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Old 24 Jun 2009, 14:37 (Ref:2489830)   #1
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FIA GT1 World Championship is go

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The FIA has reached agreement with SRO to be the promoter of the new FIA GT1 World Championship from 2010.

As part of this agreement, the FIA GT Championship (GT1 and GT2) and the GT3 European Championship, will be split into three distinct and easily identifiable FIA GT Championships. The FIA GT1 World Championship will be for independent teams and professional drivers, the FIA GT2 European Championship for independent teams and pro-am driver crews, and the FIA GT3 European Championship for independent teams and non-professional drivers.
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Old 24 Jun 2009, 20:16 (Ref:2490025)   #2
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project-lemans.de reports that we will have old & new regulations car in GT2
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 06:38 (Ref:2490237)   #3
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We know Ratel said about 24 cars, with 6 different GT.

We have Ford GT and Nissan GT-R for sure, and maybe Lambo Murcielago.

And about the other 3 GT1s ?
Ascari? Lexus LF-A? Actual Corvette and Aston Martin? Ferrari/Porsche/Audi ?

mmm
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 14:42 (Ref:2490480)   #4
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Autosport is reporting that Michelotto are evaluating the possibility of providing an upgrade kit for the Ferrari F430 GT2 to turn it into a GT1 car, Vitaphone and AF Corse are said to be interested in running it.

Also there is mention of the Corvette C6.Rs being grandfathered in with some lower spec parts from Pratt & Miller.
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 14:44 (Ref:2490487)   #5
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According to the German magazin sport auto, Hezemans Sr. offered Ratel to make sure that four Corvettes will run in the new World Championship if he's allowed to modify existing C6Rs instead of building all new cars. So maybe it's not the end of the pole quite yet for the venerable GT1-Vettes?
Still Corvette?
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 14:53 (Ref:2490490)   #6
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We know Ratel said about 24 cars, with 6 different GT.

We have Ford GT and Nissan GT-R for sure, and maybe Lambo Murcielago.

And about the other 3 GT1s ?
Ascari? Lexus LF-A? Actual Corvette and Aston Martin? Ferrari/Porsche/Audi ?

mmm
the same Autosport article suggests that Richards would prefer a single GT2-based category, but Aston would offer a GT1 car if there was enough demand (my speculation- an upgrade kit for the GT2 Vantage, similar to Ferrari's proposal for the 430?), and that Porsche remain strongly opposed to the whole concept....

Autosport are also saying that the Spa 24 hours will be part of the Pro-Am GT2 series, rather than the GT1 World Championship...but the GT1 series will run a pair of 1-hour races on the Sunday afternoon, after the finish of the 24 hrs... So a major 24-hour race with over 50 years of history is going to be a support race for a couple of 1-hour GT1 sprints
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 16:43 (Ref:2490544)   #7
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No GT1 at SPA, isn't that the jewel in the crown for any GT1 team?

As for upgrading GT2's to GT1 spec, if it's that simple why not have a single GT class across all ACO series and the FIA GT World Championship, replacing GT2 altogether, leaving the European Championship to GT3.
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 17:06 (Ref:2490553)   #8
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No GT1 at SPA, isn't that the jewel in the crown for any GT1 team?

As for upgrading GT2's to GT1 spec, if it's that simple why not have a single GT class across all ACO series and the FIA GT World Championship, replacing GT2 altogether, leaving the European Championship to GT3.
you're thinking far too logically here......


By the way, has the ACO announced what it's doing with regards to GTs next year? Mr Ratel claims that they'll be running his formula (gods forbid) whereas whoever was representing Chevrolet on the podium (I was behind so couldn't see) said something along the lines of "we'll be back for the single GT class next year".
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 18:56 (Ref:2490612)   #9
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Oh Lord!

After F1 and WRC, another one bites the dust.

No top GT1's, no interest at all... What's next? replacing the LMP's with CN's and VdeV's?

One thing I surely hate is when someone starts calling a championship "his championship"; after Mr. Ecclestone, Mr. Ratel?
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Old 25 Jun 2009, 19:05 (Ref:2490615)   #10
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you're thinking far too logically here......


By the way, has the ACO announced what it's doing with regards to GTs next year? Mr Ratel claims that they'll be running his formula (gods forbid) whereas whoever was representing Chevrolet on the podium (I was behind so couldn't see) said something along the lines of "we'll be back for the single GT class next year".
It is still 'to be determined'.
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• Category open to cars complying with the 2010 FIA GT regulations

• After reception of entries for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours, the ACO will decide to maintain the GT1 category (or not) according to well-defined criteria (presence of manufacturers, quality of the entries, reliability guarantees)

• Otherwise, the ACO reserves itself the right to keep only a single GT category in 2010

LM GT2 - 2010

• The current GT cars are eligible up to the end of 2011

• Cars complying with the 2010 FIA GT regulations are eligible from 2010 onwards

• The ACO reserves itself the right to adjust the performances between the current GT2 cars and the 2010 FIA GT2s for Le Mans events

• The ACO retains its independence concerning the homologation of a GT2 car


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Old 25 Jun 2009, 20:55 (Ref:2490684)   #11
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any news on next years round or are we not close enough?
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Old 26 Jun 2009, 18:38 (Ref:2491275)   #12
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Do you really think there's 24 cars out there for this series? This year there are 13. They'd be practically doubling the field.
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Old 26 Jun 2009, 19:17 (Ref:2491305)   #13
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They need 18 and think they'll get 20 for the first year. I think 18 is doable since the World Championship will suppossedly be a good deal cheaper to run than the current FIA GT-series.
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Old 29 Jun 2009, 11:32 (Ref:2493189)   #14
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Ratel said that the GT1 should run in the 24h because he wants that the cars keep their endurance character - because the same cars should also run in the LMS or Le Mans. He don´t want sprint cars.
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Old 29 Jun 2009, 12:55 (Ref:2493270)   #15
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Ratel said that the GT1 should run in the 24h because he wants that the cars keep their endurance character - because the same cars should also run in the LMS or Le Mans. He don´t want sprint cars.

Ahh well thats good to hear then. i still want it to be about endurance and not run like touring cars
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Old 29 Jun 2009, 15:39 (Ref:2493374)   #16
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any news on next years round or are we not close enough?
Look where Ratel was last weekend:


Norisring, Germany. The 2,3km, 4-corner citytrack in Nuernberg, the most popular round of the DTM.
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Old 29 Jun 2009, 17:01 (Ref:2493433)   #17
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According to Sportscar Pro's the ACO may turn away car's like the Matech Ford GT as they aren't factory/manufacturer built car's.
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According to Sportscar Pro's the ACO may turn away car's like the Matech Ford GT as they aren't factory/manufacturer built car's.
Hmm, It points to that in the ACO press conference release (pg. 10) from June 11th.



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Old 30 Jun 2009, 07:26 (Ref:2493705)   #19
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Spyker is moving to GT1 with the new Aileron?
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That is BIG news.....but.....it sounds like they will drop support of the GT2 car....

NOOOOOO
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The Aileron is actually quite a good looking car. Hope the bodywork doesn't change a lot with its entry into GT1, if the news is true.
Shame if Spyker dropped their support of the GT2 program though.
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Dawg? It strikes me that they would accept a Matech Ford GT, if FORD put their name to it, as they state they want manufacturers...
After reception of entries for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours, the ACO will decide to maintain the GT1 category (or not) according to well-defined criteria (presence of manufacturers, quality of the entries, reliability guarantees)

So my guess is they are trying to keep 'home brew' heaps out of their pits!
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I would agree to the "home brew" as being a part of the reasoning. As to the Ford GT, Ford never homologated the car and it is no longer in production. No matter how good the tuner is that the car comes from it is not nor has ever been a mfg's submitted car, which makes it the equivelant of a kit car (IMO)! If the ACO accept this it will surely pi_s off the true mfgs as it widely (freaking chasm) circumvents the current rules of homologation! I believe the 4 (Aston, Ferrari, GM and Porsche) have already stated numerous times that they do not wish the Rats GT-1 rules.




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Ford must be VERY mad seeing all these Matech and Doran GTs running around the track.
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Ford must be VERY mad seeing all these Matech and Doran GTs running around the track.
Matech's website mentions that they have a partnership with Ford Racing http://www.matech-concepts.ch/e/inde...e_sponsors.htm

The Ford Racing website even links to Matech if you click the FIA logo: http://www.1fordracing.com/fordracing/

So I find it odd if FIA excludes Matech's Ford entry. It seems Ford gave Matech the card to represent Ford at the FIA level. Matech's site even mentions a new project that is starting with Ford around the Mustang.
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