Aston Martin Asia series

[Asa]

http://www.newspress.co.uk/LINKS/54238ast/index.html

A new Aston Martin Asia racing series is born. All competitors will use the N24 race car. 18 entries expected in year 1 and races will support Asian F1 Grands Prix, including Singapore.

Do you guys see it as a direct competition with Porsche Carrera Cup Asia?

[broadrun96]

Probably not a competitor to the Porsche Carerra cup but an alternative for the non-Porsche fans out there. And for some of us that think the AM's have just beautiful lines

[The359]

Just another one-make series. There are lots of them out there. Porsche is hardly the only one.

[Asa]

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia is the only one in Asia though.

[GT-Eins]

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[GT-Eins]

Originally Posted by The359

Just another one-make series. ...

Yes but nevertheless a good idea - if it will come together.
A one make series is something to earn money with. Money that supports other racing programmes. And we will have more GT4/GT3 out there in the future.

[The359]

No arguement there, I support the creation of the series. Was just saying it's not going to really affect any other one-make series.

Isn't there an unofficial Ferrari Challenge in Asia?

[Asa]

Just learnt that the winning driver in AM Asia will get a drive in FIA GT4 in 2009.

To answer The359, there is not an unofficial Ferrari Challenge in Asia. There is the Asia Supercar Challenge. They allow Porsches, Ferraris and many others to race.

[Dauer 962]

Originally Posted by GT-Eins

A one make series is something to earn money with. Money that supports other racing programmes. And we will have more GT4/GT3 out there in the future.

I’m sure you will see a lot of laugh’s at Porsche and AM when you tell them they earn money with the Supercup or the this new Asia series. You certainly don’t earn money if your series runs on GP weekend. They have to transfer a hell of money to Bernie to be allowed to start on the GP mornings. And even the price of the Cup Carreras is subsided by Porsche.

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by Dauer 962

I’m sure you will see a lot of laugh’s at Porsche and AM when you tell them they earn money with the Supercup

Porsche motersport has always paid for itself . The supercup doesnt have to make money when you look at their overall sportscar chassis sales .....

Porsche has always said that their motorsport efforts will make money , and from the looks of things , it has .

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by GT-Eins

Yes but nevertheless a good idea - if it will come together.
A one make series is something to earn money with. Money that supports other racing programmes. And we will have more GT4/GT3 out there in the future.

Hi Harold ..... hope to see you at our camp again next year . Any word on Zakspeed doing anything in GT ?

[Dauer 962]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Porsche motersport has always paid for itself . The supercup doesnt have to make money when you look at their overall sportscar chassis sales .....

Porsche has always said that their motorsport efforts will make money , and from the looks of things , it has .

Which is certainly not true at all. Do you think 5 sold customer cars of the RS Spyder so far covered the development cost of this yet? Do you think the development costs for this car are covered with profits of the 12 cars they plan to built?

The GT3 Cup cars were subvised over years, maybe in these days when the Cups cars are assembled in production lines they don’t loose money, but they also don’t earn money with it.

They are really good in the business, but if we go back to topic, they will not earn money with their one make series if they run at F1 events due to the $ which Bernie likes to see. Bernie will not Porsche to run the Supercup at F1 events..

They built each season 230+ Cups cars for the 10 or so Cup worldwide, but think about what the promotion of these events cost.

[911 GT1]

We have some more informations about the Asia Cup:
http://www.projectlemans.de/content/view/3794/1/
(only in German, sorry. You may try the google translation button...)

[GT-Eins]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Hi Harold ..... hope to see you at our camp again next year . Any word on Zakspeed doing anything in GT ?

I´ll show up for sure
Zak? maybe but this should be in another thread.
They´ll run no Astons indeed

[Asa]

The promised Aston Martin Asia Cup did not materialize at Zhuhai.

So I guess it has failed to find enough competitors in the end.

[Zytek_Fan]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Porsche motersport has always paid for itself . The supercup doesnt have to make money when you look at their overall sportscar chassis sales .....

Porsche has always said that their motorsport efforts will make money , and from the looks of things , it has .

The 75 or so 997 Cup S and the number of 997 RSR's proves that point.

[old man]

Provisional calendar:
http://www.astonmartin-china.com/eng/ACMC/calendar.htm

I heard they have 12 entries, series is backed by GruppeM who are AM importers in China