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Nobody knows, to be fair. Fancied a change?
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Here's the 2015 Miku:Perhaps Taniguchi was tired of winning and wanted to give others a sporting chance, haha. Next thing you know, he's going to ditch the Miku livery because other drivers don't overtake his car, fearing that they'll scratch Miku...'s paintjob (eyyyy).
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Somebody has brought up the idea of a possible GT300 rules change that the teams have caught wind of, which has affected the Z4 in some major way. I'm guessing GAINER, GREENTEC and LEON are keeping their Mercedes', so potentially 6 on the grid next year? This is assuming they run a Mirai SLS as well.
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For the GoodSmile Company WonFes events, I bet.
So who had the harder time parting with their 2014 car - GoodSmile Racing or Jim Gainer Racing? And did the latter get thier car from from the NDDP team? They have a race winner there(Chang/Buriram United Circuit) after all.
Would you be surprised in 4-6 years to see the likeness of Hatsune Miku on the side of a Audi R8 GT3 car if the trend continues?
- 2008 - 09: BMW Z4 GT3
- 2010: Porsche 911 GT3
- 2011 - 14: BMW Z4 GT3
- 2015: M-B SLS GT3
- 2016 - 2018(2019?): Next-Generation BMW GT3(?)
- 2019(2020)?: Audi R8 GT3(?)
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Eva ran the Mooncraft, then bought a McLaren (which never really performed brilliantly), so they're building this on a mother chassis.
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So GSR/Hatsune Miku Racing is switching to Mercedes? I thought they wanted to become an official BMW team if they allowed DTM-type cars in GT500?
Also, can't wait to see what Eva/Evangelion Racing do with something other than a DP
Also, can't wait to see what Eva/Evangelion Racing do with something other than a DP
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2017 is when we get fully unified Class 1 rules. I still don't see anyone picking another manufacturer over the big 3.
If it's anything like the last 2 seasons of McLaren, a bit hit and miss.
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They are purely switching to Merc for this year. The BMW team in question that wanted to move to GT500 in the last two years was the Jorg Muller/Seiji Ara car that had Augusto Farfus in the car for the Suzuka 1000 this year in Team Studie; they are the de facto factory BMW team after Good Smile chose to work with Ukyo "undoubtedly the best driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced" Katayama's team.
The issues that are preventing this, as far as I am aware, pertain to budgeting. One is a touring car while the other is a Endurance Car with a different Engine Formula, more developed suspension since it's an open tire formula and aerodynamic development mid season. The argument was that it might take money and people power away from the DTM programme because apparently BMW doesn't want to allocate new money for Studie if they want to to move to GT500. Since the DTM requires each make to have 8 cars, the big issue is that if Studie go to GT500 that they might not be getting the attention to run to their full potential while the DTM is running at it's required capacity.
It's a bit of a mess, yes. But once Class 1 comes around I wouldn't be surprised to see a M4 or another BMW in GT500.
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While both the Bimmer and the Merc are GT3 cars, they have GT300 spec engines inside of them. How these engines go from GT3 spec to GT300 spec is something I would like to know - but I digress.
Team Studie may be the de facto BMW factory time for the 2014 SuperGT season in GT300, but it looks like GoodSmile Racing With Team Ukyo were the proverbial Aces.
If GoodSmile Racing were to pull a ARTA and add a GT500 team to their program, would they go with a Lexus as their car? If you recall, up until the 2012 season, ARTA had a Honda in GT500 and the ASL Garaiya for their GT300 car.
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Why not Nissan? if GSR-Miku were to go to GT500, I'd rather see a Miku-themed GTR than some Lexus. THOUGH, Hatsune Miku the character does have a relationship with Toyota so there is that. But regardless, I'd rather see a Hatsune Miku GTR than a Lexus coupeWhile both the Bimmer and the Merc are GT3 cars, they have GT300 spec engines inside of them. How these engines go from GT3 spec to GT300 spec is something I would like to know - but I digress.
Team Studie may be the de facto BMW factory time for the 2014 SuperGT season in GT300, but it looks like GoodSmile Racing With Team Ukyo were the proverbial Aces.
If GoodSmile Racing were to pull a ARTA and add a GT500 team to their program, would they go with a Lexus as their car? If you recall, up until the 2012 season, ARTA had a Honda in GT500 and the ASL Garaiya for their GT300 car.
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