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Old 3 Dec 2018, 22:22 (Ref:3867739)   #51
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Autosport magazine SGT silly season report

Honda
*Auer and Karthikeyan will join in Honda camp.
*Izawa: ARTA or Nakajima

Lexus
*There was a rumor that Lexus team will increase.
Rumored team was KCMG. However this rumor is unlikely realized.
*Kobayashi will concentrate on the development of hyper car.

*Nissan
*Weak point of MY18 GTR was front suspension. It lacked mechanical grip.
*Nissan/NISMO will carry out the driver audition.
Yasuda, Hirate. Hiramine, Rossiter and Moore will participate in the audition.
*Oliveira might be released from Nissan camp.
*Sasaki might join in team NISMO.
Not surprised that Nismo may replace Matsuda. He looked slow this year and Autopolis didn’t help. Not sure though if Sasaki is the answer
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Old 3 Dec 2018, 23:49 (Ref:3867750)   #52
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Autosport web reports Leaf NISMO RC.
Leaf RC has the same type CFRP subframe before and behind the CFRP monocoque for cost reduction.
http://www.as-web.jp/supergt/436064?all
Is there any plans for the car to run competitively?
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Old 4 Dec 2018, 07:11 (Ref:3867785)   #53
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Total 6 cars were manufactured.
But there is no plan to participate in actual racing series.
They are planning to make a demo-run all over the world as a promotional activity.
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Old 5 Dec 2018, 10:21 (Ref:3868011)   #54
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2019 Prius GT shakedown movie
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Old 5 Dec 2018, 11:24 (Ref:3868021)   #55
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Nissan carried out GT500 driver audition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uSNoqQ50f0
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Old 5 Dec 2018, 17:03 (Ref:3868084)   #56
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Front part looks bit bulkier & also carries the new facelift shape. It seems new Prius GT300 will have FR layout with RC F engine.
Just re-read the regulations, the driven wheels can be changed (from FWD to RWD).
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Old 5 Dec 2018, 20:01 (Ref:3868127)   #57
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Nissan carried out GT500 driver audition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uSNoqQ50f0

Why Nissan don't have a team in Super Formula? Honda and Lexus clearly have technical advantage using info from their SF engines to build pre-chamber ignition. I'm afraid Nissan with their electro-trend just have no spare resources for R&D in that area and GT500 will have to get some kind of gentleman agreement to use more common parts in engines which is going to make it not so spicy as it is nowadays.
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Front part looks bit bulkier & also carries the new facelift shape. It seems new Prius GT300 will have FR layout with RC F engine.
Just re-read the regulations, the driven wheels can be changed (from FWD to RWD).
Looks and sounds great. Definitely has the RC F GT3's V8 in it. No other engine made by Toyota would fit the application and sound like that.
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Old 6 Dec 2018, 06:46 (Ref:3868203)   #59
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Looks and sounds great. Definitely has the RC F GT3's V8 in it. No other engine made by Toyota would fit the application and sound like that.
Yeah, I'm also glad Prius GT300 still exists. I thought it would be replaced by another model.
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Old 7 Dec 2018, 09:07 (Ref:3868479)   #60
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Team TAISAN officially announced withdrawal from SGT.
They will launch incorporated association named Team TAISAN Family and they focus on EV racing.
https://www.as-web.jp/supergt/437443?all
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Old 10 Dec 2018, 05:24 (Ref:3869104)   #61
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https://toyotagazooracing.com/jp/eventexhibition/tokyoautosalon/

more into this

https://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/en/corporate/25697352.html

Yeah, GR Supra Super GT Concept will be reveal on TAS 2019 just like GR last year or this year I forget.

So LC successor already appear?
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Old 10 Dec 2018, 15:00 (Ref:3869180)   #62
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Twitter rumor.

According to the Porsche specialized magazine, 911GT3R MY19 got 45 cars orders in the world and 4 car will come to Japan, but no one car will run at SGT in 2019.
https://twitter.com/gt500_nissan/sta...16803952816129
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https://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/en/cor.../25697352.html

Yeah, GR Supra Super GT Concept will be reveal on TAS 2019 just like GR last year or this year I forget.

So LC successor already appear?
I don't know if it's a successor to the LC, it's just a concept for now. It's one that celebrates the Supra history in Super GT if I read correctly. I would prefer that they keep the LC in GT500 and use the Supra as a jaf gt300. The teaser image looks like it has a dtm/gt500 style wing, but the rear diffuser is too big-


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Old 11 Dec 2018, 01:12 (Ref:3869322)   #64
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Unofficial confirmation that Jensen Button will do SGT next year:

Wont do full season in WEC with SMP due to two clashes with the SGT pre season test and the Fuji 500

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...er-gt-clashes/
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Old 11 Dec 2018, 10:34 (Ref:3869372)   #65
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I don't know if it's a successor to the LC, it's just a concept for now. It's one that celebrates the Supra history in Super GT if I read correctly. I would prefer that they keep the LC in GT500 and use the Supra as a jaf gt300. The teaser image looks like it has a dtm/gt500 style wing, but the rear diffuser is too big-

Well some GT3 car use swan neck wing like DTM/GT500 car and Diffuser is way more like FT1 GR3 concept

And I agree for keep the LC in GT500 and running this Supra GT Concept (not confusing with GTE concept back then) at somewhere else. GTE, or JAF GT300 maybe? LC just perfect for myself tbh.
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Engine room shot of 2019 version Prius GT
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Nissan's driver audition rumor.
http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/nis...t-un-francais/
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Fred Mako's 2019 IMSA effort with Porsche GTLM team is limited to 4 Michelin Endurance Cup races and the only race which has schedule clash with Super GT is Watkins Glen, where 3rd driver usually are not necessary. So I think it's still sensible to have him in audition for 2019 full season.

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So Nissan has been firing drivers in Europe to hire new drivers in Japan?


From the sound of things there would be no factory European effort anyway so why keep them on in there’s no ride for them.
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Super GT File magazine ver. 6 features the secret tire simulator of Bridgestone named "Omega."
Omega can measure the simulation of tire condition while changing the load, slip angle and speed (max 400km/h).
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SGT silly season rumor by motorsport.com
https://jp.motorsport.com/supergt/ne...gt500/4311934/

Honda
#1: Kunimitsu: Yamamoto, Button
#8: ARTA: Nojiri?, Izawa?
#17: Real: Tsukakoshi?, Kogure?, Baquette???
#18: Mugen: Mutoh?, D.Nakajima?
#64: Nakajima: Baquette??, Matsuura??, Otsu??, Karthikeyan???

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#6 LeMans: Oshima, Yamashita?
#19 Bandoh: Kunimoto, Tsuboi?, Yamashita?
#36 Tom's: Nakajima, Sekiguchi
#37: Tom's: Hirakawa, Cassidy
#38: Cerumo: Tachikawa, Ishiura
#39: SARD: Kovalainen, Tsuboi?, Yamashita?, Nakayama??

Nissan
#23: NISMO: Quitarelli, Matsuda?
#3: NDDP: Motoyama, Hirate?, Auer??
#24: Kondo: Rossiter?, Chiyo??
#12: Impul: Mardenborough, Sasaki?
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I don't know if it's a successor to the LC, it's just a concept for now. It's one that celebrates the Supra history in Super GT if I read correctly. I would prefer that they keep the LC in GT500 and use the Supra as a jaf gt300. The teaser image looks like it has a dtm/gt500 style wing, but the rear diffuser is too big-

https://cdn-image.as-web.jp/2018/02/...26-765x510.jpg

Thats not rear diffuser you see, its the side fenders that are on any gt500/dtm car right now. Car in the pic looks full gt500 spec as we have seen the cars in 2018.

From marketing point and the toyota/supra in jgtc/supergt it would make sense to come back. Or even running their cars supra/lc500 or some in EU and some in Japan at some point.
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SGT silly season rumor by motorsport.com
https://jp.motorsport.com/supergt/ne...gt500/4311934/

Honda
#1: Kunimitsu: Yamamoto, Button
#8: ARTA: Nojiri?, Izawa?
#17: Real: Tsukakoshi?, Kogure?, Baquette???
#18: Mugen: Mutoh?, D.Nakajima?
#64: Nakajima: Baquette??, Matsuura??, Otsu??, Karthikeyan???

Lexus
#6 LeMans: Oshima, Yamashita?
#19 Bandoh: Kunimoto, Tsuboi?, Yamashita?
#36 Tom's: Nakajima, Sekiguchi
#37: Tom's: Hirakawa, Cassidy
#38: Cerumo: Tachikawa, Ishiura
#39: SARD: Kovalainen, Tsuboi?, Yamashita?, Nakayama??

Nissan
#23: NISMO: Quitarelli, Matsuda?
#3: NDDP: Motoyama, Hirate?, Auer??
#24: Kondo: Rossiter?, Chiyo??
#12: Impul: Mardenborough, Sasaki?
(Mercedes DTM refugee Dani Juncadella)
https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/n...12180/?nrt=172
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Thats not rear diffuser you see, its the side fenders that are on any gt500/dtm car right now. Car in the pic looks full gt500 spec as we have seen the cars in 2018.

From marketing point and the toyota/supra in jgtc/supergt it would make sense to come back. Or even running their cars supra/lc500 or some in EU and some in Japan at some point.
I'm not sure what you're looking at, but imo the rear of the car shows an upward shape of a rear diffuser on the Supra concept. Plus there is no bodywork attached. The gt500's have a downward triangle shape and the rear diffuser is not visible beyond the rear bodywork. The side view looks like a diffuser compared to this
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