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@AJ , @Stephen Vann has asked if their GT3 AM team progress to a driver roster full of Gold drivers will they need to change their driver line up to continue competing in the GT3 Am category?
@AJ , @Stephen Vann has asked if their GT3 AM team progress to a driver roster full of Gold drivers will they need to change their driver line up to continue competing in the GT3 Am category?
I believe franchises have already been handed outV.E.R.T. WRT is to participate in GTP Sportscar.
More news soon.
You need to send a message to AJ, John.D' oh...
Yeah you missed the deadline by a few months mate. Best to check with the organiser that sort of information first before announcing anything.D' oh...
Okay, thanks for letting me know.Yeah you missed the deadline by a few months mate. Best to check with the organiser that sort of information first before announcing anything.
Unless you've been personally invited? But that would be counter-intuitive to having a deadline date of November...
But what do I know? I just do the racing here...
Question for comms team or AJ (whoever gets there first).
There was a questionaire for drivers to fill out (posted by @GTP_Dutchy jan 23rd in archived general discussion, have been trying to copy and paste on my tab unsuccessfully so...) will there be a similar form for this season? It would be a nice way to introduce the new teams and drivers and give some topic of interest for the comms to talk about during broadcasts?
I'm also thinking on doing that. It would be awesome we would introduce our teams and drivers, in my opinion. 👍Question for comms team or AJ (whoever gets there first).
There was a questionaire for drivers to fill out (posted by @GTP_Dutchy jan 23rd in archived general discussion, have been trying to copy and paste on my tab unsuccessfully so...) will there be a similar form for this season? It would be a nice way to introduce the new teams and drivers and give some topic of interest for the comms to talk about during broadcasts?
you're a busy manI'm also thinking on doing that. It would be awesome we would introduce our teams and drivers, in my opinion. 👍
Because I'm dedicated to my team!you're a busy man
Yeah you missed the deadline by a few months mate. Best to check with the organiser that sort of information first before announcing anything.
Unless you've been personally invited? But that would be counter-intuitive to having a deadline date of November...
But what do I know? I just do the racing here...
I think it coincides with Article 2.3.d in that Rookies will be graded after completion of either their 1st, 2nd, 3rd event or after all three.Anyone else have thoughts on Article 5.3h aka "The Rookie Rule"?
As it stands for Daytona if a Rookie driver is .999 of a second faster than the fastest Bronze his time will count as Bronze. If it's over that it still will count as Bronze but only .500 seconds faster than the fastest Bronze, essentially gaurenteeing that team qualification.
Same for Silver, Gold, ect, depending on team construction.
While this is 100% ok in the "Pro" classes, I don't see what the point of allowing someone faster than a Bronze/Silver to be classified as a Bronze/Silver. In my approximation there is no way this driver is truly a Bronze/Silver if they are half a second faster than the fastest ranked driver, at least around Daytona.
If you are unranked and faster than the fastest Bronze/Silver/Gold during the session you should be assumed the next level up until further being evaluated during the race.
My $0.02.
Joke solution!
The solution to the "rookie" rule is to handle it somewhat like LeMons handles ridiculous cars that are "$1000". If you field drivers that are ridiculously over powered for a Bronze/Silver slot the event organiser reserves the right to hand out "BS" Penalty laps for the race. Yes it would see teams unfairly starting the race, but when you're opening lap puts you at -99 laps (100 laps behind the competition). The rule would somewhat force teams to field appropriate drivers, as starting some ridiculous number of laps down takes the fun out of it, just as fielding ridiculous drivers takes the fun out of it for everyone else.
Serious Solution.
I agree with Ning that we are currently not at the correct balance of Rookies being used in qualifying/race. The original wording of rookies having to be slower than Bronze made rookies impossible to field, however current rules imply fastest Bronze in class can be beaten by a second, and have the time still count as "Bronze".
Something in the order of a rookie in a designated Bronze/Silver/Gold slot cannot complete a time faster than the fastest Bronze/Silver/Gold time and will thus receive a time of 100.5% or 101.0%.
This level of monitoring and penalties needs to be carried through to the race, as much as the rule is to stop rookies being too fast in qualifying, however if one is to sandbag in qualifying, once in the race there is currently nothing stopping a TRL_Immortal for example being used for 14 hours in GT3-Am doing Platinum pace.
I think all the spots are fullI need to clarify one thing.
Are the championship classes spots full? I'm also planning to sign up into TCN-1 with my team.
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I'm just a simply guy, but would it not be easier to just have 6 teams per class and 2 classes per race so that every team couldd race in their assigned race. Gt3am has 3 races. So it's possible that some teams may only run 1 or 2 races this season
Another thing that I have been keeping to my self is implementing a British GT style to racing. GT cars race for one hour with 2 drivers. That would be allot simpler and would give the team who don't qualify something to race and be a part of.
Whether AJ or the stewards want to hear them or not is completely up to them.
We've spent way more than that on things specific for the series, so no. Hell we spent that on a UPS for that specific race. No one wanted it to be that way and there is no reason to take a shot at TMR, who wasn't involved in that decision.If your team had paid an entry fee of $62.99 for last year's N24, don't you think you would have been better organised and prepared, and wouldn't have withdrawn during the opening hours, effectively denying another team a space on our very limited grid that would have completed the event fully?
We've spent way more than that on things specific for the series, so no. Hell we spent that on a UPS for that specific race. No one wanted it to be that way and there is no reason to take a shot at TMR, who wasn't involved in that decision, like that.