes this year has a lot of Toyota introduced aero. McLaren as well. Same with Red Bull. Even Ferrari used Toyota's F1 windtunnel. Give that TF109 to someone like Kimi or Lewis and it'd be winning races. SuperGT is a whole different ballpark, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some former F1 personnel in the SuperGT development.

hondafan37 · 2 Jul 2011, 22:53 (Ref:2914076)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai
JAF-GT300 Celica was remodeled to HYUNDAI Genesis GT in South Korea.
This chassis was GT500 SUPRA (!) before Celica according to Takayuki Aoki.

http://ameblo.jp/blue-aoki/entry-10939205185.html

Can you put a photo of this Hyundai Genesis Race Car?
Thank you.

Japanese Samurai · 3 Jul 2011, 00:15 (Ref:2914103)

Korean Indigo Racing seems to have remodeled this machine.
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/tbdhg786/61293452.html
http://www.gencoupe.com/poweraxel/35...-race-car.html

hondafan37 · 3 Jul 2011, 02:41 (Ref:2914157)

Thank you japanese samurai for the photo and the information.
This Car use the V8 4,6 of the Genesis Sedan.
Is this categorie a South Korea GT Championship?

Japanese Samurai · 3 Jul 2011, 09:38 (Ref:2917216)

Quote:

Originally Posted by hondafan37

Thank you japanese samurai for the photo and the information.
This Car use the V8 4,6 of the Genesis Sedan.
Is this categorie a South Korea GT Championship?

No, this race is "2010 Korea Motorsport Grand Festival". It is a opening race of the F1 circuit. This car won the race of the GT (unlimted) class (2nd: 997GT3, 3rd: Honda S2000). This article says this car demonstrates 430HP. I think that the engine of the Celica (3S-GTE) is installed in this machine.
The black car looks like another mock-up because the position of the exhaust tube and bonnet are different.

A top category of South Korea is Super Race series to my knowledge.
http://www.superrace.co.kr/

kurski · 3 Jul 2011, 15:03 (Ref:2917451)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

Korean Indigo Racing seems to have remodeled this machine.

Does this mean that the Koran Indigo Racing makes debut next Super GT series Pokka GT Summer Special (Suzuka) race?...

Japanese Samurai · 4 Jul 2011, 00:04 (Ref:2917691)

No relation at all.
A Japanese driver (Takayuki Aoki) participated in the Korean race of the weekend. He found this GT machine there, and have posted it on his blog.(He had driven this Celica in Team Bandoh before.)

Japanese Samurai · 5 Jul 2011, 11:46 (Ref:2922275)

SGT tire manufacturer test is held in Suzuka Circuit from 21st to 22nd in July. In SGT, the frequency that can be tested about one tire manufacturer/ one car model is limited in the gentleman's agreement. Therefore, neither the participation machine nor the team are announced.
Team Nakajima (#32, Dunlop) executed the private tire test in Suzuka on June 29. They airlifted the machine from Sepang for this test(!). In a dry condition, they tested the structure and the compound.
http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=34667

rich07 · 6 Jul 2011, 05:05 (Ref:2922656)

Japanese Samurai do you how many Subaru Legacy built for GT300?

At local motorshow Subaru had a R+D Sports GT300 Legacy on their stand but the windows were all blacked out and there were no brakes, fuel fillers and suspension but the bodywork looks like last years car. Just wondering if it was a mockup or possibly last years car but stripped down to a rolling shell?

Japanese Samurai · 6 Jul 2011, 06:39 (Ref:2922672)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

Japanese Samurai do you how many Subaru Legacy built for GT300?

As for Legacy B4, there seem to be two race cars and one full-scale mockup to my knowledge. Race cars are tubular frame car (2011 model) and CFRP reinforcement monocoque car (2010 model) - However, last year's chassis might be remodeled to this year's machine. Therefore, I think that the car is a mock-up one.

GTA announced the special performance adjustment of GT300 from the SUGO round. The performance of JAF-GT300 is improved, and the performance of the FIA-GT car is reduced. The performance of TAISAN Porsche(#26) and NetMove TAISAN Ferrari(#41) is improved, too. ZENT Porsche and Triple-a Vantage GT2 also received the adjustment. However, these performance doesn't change as a result.

**Performance up**
#2 Cars Tokai Shiden(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=23.2/ 1,150kg=23.6/ 1,200kg=24.1 to 1,100kg=23.4/ 1,150kg=23.8/ 1,200kg=24.3]
#5 Team MACH RD320R(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=26.8/ 1,150kg=27.4/ 1,200kg=27.9 to 1,100kg=27.4/ 1,150kg=27.9/ 1,200kg=28.4]
#14 SG CHANGI IS350(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=24.0/ 1,150kg=24.5/ 1,200kg=25.1 to 1,100kg=24.5/ 1,150kg=25.1/ 1,200kg=25.6]
#22 R'Qs Vemac 350R(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=24.9/ 1,150kg=25.4/ 1,200kg=25.9 to 1,100kg=25.2/ 1,150kg=25.7/ 1,200kg=26.2]
#31, #74 Team apr Corolla GT(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=24.0/ 1,150kg=24.5/ 1,200kg=25.1 to 1,100kg=24.5/ 1,150kg=25.1/ 1,200kg=25.6]
#43 ARTA Garaiya(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=23.8/ 1,150kg=24.3/ 1,200kg=24.8 to 1,100kg=24.0/ 1,150kg=24.5/ 1,200kg=25.1]
#62 R&D SPORT LEGACY B4(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=36.8/ 1,150kg=37.5/ 1,200kg=38.3 to 1,100kg=37.5/ 1,150kg=38.3/ 1,200kg=39.1]

**Performance down**
#9 GSR BMW Z4 GT3
[One restrictor:1,180kg=56.9 to 1,180kg=55.7/ Two restrictors:1,180kg=40.3 to 1,180kg=39.4]
#11 JIMGAINER 458GTC(two restrictors)
[1,245kg=26.8 to 1,245kg=26.3]

http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=34674

Monkey Head · 6 Jul 2011, 11:07 (Ref:2922772)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

As for Legacy B4, there seem to be two race cars and one full-scale mockup to my knowledge. Race cars are tubular frame car (2011 model) and CFRP reinforcement monocoque car (2010 model) - However, last year's chassis might be remodeled to this year's machine. Therefore, I think that the car is a mock-up one.

GTA announced the special performance adjustment of GT300 from the SUGO round. The performance of JAF-GT300 is improved, and the performance of the FIA-GT car is reduced. The performance of TAISAN Porsche(#26) and NetMove TAISAN Ferrari(#41) is improved, too. ZENT Porsche and Triple-a Vantage GT2 also received the adjustment. However, these performance doesn't change as a result.

**Performance up**
#2 Cars Tokai Shiden(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=23.2/ 1,150kg=23.6/ 1,200kg=24.1 to 1,100kg=23.4/ 1,150kg=23.8/ 1,200kg=24.3]
#5 Team MACH RD320R(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=26.8/ 1,150kg=27.4/ 1,200kg=27.9 to 1,100kg=27.4/ 1,150kg=27.9/ 1,200kg=28.4]
#14 SG CHANGI IS350(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=24.0/ 1,150kg=24.5/ 1,200kg=25.1 to 1,100kg=24.5/ 1,150kg=25.1/ 1,200kg=25.6]
#22 R'Qs Vemac 350R(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=24.9/ 1,150kg=25.4/ 1,200kg=25.9 to 1,100kg=25.2/ 1,150kg=25.7/ 1,200kg=26.2]
#31, #74 Team apr Corolla GT(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=24.0/ 1,150kg=24.5/ 1,200kg=25.1 to 1,100kg=24.5/ 1,150kg=25.1/ 1,200kg=25.6]
#43 ARTA Garaiya(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=23.8/ 1,150kg=24.3/ 1,200kg=24.8 to 1,100kg=24.0/ 1,150kg=24.5/ 1,200kg=25.1]
#62 R&D SPORT LEGACY B4(two restrictors)
[1,100kg=36.8/ 1,150kg=37.5/ 1,200kg=38.3 to 1,100kg=37.5/ 1,150kg=38.3/ 1,200kg=39.1]

**Performance down**
#9 GSR BMW Z4 GT3
[One restrictor:1,180kg=56.9 to 1,180kg=55.7/ Two restrictors:1,180kg=40.3 to 1,180kg=39.4]
#11 JIMGAINER 458GTC(two restrictors)
[1,245kg=26.8 to 1,245kg=26.3]

http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=34674

that's interesting as FIAGT can't compete with JAF-GT300 car last serval years
Samurai san,do you know any reason about the big change this year?

Japanese Samurai · 6 Jul 2011, 11:44 (Ref:2922793)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkey Head

that's interesting as FIAGT can't compete with JAF-GT300 car last serval years
Samurai san,do you know any reason about the big change this year?

There are some reasons about the progress of FIA-GT cars in this season. Because the FIA-GT car was excellent the engine performance, the qualifying result was not so bad last year. However, because it took time to the pit stop because of poor gas mileage, the final result was not good.
However, the amount of refueling decreases and the pit stop time has decreased because the race distance was shortened (300km to 250km) due to the earthquake at this season. The damage of tires has decreased, too. As a result, the fault of the FIA-GT car was covered.
Additionally, competitive teams (and drivers) make the FIA-GT car run at this season.
Of course, the FIA-GT car has evolved, too.

rich07 · 7 Jul 2011, 07:35 (Ref:2923160)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

As for Legacy B4, there seem to be two race cars and one full-scale mockup to my knowledge. Race cars are tubular frame car (2011 model) and CFRP reinforcement monocoque car (2010 model) - However, last year's chassis might be remodeled to this year's machine. Therefore, I think that the car is a mock-up one.

Thanks. Shame we got the mockup down here, never seen a SGT racer in the flesh so was excited until one of my friends who went the day before noticed that something wasnt quite right.

A couple of years back one of the JGTC Supras was down here, not sure if its still in the country, was white with the 3SGTE engine.

Japanese Samurai · 10 Jul 2011, 02:37 (Ref:2924388)

SGT Suzuka Tire manufacturer test　(July 21-22)
Provisional list of participants
http://www.suzukacircuit.jp/700km/test/public.html

**GT500
#1 Weider HSV: Takashi Kogure, Loic Duval
#6 Eneos LeMans SC430: Daisuke Ito, Kazuya Oshima
#19 WedsSport Bandoh SC430: Tatsuya Kataoka, Seiji Ara
#23 NISMO GTR: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer, Tsugio Matsuda(21st), J.P Oliveira(22nd)
#24 Kondo GTR: Hironobu Yasuda, Bjorn Wirdheim
#32 Nakajima HSV: Ryo Michigami, Yuhki Nakayama
#35 KRAFT SC430: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Couto, Yuji Kunimoto
#38 Cerumo SC430: Yuji Tachikawa, Kohei Hirate
#39 SARD SC430: Hiroaki Ishiura, Takuto Iguchi
#100 Raybrig Kunimitsu HSV: Takuya Izawa, Naoki Yamamoto

**GT300
#2 Cars Tokai Shiden: Kazuho Takahashi, Hiroki Katoh
#4 GSR Z4: Nobuteru Taniguchi, Taku Bamba
#7 Direction GT3R: Carlo van Dam, Akira Mizutani, Masaru Yokomaku
#11 JIM GAINER 458GTC: Tetsuya Tanaka, Katsuyuki Hiranaka
#14 SG Changi IS350: Ryo Orime, Alexandre Imperatori
#15 ART TASTE GT3R: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Tim Bergmeister
#25 Tsuchiya GT3RSR: Akihiro Tuzuki, Takeshi Tsuchiya
#27 LMP F430: Yutaka Yamagishi, Hideki Yamauchi
#31 apr Corolla Axio GT: Kohki Saga, Yuki Iwasaki
#33 KTR GT3R: Masami Kageyama, Tomonobu Fujii
#43 ARTA Garaiya: Shinichi Takagi, Kosuke Matsuura
#62 R&D Sport Legacy B4: Tetsuya Yamano, Kouta Sasaki
#74 apr Corolla Axio GT: Morio Nitta, Yuji Kunimoto
#86 JLOC RG-3: Yuya Sakamoto, Takayuki Aoki, TBN
#88 JLOC RG-3: Hiroyuki Iiri, Yuhi Sekiguchi, TBN

Monkey Head · 10 Jul 2011, 02:55 (Ref:2924391)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

SGT Suzuka Tire manufacturer test　(July 21-22)
Provisional list of participants
http://www.suzukacircuit.jp/700km/test/public.html

**GT500
#1 Weider HSV: Takashi Kogure, Loic Duval
#6 Eneos LeMans SC430: Daisuke Ito, Kazuya Oshima
#19 WedsSport Bandoh SC430: Tatsuya Kataoka, Seiji Ara
#23 NISMO GTR: Satoshi Motoyama, Benoit Treluyer, Tsugio Matsuda(21st), J.P Oliveira(22nd)
#24 Kondo GTR: Hironobu Yasuda, Bjorn Wirdheim
#32 Nakajima HSV: Ryo Michigami, Yuhki Nakayama
#35 KRAFT SC430: Juichi Wakisaka, Andre Couto, Yuji Kunimoto
#38 Cerumo SC430: Yuji Tachikawa, Kohei Hirate
#39 SARD SC430: Hiroaki Ishiura, Takuto Iguchi
#100 Raybrig Kunimitsu HSV: Takuya Izawa, Naoki Yamamoto

**GT300
#2 Cars Tokai Shiden: Kazuho Takahashi, Hiroki Katoh
#4 GSR Z4: Nobuteru Taniguchi, Taku Bamba
#7 Direction GT3R: Carlo van Dam, Akira Mizutani, Masaru Yokomaku
#11 JIM GAINER 458GTC: Tetsuya Tanaka, Katsuyuki Hiranaka
#14 SG Changi IS350: Ryo Orime, Alexandre Imperatori
#15 ART TASTE GT3R: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Tim Bergmeister
#25 Tsuchiya GT3RSR: Akihiro Tuzuki, Takeshi Tsuchiya
#27 LMP F430: Yutaka Yamagishi, Hideki Yamauchi
#31 apr Corolla Axio GT: Kohki Saga, Yuki Iwasaki
#33 KTR GT3R: Masami Kageyama, Tomonobu Fujii
#43 ARTA Garaiya: Shinichi Takagi, Kosuke Matsuura
#62 R&D Sport Legacy B4: Tetsuya Yamano, Kouta Sasaki
#74 apr Corolla Axio GT: Morio Nitta, Yuji Kunimoto
#86 JLOC RG-3: Yuya Sakamoto, Takayuki Aoki, TBN
#88 JLOC RG-3: Hiroyuki Iiri, Yuhi Sekiguchi, TBN

ART TASTE back to field?

Japanese Samurai · 14 Jul 2011, 03:34 (Ref:2926330)

NISMO sells the GT cooling system of SGT quality. Try it!

http://www.nismo.co.jp/en/news_list/...sh/110006.html

Japanese Samurai · 15 Jul 2011, 00:35 (Ref:2926883)

Sports-carracing.net reports the performance tuning of GT300

The performance tuning of GT300 had been decided depending on lap time and race result until last year. However, the performance difference in an one lap cannot be adjusted only by them (FIA-GT2, 3 cars are excellent at a straight speed, and as for the JAF-GT300 car, the cornering speed is excellent.). So, in addition to these, the running data of the data logger is used as basis of the performance tuning from this year.
The performance tuning had been done about the engine power and the vehicle weight until last year. The ride hight is used as a method of the performance tuning from this year. The suspension performance is decreased easily by changing ride hight so that the base of the FIA-GT3 car is a stock car. Therefore, it was assumed that ride hight of the JAF-GT300 car was changed. Ride hight of the FIA-GT2 car, the FIA-GT3 car, and the ACO-GTE car has been decided as shown in each homologation.
http://www.sports-carracing.net/specialedition.htm

Japanese Samurai · 18 Jul 2011, 03:41 (Ref:2927918)

SUGO round entry list
*Team Direction(#7) revives.
*Tetsuji Tamanaka (owner driver of Team MACH,#5) don't drive.
http://supergt.net/supergt/2011/1104/1104entr_e.htm

Japanese Samurai · 20 Jul 2011, 11:03 (Ref:2928911)

GTA announced that the flow restrictor valve would be installed in the refueling system from SUGO round.
The purpose is "to secure the driver alternation time during refueling".

???
This regulation change will act in the disadvantage for FIA-GT cars with bad fuel consumption.

http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=34977

BBSB · 21 Jul 2011, 09:09 (Ref:2929315)

This change is for both classes or only for GT300?

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