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Old 12 Feb 2019, 11:45 (Ref:3883490)   #51
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... helping the Ednurance cup look a little less like a Mercedes, Audi, Lambo fight.

u do mean "sprint", don't u?
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 12:20 (Ref:3883494)   #52
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u do mean "sprint", don't u?


Yes I do, although we could see no Nissan in Endurance this year, so losing the Lexus as well would have been a double blow to diversity there too
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 13:07 (Ref:3883510)   #53
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Swiss Media says, that Lexus didn´t want to develop the car further, which is important for the team. Emil Frey Racing want to be a racing service provider and not only a Operations team.
https://www.autosprint.ch/motorsport...i-statt-lexus/
What can they do to the Lamborghini that's different from the running of the Lexus? Didn't they just roll out the updates to the Lamborghini this season?
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 13:28 (Ref:3883517)   #54
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What can they do to the Lamborghini that's different from the running of the Lexus? Didn't they just roll out the updates to the Lamborghini this season?
They say, that GRT and Emil Frey develop the Huracan further. Maybe tweaking the package?
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 14:30 (Ref:3883532)   #55
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They say, that GRT and Emil Frey develop the Huracan further. Maybe tweaking the package?
Lamborghini have released an EVO package for this season.

Tweaking anything more than setup in GT3 is not permitted
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 14:39 (Ref:3883535)   #56
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Lamborghini have released an EVO package for this season.

Tweaking anything more than setup in GT3 is not permitted
Ok, I'm not as crazy as I thought I was. Perhaps the support from Lamborghini and drivability makes it a better choice than the Lexus
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 15:50 (Ref:3883556)   #57
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Ok, I'm not as crazy as I thought I was. Perhaps the support from Lamborghini and drivability makes it a better choice than the Lexus
I think the Lamborghini/Audi, and Mercedes support packages, and factory driver rosters are far stronger than that of the smaller packages of people like Lexus, Nissan, etc so it becomes easier to tap into one of the top three.

In GT3/4 these days you need to either be a sudo factory team, like Bentley, or you need to go with the strongest support package otherwise you cant access the best GT drivers on the grid.

Mclaren seem to be upping the quality of their support package, Nissan seem to have given up, Honda are making gentle moves..
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 16:16 (Ref:3883568)   #58
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Lamborghini have released an EVO package for this season.

Tweaking anything more than setup in GT3 is not permitted
I know :P I meant tweaking the setup
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 19:04 (Ref:3883600)   #59
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I think the Lamborghini/Audi, and Mercedes support packages, and factory driver rosters are far stronger than that of the smaller packages of people like Lexus, Nissan, etc so it becomes easier to tap into one of the top three.

In GT3/4 these days you need to either be a sudo factory team, like Bentley, or you need to go with the strongest support package otherwise you cant access the best GT drivers on the grid.

Mclaren seem to be upping the quality of their support package, Nissan seem to have given up, Honda are making gentle moves..
But couldn't Emil Frey get factory drivers from Toyota if they really wanted? I think it's more to do with money and the Lamborghini may be a cheaper package. Maybe politics play a part in this and those others get a more favorable bop than cars like Lexus.
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Old 12 Feb 2019, 19:29 (Ref:3883606)   #60
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But couldn't Emil Frey get factory drivers from Toyota if they really wanted? I think it's more to do with money and the Lamborghini may be a cheaper package. Maybe politics play a part in this and those others get a more favorable bop than cars like Lexus.


I’m not sure Toyota have any factory drivers to offer out for GT3 rides, only their P1 and SGT drivers

Quite right, I’m sure convenience, price and politics all play a role
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Old 13 Feb 2019, 03:35 (Ref:3883678)   #61
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I’m not sure Toyota have any factory drivers to offer out for GT3 rides, only their P1 and SGT drivers

Quite right, I’m sure convenience, price and politics all play a role
There's others too. Their junior single seaters, Super Formula, GT300/500, IMSA...
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Old 13 Feb 2019, 07:29 (Ref:3883702)   #62
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There's others too. Their junior single seaters, Super Formula, GT300/500, IMSA...
I dont think they actively offer any pool of drivers out for GT3 though?
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I dont think they actively offer any pool of drivers out for GT3 though?


No they dont
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I dont think they actively offer any pool of drivers out for GT3 though?
I wasn't really saying they'd loan them out but that there's some that are GT drivers and have done GT3 racing. For instance, Nick Cassidy raced the AIM Vasser Sullivan RC F GT3 at Daytona. Can they not inquire about them? And it's Emil Frey who is not a known factory-backed team anyway.
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Old 14 Feb 2019, 12:50 (Ref:3884123)   #65
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Lamborghini have released an EVO package for this season.

Tweaking anything more than setup in GT3 is not permitted
Exactly. And tweaking the setup is not developing a car. Every single team out there tweaks the setup of whatever they run.

I suspect it was just the good ol' money question but it does sound better with that official reason.

We need to remember that Emil Frey continues importing and selling Lexus road cars, so nothing negative will ever be said in public.
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We need to remember that Emil Frey continues importing and selling Lexus road cars, so nothing negative will ever be said in public.

in the swiss press the team manager do mention the absence of noticiable evolution on the car to switch to the Hurracan...
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2019 Blancpain GT World Endurance

Rinaldi will run 3x cars in Endurance, 1x In Sprint.

2 Am cars, one silver

Rinat Salikhov and David Perel are the silver lineup, doing Endurance and Sprint

Pierre Ehret is stilling looking for a co pilot in his Am car

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SRO have already posted event timetables for all meetings bar Spa. This really is a very well-organised series.
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SRO have already posted event timetables for all meetings bar Spa. This really is a very well-organised series.
They are one level up compared to Eurosport Events, GT Sport or even the ACO garçons.
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Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3 - Steven Kane / Jules Gounon / Jordan Pepper
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Vincent Abril has departed Bentley effective immediately. Wonder where hes going...
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AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Vincent Abril/Raffaele Marciello
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AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Vincent Abril/Raffaele Marciello/Michael Meadows


Definitely a championship contender, interested to see how Abril compares to Marciello
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