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Tired Tyres
That first chicane is really not a good idea! I'm staggered that they all got through it.
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Driving on Monza '88 in AC I realized the old chicane was a lot better. Had more of a flow to it than being a hard braking point as it is now, shame they changed it.

Nice to see the Lambo's take the win actually!
 
Did the car really out perform everything though? There were other cars that were faster, but the Huracan just didn't drop off like the others when the tires wore down, and it seemed to get very lucky in traffic, having several lapped cars between 1st and second at the restart wouldn't have helped either,
 
Well performance everything about the car, not just speed or lap times. Consistency- definitely good. The GTR seemed like the fastest thing out there, but they didn't win the race. The season should be good.
 
It was the 24 hours of Nurburgring qualification race on Sunday the 12th and I completely forgot about it when I was getting set up for the WEC at Silverstone and GT3 in Monza. :banghead:

It's long past time the organisers of endurance series got together to make sure their events never clash. :mad:
 
Tired Tyres
It was the 24 hours of Nurburgring qualification race on Sunday the 12th and I completely forgot about it when I was getting set up for the WEC at Silverstone and GT3 in Monza. :banghead:

It's long past time the organisers of endurance series got together to make sure their events never clash. :mad:
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Are you sure that was Sunday? I doubt Blanpain would have overlapped that,
 
Tired Tyres
It was the 24 hours of Nurburgring qualification race on Sunday the 12th and I completely forgot about it when I was getting set up for the WEC at Silverstone and GT3 in Monza. :banghead:

It's long past time the organisers of endurance series got together to make sure their events never clash. :mad:
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The stream was geoblocked anyway, which caused quite the stir.
 
trustjab
Well performance everything about the car, not just speed or lap times. Consistency- definitely good. The GTR seemed like the fastest thing out there, but they didn't win the race. The season should be good.
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Fastest lap was set by Kaffer in the Black Pearl Rinaldi 458, and Siedler was as consistently quick as anyone out there. I'd say the Ferrari and Lambo were well matched, the difference being that Grasser had all pro cars and Rinaldi/Kessel didn't.

The GT-R was probably next fastest, but the car is still handicapped by its thirst. You won't win a race against the likes of WRT and M-Sport (without huge fortune or constant American-style safety cars) if you lose 15+ second during every pit stop.
 
TDZdave
Did the car really out perform everything though? There were other cars that were faster, but the Huracan just didn't drop off like the others when the tires wore down, and it seemed to get very lucky in traffic, having several lapped cars between 1st and second at the restart wouldn't have helped either,
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Nothing was faster, the GTR looked fast but its time difference was getting bigger from the Lambo every lap.

Take the last safety car out of it and it basically lapped nearly everyone.
 
Furinkazen
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He's referring to the fact that the car uses an engine the road going version does not. Of course, I'm only guessing that's what you meant by the two questions marks. Words would help.

@Holdenhsvgtsr Given the way GT3 works, I really don't see how or why it should matter at this point. I think the whole rule should be changed. As long as the car and the engine are both based off of production designs, and the vehicle is available for sale to customer teams, then it shouldn't matter.

As Ratel has stated, by balancing the cars performance and making sure cars are being sold to customers, it prevents manufacturers from over-investing in machines since they'd have to charge more for a car that offers little performance benefit due to the BOP.

If anything, Mercedes staying with the 6.2-based 6.3L V8 is a good move to help them financially in the sales of the car. They don't have to develop a whole new engine, and their customers can buy a car with trusted performance without hoping a strained little 4.0 twin-turbo can do what it takes.
 
trustjab
This is pure mechanical music! What a thunderous beast

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When you can hear birds chirping and singing over a big V-8 race car is when you know something has gone horribly wrong with racing... What a shame...
 
Jav
When you can hear birds chirping and singing over a big V-8 race car is when you know something has gone horribly wrong with racing... What a shame...
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Well, here are the options.

1) Race cars that are more quiet so people will hopefully complain less.

2) New houses and a strip mall where a race track once sat.

Your choice.
 
Northstar
Well, here are the options.

1) Race cars that are more quiet so people will hopefully complain less.

2) New houses and a strip mall where a race track once sat.

Your choice.
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How about running major events on dates where there are no noise restrictions for the particular track and remove the excessive muffling from the exhaust so us fans can enjoy the full race experience... Newer GT-3 cars are quieter than their road gersions, that is just ridiculous!
Look at TRG, they did it on their Astons and now those are the best sounding cars on the entire TUSC/WC-GT grid!
 
Anybody worried about the volume of the GT cars needs to listen to a 458 GTE.
 
Furinkazen
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Snaeper
He's referring to the fact that the car uses an engine the road going version does not. Of course, I'm only guessing that's what you meant by the two questions marks. Words would help.
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There's also a few other things as well
Snaeper
@Holdenhsvgtsr Given the way GT3 works, I really don't see how or why it should matter at this point. I think the whole rule should be changed. As long as the car and the engine are both based off of production designs, and the vehicle is available for sale to customer teams, then it shouldn't matter.
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But it does matter the cars should be relevant and they aren't BMW did and Nissan tried it a few years back in GT1 so did corvette etc.

Why go to the extent of building a car to a rule book and then have to run with waivers for the rest of the cars competitive life rather than just build a car to the rules.

Clark
Anybody worried about the volume of the GT cars needs to listen to a 458 GTE.
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One word, Corvette.
 

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