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[Coiler]

I was there for a second time in a row. So gutted for Bentley I think they had the best car/s out there. From the organisation side Nurburgring 24h is way better than Spa.

 

[Bram Turismo]

I was there for a second time in a row. So gutted for Bentley I think they had the best car/s out there. From the organisation side Nurburgring 24h is way better than Spa.

Impressive isn't it, just how darn fast it is despite its size? Looks better than it ever has I reckon as well.

 

[Coiler]

Impressive isn't it, just how darn fast it is despite its size? Looks better than it ever has I reckon as well.

As the first gen I just love this car. Every time I see it racing the name of a race in Drive Club comes to my mind "Punching above its weight" - damn spot on!
PS. yes you drive an Continental GT in that race

 

[EddyHawk]

I ended surprise with the BMW victory, I didn't expected that, but in a 24hr race anything can happen, it will be awesome if Blancpain include a 24hr Nurburgring, Spa is a very nice circuit, but Nurburgring is just the Green Hell, one little mistake and you are done.

 

[Sentry87]

We already have a 24 hour nurburgring but with gt4 and touring cars along with gt3. It wouldn't work as well with the blancpain series gt3 with only 65 cars on track

 

[Furinkazen]

We already have a 24 hour nurburgring but with gt4 and touring cars along with gt3. It wouldn't work as well with the blancpain series gt3 with only 65 cars on track

Too many GT3's for the Nurb.

 

[twitcher]

65 GT3 cars with those driver lineups, on the Nordschleife.....we’d spend a good 10-15 of the 24 hours under yellow or red flags.

 

[Sentry87]

Too many GT3's for the Nurb.

I know. And also not enough cars as a whole to get a decent amount of traffic on the nordschliefe. Which is why a gt3 only race wouldn't work

 

[Spacegoat]

Miedecke Motorsport returns to the Aus GT Championship this weekend with a brand new Vantage V12 GT3. The car is one of the last V12s to have been built by Prodrive in the UK.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/bentley-plans-point-to-bathurst-return/

Edit: How cool is this?
https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/mostert-set-for-us-racing-debut/

 

[Spacegoat]

Hopefully so. Bentley have always been very competitive at Bathurst.

The new model looks fantastic too.

 

[Jarnokee963]

Was at Spa, watched 24 hours and loved when the BMW's finished first and second. True masterclass what hey did both car and driver!

 

[05XR8]

Hope that car can repeat the performance, this afternoon and tomorrow.
https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/08/03/richards-bmw-paces-australian-gt-practice/

 

[Spacegoat]

Hope that car can repeat the performance, this afternoon and tomorrow.
https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/08/03/richards-bmw-paces-australian-gt-practice/

Great to see the Hobson GT-R on the grid.

If qualifying is anything to go by, Peter Hackett's AMG is going to be awfully tough to beat.

 

[05XR8]

Great to see the Hobson GT-R on the grid.

If qualifying is anything to go by, Peter Hackett's AMG is going to be awfully tough to beat.

Yeah, just home. Caught the end of Qualy. Looks like Hackett and Talbot at the front. Missed where the M6 and GT-R slotted in.

 

[Spacegoat]

Yeah, just home. Caught the end of Qualy. Looks like Hackett and Talbot at the front. Missed where the M6 and GT-R slotted in.

Front row start for the Bimmer and 9th for the GT-R.Good performance from Miedecke too in that new-ish Aston.

Just hoping that Talbot can have a trouble free weekend to bank some good points for the championship.

 

[05XR8]

M6 looking good. Talbot holding station. Good to see. Lambo up there too.
Shame about the STM AMG. First I've heard of tyre shreds wrapped around callipers.

Edit: GT-R gets 5 second penalty from the rolling start. Looks nice through T1.

Edit2: What us going on?! AMG's are slipping, the M6 playing shuffleboard with an R8. Crazy stuff.

 

[Spacegoat]

Shame that AusGT isn't on the Supercar support bill more often. That was a very entertaining race.

And how about 16 year old Ryan How winning the trophy class? Great stuff.

 

[05XR8]

Definitely changed as the temps dropped. Probably the low sun too. The kid held hid own. 👍

Need more GT4 cars.

 

[05XR8]

Don't know how I missed this series
https://gt1australia.com.au



Check that entry list. So that's where all the RX-8s are.
https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/08/14/gt-1-field-grows-to-18-cars-for-amrs-round-4/

 

[Jezza819]

https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/event/111/suzuka-10-hours

I'm assuming that this weekend's Suzuka 10 Hours is under SRO control. But I haven't seen anyway to watch it here in the US. Even Motor Trend On Demand doesn't even list it and that's been the only way we've been able to watch other Blancpain races.

 

[Sentry87]

https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/event/111/suzuka-10-hours

I'm assuming that this weekend's Suzuka 10 Hours is under SRO control. But I haven't seen anyway to watch it here in the US. Even Motor Trend On Demand doesn't even list it and that's been the only way we've been able to watch other Blancpain races.

If you're in the US it will stream on motortrend. If you're in Europe, on Eurosport. After the race is over it will be uploaded on GTWorld YouTube channel because it is SRO.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Looks like I won't be watching then.

 

[Jezza819]

If you're in the US it will stream on motortrend. If you're in Europe, on Eurosport. After the race is over it will be uploaded on GTWorld YouTube channel because it is SRO.

It's not in their live schedule that's why I was wondering if it was going to be someplace else.

https://www.motortrendondemand.com/watch-live/

 

[psychoazubi]

No English Version yet, but there is a new Mclaren GT3 car (again), Based on the 720s. 4l twin Turbo V8, available for customers as early as 2019:

https://de.motorsport.com/langstrec...-gt3-erstmals-auf-der-strecke/3163707/?nrt=51

 

[CodeRedR51]

No English Version yet, but there is a new Mclaren GT3 car (again), Based on the 720s. 4l twin Turbo V8, available for customers as early as 2019:

https://de.motorsport.com/langstrec...-gt3-erstmals-auf-der-strecke/3163707/?nrt=51

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/08/mclaren-720s-gt3-race-car-ready-track-tests-price-440000/

 

[Sentry87]

It's not in their live schedule that's why I was wondering if it was going to be someplace else.

https://www.motortrendondemand.com/watch-live/

Well apparently they were going to stream the race live and now they're not. So if you live in the U.S. you are SOL for watching the race. Makes zero sense how sports car racing is so unnaccessible to the US

 

[05XR8]

So, no one from the USA can view this?

 

[gregp]

I'm in the US and above link says "uploader has not made this video available in your country."

 

[Sentry87]

Correct we are geo blocked in US. I have a VPN so I can watch it. But the average Joe can't.