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30 May 2018, 07:11 (Ref:3825599)
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A few more cars out there would be nice but I thought it was great anyway! The Dallara with the Judd V10 sounded superb - proper howl! The 908s were really impressive too - the lap times they were putting in were incredible. It's really good to see these cars out and racing rather than being tucked away in a collection somewhere. The only disappointment really was the relative lack of pace of the R8.
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For the dozen cars or so it was fantastic racing, lots going on and the longer pitstops for pro drivers made it a lot of fun!
Just could have done with at least half a dozen GT cars to give some bigger variety.
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Understand a big grid is expected for the Paul Ricard French GP support race
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Excellent, please keep us updated with any news you hear!
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30 May 2018, 09:36 (Ref:3825614)
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For the dozen cars or so it was fantastic racing, lots going on and the longer pitstops for pro drivers made it a lot of fun!
Just could have done with at least half a dozen GT cars to give some bigger variety.
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Agreed, you can get away with having a small grid when the cars are as impressive as that and the racing is still good. I assume the Porsche 911 GT3 didn't run in the races as there was nobody for it to play with. It's a shame the GT2 Aston wasn't there (and like you say some more GT cars to bulk out the grid a bit). I'm not sure a grid full of GT3 cars would be good for the series though - there are plenty of other places they can run so it would be good to keep this for the more exotic stuff.
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30 May 2018, 09:43 (Ref:3825615)
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Agreed, you can get away with having a small grid when the cars are as impressive as that and the racing is still good. I assume the Porsche 911 GT3 didn't run in the races as there was nobody for it to play with. It's a shame the GT2 Aston wasn't there (and like you say some more GT cars to bulk out the grid a bit). I'm not sure a grid full of GT3 cars would be good for the series though - there are plenty of other places they can run so it would be good to keep this for the more exotic stuff.
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Luckily Brands isn't the longest lap either so they were never too far apart.
It was in the garages but never headed out on track sadly. I had my license handy if they needed a driver...
A few old GTE/GT2 cars would definitely have been nice but would have been even more great to see the DBR9's/550/GTSR GT1's that appeared in the earlier races. Fingers crossed they make it out for more rounds. Only seen 1 GT3 car appear but I agree they shouldn't need to appear. Plenty of series around for them!
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30 May 2018, 17:07 (Ref:3825685)
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Originally Posted by BertMk2
Agreed, you can get away with having a small grid when the cars are as impressive as that and the racing is still good. I assume the Porsche 911 GT3 didn't run in the races as there was nobody for it to play with. It's a shame the GT2 Aston wasn't there (and like you say some more GT cars to bulk out the grid a bit). I'm not sure a grid full of GT3 cars would be good for the series though - there are plenty of other places they can run so it would be good to keep this for the more exotic stuff.
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Both of the GT2 cars had technical issues which stopped them from racing.
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30 May 2018, 23:34 (Ref:3825767)
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Both of the GT2 cars had technical issues which stopped them from racing.
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Poor maintenance or simply age?
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1 Jun 2018, 01:18 (Ref:3825947)
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The only disappointment really was the relative lack of pace of the R8.
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Crazy considering he had usually run that R8 at The Mitty and it often wasn't fair at all. But only a few times did he have a Pescarolo or Penske RS Spyder to play with. Often just much older cars. Sadly as he was at Spa we only had an old Dyson Lola running that kind of pace until it went WOOSH as turbo AERs are prone to do.
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21 Jun 2018, 12:11 (Ref:3832315)
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Any news on the entry list for the Paul Ricard round this weekend?
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21 Jun 2018, 14:32 (Ref:3832338)
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According to the provisional list on masters historic site.
Prototypes - Audi R8, Peugeot 908x, Courage LC75, 2x Oreca FLM, 2x Oreca 03, Morgan-Pescarolo, Lola B2K40, Lola Lotus LMP2, Emmanuel Collard in what looks like the ex JRM HPD ARX-03a and a Ferrari 333sp!
GT- Maserati MC12, Porsche 911 GT3RSR, Toyota Supra BiTurbo, Dodge Viper GTS-R, Ferrari F40 GTE, 2x Ferrari 360, 2x Ferrari F430 (one driven by Adrian and Harrison Newey), Ferrari 550 GT1 and (see the pattern here...) 2x Ferrari 458 GTE
Looks a nice variety!
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21 Jun 2018, 15:10 (Ref:3832342)
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Brilliant line up that, hope the hot weather conditions over here doesn't cause too many issues for the cars
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28 Jun 2018, 17:38 (Ref:3833483)
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Wow! that looks like it will be great to watch! There is a Toyota GT-One, does that normally run in these types of events?
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29 Jun 2018, 16:35 (Ref:3833633)
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This Toyota GT-One belongs to who?
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29 Jun 2018, 17:07 (Ref:3833636)
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For the sake of accuracy, the Le Mans Classic grid is Peter Auto ‘Global Endurance Legends’, not Masters version. The GEL appearances up to now have been demonstrations, not races, but would guess some cars do PA and Masters...... 
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2 Aug 2018, 17:18 (Ref:3840909)
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For the sake of accuracy, the Le Mans Classic grid is Peter Auto ‘Global Endurance Legends’, not Masters version. The GEL appearances up to now have been demonstrations, not races, but would guess some cars do PA and Masters...... |
That wouod have beein interesting if that had been a race although the big attraction such as the Bentley and Toyota probably wouldn't have raced for obvious reasons
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