48 hour race? why not?

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Originally Posted by kurski

Navarra is an ok track, but maybe 48 hours of the race is too long for that track

That is my point, Navarra is a decent circuit in a boring location and is perfectly fine for a 6 hour, 3 hour or sprint race, but I just can't see anybody being drawn with interest into a 48 hour race there. Neither could I at Laguna Seca or of course, MMP.

[ScotsBrutesFan]

Ye Gods.

4 Kms long probably 2 minutes per Lap for 48 Hours... take your Dizzy pills.

[tux]

Can you get a GT3/GTE car to last 48 hours? many people have problems getting them to last 24.

I can see a few of the wealthier teams from Nurburgring/BES entering to do a 24 hour test in race conditions

Good luck though, the world needs different ideas!

[Salamus]

Originally Posted by tux

Can you get a GT3/GTE car to last 48 hours? many people have problems getting them to last 24.

I can see a few of the wealthier teams from Nurburgring/BES entering to do a 24 hour test in race conditions

Good luck though, the world needs different ideas!

I guess this race will showcase if a GT can last two days!

You do bring up an interesting point though. Many cars fail/crash in 24 hours. So we can assume that many more failures/crashes will occur in a 48 hour race. To keep the race interesting, the entry list must be at least in the 40s or else we risk seeing only 10-15 cars at the race's end. What is the maximum number of cars that can race at this circuit?

[MagVanisher]

Say, what's maximum capacity of the garage at Navarra. For me, I think the race needs 50 or 60 cars competing in a 48 hour race.

[Burnsie]

Originally Posted by urdragon

Ehhh, it was designed with it's ups and downs with the aid of Ex Mclaren test driver F1 heavily respected (And former f1 driver) Pedro de la rosa...

I think Señor de la Rosa might be slightly offended at being called a former F1 driver, as he currently drives for HRT.

[MGDavid]

Originally Posted by Beetle

No.

The best tracks are Spa, Mount Panorama, Road America, Imola, Interlagos, Silverstone, Suzuka, and Monza. Deal with it!

You're a lucky guy if you've raced on all those - I can only tick Spa, Silverstone and Monza (driven Mount Panorama but not in a race) and IMO Silverstone and Monza are not 'great' circuits. My top three? Nordschleife, Nordschleife and Spa.

[Tim the Grey]

Never been, but the FIA GT races in Argentina were on a stunning track... That is on my list of 'must go one day' for sure.

[Paradise City]

Originally Posted by Chiana

There was a 72 hour race some 40+ years ago...

I thought they had a 72 hour race in Brazil around about 10 years ago. Old Piquet and Wilson Fittipaldi competed, IIRC. It was in an Autosport snippet around that time although maybe it was a more heats or something. Or maybe it was a DREAM.

Perhaps one of our South American colleagues can tell us more?

[urdragon]

Originally Posted by Burnsie

I think Señor de la Rosa might be slightly offended at being called a former F1 driver, as he currently drives for HRT.

Well you may think the same from Marussia then, if you do, I must understand you, few times De la rosa has advanced the slower driver of marussia, and sometimes Glock too, next target Caterham on 2013 (or 2014 because they allmost reach Toro Rosso's performance)..

If he races in such a Team, is maybe because he loves our country (Apart from loving racing), you should know him.