- 897
- NRW
- Third_Reign
I'm an huge fan of GT3 and frequently visit VLN races. Having spun quite a few laps on road cars on the Nordschleife myself, the GT3 drives are bat**** crazy to drive the cars at such high pace around the track. I believe the cars are much too potent for the VLN. Now respect that this is the opinion of someone who has never driven any car with higher aerodynamic parts installed.
I highly doubt the the VLN would suffer much from a potential ban of GT3 cars. Many of the prominent manufacturers have cars specifically developed towards the VLN. Mercedes has a customer targeted CLA, Porsche just recently unveiled the GT4 Cayman and has the CUP 911, and BMW could easily upgrade the already existing M235 (also built with VLN in mind). Many of the attending teams that race GT3 cars already have lower spec cars prepped that also race VLN.
I think the GT3 cars are safe enough to run on the Nordschleife, what bothers me most is the sheer difference in performance the GT3s bring in comparison to the other attending classes. The track is much too narrow to accommodate for such speed differences.
I highly doubt the the VLN would suffer much from a potential ban of GT3 cars. Many of the prominent manufacturers have cars specifically developed towards the VLN. Mercedes has a customer targeted CLA, Porsche just recently unveiled the GT4 Cayman and has the CUP 911, and BMW could easily upgrade the already existing M235 (also built with VLN in mind). Many of the attending teams that race GT3 cars already have lower spec cars prepped that also race VLN.
I think the GT3 cars are safe enough to run on the Nordschleife, what bothers me most is the sheer difference in performance the GT3s bring in comparison to the other attending classes. The track is much too narrow to accommodate for such speed differences.