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Originally Posted by Tourer
No reason that Tech Parity can't continue in that case - only have to look at the various comments and threads about BoP on 10/10ths to understand that it isn't ideal either - so it may be a case of "the devil you know".
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The difference is that Toyota Gazoo Racing are demonstrably the best, and there is no reason for sports prototype racing to not be a straight-forward competition of set parameters given the two leading vehicles are substantially similar twin-turbo V6s. Adding 37kg to their vehicle and only 3kg to the slow Porsche seems more akin to success ballast.
Balance-of-performance is better placed to balance disparate types of vehicle like a Porsche 911 against a Lexus RC-F, or indeed a Ford Mustang against a Toyota Supra.
In any case, here's an onboard with the new Mustang GT3... A great bit of kit and it seems more airy than the Gen 3 car too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlPWJAKnck
Assuming promoter duties of the Bathurst 12 hour can be taken away from V8 Supercars (as that is a conflict of interest, and V8 Supercars have shown their past willingness to act anti-competitively by scheduling a test day on the same day as the Bathurst 12 hour before they were the promoter),
could Ford Australia ask its ATCC teams to switch to the Australian GT championship and run Mustang GT3s instead?
(Obviously steps would need to taken to move Australian GT away from an Am driver format to a full Professional driver format.)
I don't think an ATCC split would necessarily be a bad thing to break up the anti-competitive practices of "Supercars" and their commercial monopoly.
There could even be Corvettes in the Australian GT championship to keep the interest of General Motors fans!
The Australian GT championship, under these new promoters with the backing of Ford, would eventually angle to take over the Adelaide 500, Gold Coast 500, Bathurst 1000 (just start another one like Supercars did) etc one presumes... It would be great: people sticking it to Supercars and their closed-shop organisation and eventually rendering their commercial contracts worthless!