GT1/DTM Performance Differnce

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I was just looking around this morning and I noticed times posted on www.lmsr.net for the 2005 testing at Spa Francochamps. Here are the leading times.

1. Heinz-Harald Frentzen Opel Vectra GTS V8 2:14.312 Min. 26 Rd.
2. Jamie Green AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2:14.701 Min. 36 Rd.
3. Jean Alesi AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2:14.721 Min. 77 Rd.
4. Stefan Mücke AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2:15.148 Min. 51 Rd.
5. Christian Abt Audi A4 DTM 2:15.217 Min. 50 Rd.
6. Frank Stippler Audi A4 DTM 2:15.329 Min. 53 Rd.
7. Allan McNish Audi A4 DTM 2:15.357 Min. 74 Rd.
8. Laurent Aiello Opel Vectra GTS V8 2:15.378 Min. 28 Rd.
9. Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2:15.454 Min. 41 Rd.
10. Bruno Spengler AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2:15.522 Min. 67 Rd.
11. Marcel Fässler Opel Vectra GTS V8 2:15.585 Min. 60 Rd.
12. Manuel Reuter Opel Vectra GTS V8 2:16.617 Min. 45 Rd.
13. Tom Kristensen Audi A4 DTM 2:17.720 Min. 10 Rd.
14. Pierre Kaffer Audi A4 DTM 2:18.013 Min. 15 Rd.
15. Martin Tomczyk Audi A4 DTM 2:19.371 Min. 38 Rd.

Not really any faster it would seem than the GT1 cars, last years pole postition for the Spa 24hrs was a 2:15.047. Now sure the DTM cars at the moment are slightly faster than that, but will this be the case when the FIA GT boys come back for the Spa 24hrs in the summer this year? I dont know, but its important to remember that the MC12 has since been allowed to race in the FIA GT championship since the Spa 24hrs, it will be very interesting to see what teams like Vitaphone and JMB can do with this car in 2005, my betting though is they can eek out a fair ammount of time over the 2004 cars.