DesertPenguin
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The goose?
Tokyo World Tour 5 2019
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He's either a corrupt prison officer, easy to beat in a race or he's seriously fast as duck?
BUT in this case I can only guess.
DesertPenguin
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I wonder how this all relates to my last name being Ganzer, which in German Ganser means "goose farmer" 
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I wonder how this all relates to my last name being Ganzer, which in German Ganser means "goose farmer"
And yet, here you are, disguised as a penguin?
Plot thickens, plot thickens indeed
DesertPenguin
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The penguins have long ruled over all of goosedom and we intend to keep it that way. They know what they did.
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Is there any info on who's going to the final and/or what the criteria is to get there? I'm finding this a little confusing to follow sometimes.
Was also surprised that Toyota wasn't more involved in the Supra Cup final. It just felt like a generic WT event.
Hopefully PD adds a few more one make series' next year (although not that excited at the idea of a Taycan cup tbh). I'm not expecting everything to be worthy of a WT trip, but would be nice to see a little more variety.
Was also surprised that Toyota wasn't more involved in the Supra Cup final. It just felt like a generic WT event.
Hopefully PD adds a few more one make series' next year (although not that excited at the idea of a Taycan cup tbh). I'm not expecting everything to be worthy of a WT trip, but would be nice to see a little more variety.
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So...
There'll be 36 drivers for the Nations Cup. These will be:
Europe - 16
Asia - 6
North America - 5
Central/South America - 5
Oceania - 4
They will be selected by their rankings in the 2019 online championship (best 10 races). However there can only be a maximum of three competitors from any one country.
If you look at the final Asia rankings right now you'll see this:
1 Akagi_1942mi - JPN
2 Kerokkuma_ej20 - JPN
3 blackbeauty-79 - JPN
4 yamado_racing38 - JPN
5 gilles_honda_v12 - JPN
6 SG_Kawakana - JPN
The top six are all Japanese, but there's a national limit of three. That means that 4th, 5th and 6th aren't eligible. So we need to look down the order to find three more drivers who are not Japanese...
7 Gori_R4ichi - JPN
8 yukiku - JPN
9 CAR_Saika - HK
10 s-shohei_ - JPN
11 KarS_0627 - HK
12 Gmotor_SBen - TAI
Thus qualifying from Asia are
Akagi_1942mi (Ryota Kokubun)
Kerokkuma_ej20 (Takuma Miyazono)
blackbeauty-79 (Tatsuya Sugawara)
CAR_Saika (Jonathon Wong)
KarS_0627 (Kin Long Li)
Gmotor_SBen (Yi-Teng Chou)
You can do the same for the other territories too. There's also four drivers who qualify automatically through winning World Tour events regardless of their ranking. They're Ryota Kokubun (Asia #1), Mikail Hizal (Europe #1), Nico Rubilar (South America #1) and Igor Fraga (South America #19).
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Could someone recap the situation regarding Daihatsu and Suzuki somehow being in the Manufacturers Series, and using the Toyota VGT Gr.3 for an event? How can either of those be involved at all - let alone qualify - if they don't have the respective Gr.4 and Gr.3 vehicles to begin with? It feels almost as if something in the process was conducted in a reversed order. You clearly cannot select them when entering any Manufacturers Series events, even if I'd personally love to see more automakers and groups to be seen in this series.
I could see Gr.1 alone being a potential component, between the inclusion of various sports prototypes (including Group C, WSC, LMP2, DPi, etc.), upcoming VGTs, and the WEC hypercar class. Between Group C, WSC, and DPi, I could respectively see Gr.1 cars from Alfa Romeo & Lancia, Ferrari & Shelby, and Chevrolet & Cadillac. Not to mention other LMP1s, like from Aston Martin, or LMGTP and LMP900 cars, like those respectively from Bentley and BMW. IMO, there could be a further "identity" built between the Nations Cup and Manufacturers Series, beyond just having Red Bull cars cap off various Nations Cup evens. Perhaps one could use mostly original circuits, and the other could use real circuits. Or, the Nations Cup could use the "major" groups, but with more specific limitations that wouldn't be doable for a Manufacturers Series race, like only using Group C racers, the "Gentlemen's Agreement" JDM cars, or a one-make using a car from one the "major" groups, like the Renault Megane Trophy. Ideally, though, I'd hope that more racecars would be added insofar that we could see the Manufacturers Series have both more eligible automakers, and more than just Gr.4 and Gr.3 races.
But I digress. It does make sense for Daihatsu to use the Toyota VGT Gr.3 since they're owned by Toyota, but I still don't understand the context for this whole thing.
I could see Gr.1 alone being a potential component, between the inclusion of various sports prototypes (including Group C, WSC, LMP2, DPi, etc.), upcoming VGTs, and the WEC hypercar class. Between Group C, WSC, and DPi, I could respectively see Gr.1 cars from Alfa Romeo & Lancia, Ferrari & Shelby, and Chevrolet & Cadillac. Not to mention other LMP1s, like from Aston Martin, or LMGTP and LMP900 cars, like those respectively from Bentley and BMW. IMO, there could be a further "identity" built between the Nations Cup and Manufacturers Series, beyond just having Red Bull cars cap off various Nations Cup evens. Perhaps one could use mostly original circuits, and the other could use real circuits. Or, the Nations Cup could use the "major" groups, but with more specific limitations that wouldn't be doable for a Manufacturers Series race, like only using Group C racers, the "Gentlemen's Agreement" JDM cars, or a one-make using a car from one the "major" groups, like the Renault Megane Trophy. Ideally, though, I'd hope that more racecars would be added insofar that we could see the Manufacturers Series have both more eligible automakers, and more than just Gr.4 and Gr.3 races.
But I digress. It does make sense for Daihatsu to use the Toyota VGT Gr.3 since they're owned by Toyota, but I still don't understand the context for this whole thing.
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I have a slightly overkill in-depth list
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...ns-cup-entrant-qualification-analysis.390557/
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It's about to be 5am (French Time), and I felt it was the absolute ideal time to make a debriefing from Tokyo's World Tour. Careful, it might be boring to read, and I'll write it as it comes.
First of all, I never thought I'd get qualified to a live event after Paris' one, back in March. But things went better than expected and one race decided of the end of my season. With that in mind, I take every live event as a "bonus round" where I have nothing to lose.
Anyway, off to Tokyo I went, and first jetlag I've had to handle. It was pretty bad, couldn't find sleep in the plane and went for a more or less 30h without sleeping, including some filming with the Jaguar Team around Tokyo. I was litteraly falling asleep every seconds I could in the trains/subways with the filming crew, but tried to deliver the best I could when the cameras were on despite being a zombie.
For the races, considering the Overall quali (Maggiore GP II), we were hopeless to be in the Top 6 and we were right to think so since we qualified P11 and even with our optimal time, we wouldn't be higher. It is a shame when Bathust is one of the strongest tracks for Jaguar and was where the Top 6 quali were. We even did P2 during the Free Practice on it!
Anyway, starting P11 on Bathurst, we were hopefull for some drama on track and getting positions with our high top speed. Sadly, we were caught in the mayhem on Lap 3 and lost 10s in the process. That costed a shot for P4 at the end of the race, and we finished P7. On a personal side, I'm pretty happy of my stint with the mediums, climbing 2 positions and being not too far from my home's pace.
Then comes Maggiore GP II, and... Nothing to see here pretty much, started P7, finished P8 and despite giving our all, we had a 1.2s per lap gap compared to the best cars so it was just a matter of surviving and putting the laps together. I was shocked but not surprised to see the Alfa catching 3 tenths in the esses alone.
Got to say that @HellzFire & Kenny did an awesome job. No mistake from our end and that give us more confidence for the World Finals. We can just hope for the Gr.4 category to come back & tracks which suit us! And why not a 3rd race to balance the double points for the Grand Final.
Aside racing, being able to travel to Japan was such a dream come true. Everything is so different compared to what I am used to, and having the opportunity to be in the heart of GT is priceless. Surely another trip I will never forget.
Now, time to catch some sleep again.
First of all, I never thought I'd get qualified to a live event after Paris' one, back in March. But things went better than expected and one race decided of the end of my season. With that in mind, I take every live event as a "bonus round" where I have nothing to lose.
Anyway, off to Tokyo I went, and first jetlag I've had to handle. It was pretty bad, couldn't find sleep in the plane and went for a more or less 30h without sleeping, including some filming with the Jaguar Team around Tokyo. I was litteraly falling asleep every seconds I could in the trains/subways with the filming crew, but tried to deliver the best I could when the cameras were on despite being a zombie.
For the races, considering the Overall quali (Maggiore GP II), we were hopeless to be in the Top 6 and we were right to think so since we qualified P11 and even with our optimal time, we wouldn't be higher. It is a shame when Bathust is one of the strongest tracks for Jaguar and was where the Top 6 quali were. We even did P2 during the Free Practice on it!
Anyway, starting P11 on Bathurst, we were hopefull for some drama on track and getting positions with our high top speed. Sadly, we were caught in the mayhem on Lap 3 and lost 10s in the process. That costed a shot for P4 at the end of the race, and we finished P7. On a personal side, I'm pretty happy of my stint with the mediums, climbing 2 positions and being not too far from my home's pace.
Then comes Maggiore GP II, and... Nothing to see here pretty much, started P7, finished P8 and despite giving our all, we had a 1.2s per lap gap compared to the best cars so it was just a matter of surviving and putting the laps together. I was shocked but not surprised to see the Alfa catching 3 tenths in the esses alone.
Got to say that @HellzFire & Kenny did an awesome job. No mistake from our end and that give us more confidence for the World Finals. We can just hope for the Gr.4 category to come back & tracks which suit us! And why not a 3rd race to balance the double points for the Grand Final.
Aside racing, being able to travel to Japan was such a dream come true. Everything is so different compared to what I am used to, and having the opportunity to be in the heart of GT is priceless. Surely another trip I will never forget.
Now, time to catch some sleep again.
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@anthonyfa18 It felt different since the wheel itself is wider but the main thing was the pedals, they are noticeably harder but after 10 mins, I could get used to it.
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PD has posted their own highlight reel of the event on the GTTV channel, with cinematic shots of the Carraza/Kokubun race. Includes a cameo by Daiki Kasho at the end as he takes a photo with @TRL LIGHTNING.
I envy ya, man! =D
I envy ya, man! =D
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