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1 Mar 2004, 19:09 (Ref:890495)
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I would say its stronger than 1999. LM 99 was great but FIA GT was a Joke, after GT1 had ended, FIA SCC was struggling to improve , and the ALMS was just starting up.
Now we have an established, strong FIA GT, a hopefully strong LMES (with prototypes), and the ALMS is holding up its end. Plus national series look very good. I think a number of N-GT teams will go to the LMES because they can run 3 drivers (paying), wereas only 2 drivers are feasible in FIA GT. Last edited by JAG; 1 Mar 2004 at 19:10. |
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1 Mar 2004, 19:11 (Ref:890500)
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1 Mar 2004, 19:35 (Ref:890519)
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Im a little surprised about N-GT , Any news about RWS sport ? I also take it that JMB will be running 3 575 GTC , I think originaly the 3rd car was for LMES only . Any word on how the Saleen is compared to the rest of the field with their new restrictors ? Cant wait for this season to start !!!
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Not trying to cause trouble here guys, so before anyone says otherwise, dont. Jag I dont know about u but Im thinking at in say 2005 the Spa 24hrs could well be bigger than the LM 24hrs, what about u? The reasons as to why I think this is we could expect anything up to 8 manufacturers in the race, those being. Maserati, Aston Martin, Lambourgini, Lister, TVR, Morgan, Vertigo, and Spyker. We should have Maserati, Aston Martin, Lambourgini and Lister for sure. As it stands at the moment LM is looking uncertain in terms of manufacturer involvement, at least for the near future. This years Spa 24hrs should be the strongest yet too I feel, mainly because of Maserati joining the series as well as Lambourgini and Aston Martin, but also because I think we could see many LMES GTS/GT entrants enter the race to get some valuable miles under their belts for the Spa 1000km's, this of course will only add to the quality of the race, since the race turned back to sportscars in 2001 the event has just got stronger and stronger. Intrested to hear your thoughts Jag. 
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1 Mar 2004, 19:43 (Ref:890529)
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there are no new restrictors on the FIA GT saleens. its only on the ACO saleen.
AB sport will get help from Konrad. Uwe Alzen and Michael Bartels will be the drivers |
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1 Mar 2004, 19:44 (Ref:890532)
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Where's the TMC entry gone ? They were talking about a possible 3 car team !!!
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1 Mar 2004, 19:47 (Ref:890538)
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I somehow cant see that Saleen . LeMans is way too big a name for Spa to take away from it . The manufacturers want a LeMans win before a Spa win . More pedigree IMO .....
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1 Mar 2004, 19:54 (Ref:890543)
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Any manufactuers at Spa will also be at LM. Plus the protoypes draw fans as well.
I thinks its the multi class format that makes LM special. TMC is veloqux, and of course they now run the Audi UK cars. |
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1 Mar 2004, 21:48 (Ref:890662)
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YEah I know they are Veloqx ..... but its news that they are not running the 360GTC at all !!! Last I knew they were doing a lot of testing with the GTC version of the 360 .....
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2 Mar 2004, 17:23 (Ref:891457)
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News from DSC that Nicola Larini is the third test driver of the Maserati along side Fabio Babini and Andrea Bertolini. These will be the three drivers when the car debuts at Spa.
Also on DSC is the news that Gabriele Gardel will be Matteo Bobbi’s partner in a BMS 550. the other two cars like last year remain the same. The interesting thing is Gabriele Gardel has backing from Siemens, like bert longin. Last edited by Duffacus; 2 Mar 2004 at 17:24. |
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2 Mar 2004, 18:58 (Ref:891548)
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2 Mar 2004, 19:24 (Ref:891578)
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2 Mar 2004, 21:14 (Ref:891696)
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DSC is reporting that J-CW has moved on to pastures new and will NOT be driving for Lister in the FIA GT or the LMES ..... Get your check book out Martin Short !!!
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2 Mar 2004, 21:26 (Ref:891712)
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Next year isnt it?
Messed up Listers plans if its this year! Pity he had to do it. Last edited by Duffacus; 2 Mar 2004 at 21:31. |
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2 Mar 2004, 21:33 (Ref:891726)
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Nope ..... its from now !!! Where is Julian Bailey anyway ?
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3 Mar 2004, 02:50 (Ref:892008)
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getting back to the Saleens again.
5 are entered for the full season. it makes sense that 2 are from RML, 2 from Konrad and 1 from AB/Konrad. We know the lineup in 2 of the saleens (Alzen/Bartles Erdos/Newton) but what about the other 3? We know that the Konrad entries will have Seiler, Lechner, and Konrad. But what about a 4th driver? Maybe Gounon or Van De Poele? does anyone have any inside sources? what about the 2nd RML entry also? Will the drivers from Portugal be back? (Chaves, Ramos and Amorim) or new drivers? (Chris Goodwin?)hope the press launch on Thursday will answer most of these questions.. Last edited by 19dodge; 3 Mar 2004 at 02:52. |
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3 Mar 2004, 18:34 (Ref:892630)
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I think that the Portuguese drivers won't be back, if I remmember right the answers I got when I asked the same thing some time ago...
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5 Mar 2004, 18:30 (Ref:895156)
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#14 Lister Storm GT: Tom Coronel/Paul Knapfield
#15 Lister Storm GT: Patrick Pearce/Toto Wolff source: www.coronel.nl |
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6 Mar 2004, 14:39 (Ref:895970)
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Just read a article on DSC about GNM,the team is indeed planning on running 1 car in the FIA GT championship, with 2 drivers lined up at the moment, and are looking for a 3rd.
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6 Mar 2004, 15:51 (Ref:896031)
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yea, and now what happens to the Max Stanco car? maybe he didnt enter the fiagt. Or, either nash or stanco didnt enter for the "full" season, and thats why there were only 5 saleens. or it could have even been that RML only entered 1 car (because as of now, they still dont have drivers for the 2nd car) and then Nash entered 1, Stanco 1, and the other 2 for Konrad/Vitaphone. theres alot of possibilites here. i think i should stop specuating, and wait for the Monza entry list to be published
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Stanco wants one of the Konrad Saleens..... but at the end ov November Konrad told us that the didn´t sell one car because they need all of them.
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