FIA GT Sprint Series 2013 (SRO GT3)

[nasdriv87]

i thinkink here by myself...

where's the last year champions?!?!?

[Pandamasque]

Originally Posted by nasdriv87

i thinkink here by myself...

where's the last year champions?!?!?

The bigger problem is that I as a GT racing fan am not even sure WHO were last year's champions. FIA GT is about as sad as their logos lately.

[Starfish Primer]

Münnich Motorsport has moved to the WTCC

[JorritVD]

Could be that we see the following teams full-time:
- Russian Bears Motorsport - F458 Italia
- Leipert Motorsport - Lambo Gallardo

And maybe these extra race-by-race entries:
- Zolder: GPR Aston Martin (1x), DB Motorsport Z4 (1-2x)
- Zandvoort: DB Motorsport Z4 (1-2x). And maybe another Audi.
- Middle East: Schubert Falcons Z4, BlackFalcon SLS

[urdragon]

Some teams are last year GT3 teams entries, and good renowned teams, without more info this keeps just as pure speculation.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by JorritVD

Could be that we see the following teams full-time:
- Russian Bears Motorsport - F458 Italia
- Leipert Motorsport - Lambo Gallardo

And maybe these extra race-by-race entries:
- Zolder: GPR Aston Martin (1x), DB Motorsport Z4 (1-2x)
- Zandvoort: DB Motorsport Z4 (1-2x). And maybe another Audi.
- Middle East: Schubert Falcons Z4, BlackFalcon SLS

Don't forget France...

PRO GT by Almeras
ART Grand Prix
Sport Garage
SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion
Sainteloc Racing
...and perhaps Hexis as a little bit of practice before debuting at Monza?

Also, I can see Marc VDS, Boutsen Ginion, and KRK for Zolder and/or Zandvoort.

[JorritVD]

Originally Posted by Beetle

Don't forget France...

PRO GT by Almeras
ART Grand Prix
Sport Garage
SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion
Sainteloc Racing
...and perhaps Hexis as a little bit of practice before debuting at Monza?

Also, I can see Marc VDS, Boutsen Ginion, and KRK for Zolder and/or Zandvoort.

In the press release (first post) it wal already mentioned that Sofrev, Sainteloc and Hexis will be at Nogaro.

[GregoryDG]

Originally Posted by Beetle

Don't forget France...

PRO GT by Almeras
ART Grand Prix
Sport Garage
SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion
Sainteloc Racing
...and perhaps Hexis as a little bit of practice before debuting at Monza?

Also, I can see Marc VDS, Boutsen Ginion, and KRK for Zolder and/or Zandvoort.

The KRK story has ended after the Spa 24 Hours last year...

[pach233]

Maybe its been announced previously and I missed it but I just realized one of the Loeb McLarens will be driven by Loeb/Parente. This has to be one of the early favorites for the championship.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...irms-p2-entry/

[urdragon]

Correio do Poivo throught rodrive competiçoes Fb confirms Matheus Stumpf as a Ford GT (Lambda) driver for fia GT Series 2013:

http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/blogs/pitlane/?p=13847

[AndrewF31]

Matheus Strumpf came over to Europe last year to drive with Rodrive with a Ford GT in the Spanish championship with Rui Lapa. At the end of 2012 Strumpf signed an agreement with Rui Lapa to manage his career in Europe. Both will share one of the Fords this season.
http://www.lemansportugal.com/novo-f...s-portugueses/

[jj2448jg]

Always enjoyed the GT1 series over the last few years, but this year with Sebastien Loeb driving a McLaren MP4-12C, as well as more drivers and teams and hopefully the same wheel to wheel action, this is going to be a spectacular season.

Hope this new venture for the FIA GT series pays off.

[morningview66]

Over the 3 years it existed GT1 did provide probably some of the most exciting competitive racing action around. I dont think we can argue with that part.
I have seen quotes from many of the drives saying it was the most competitive series they have driven in.

E.g.
“In terms of pure racing, it is one of the best series, if not the best, I’ve ever been involved in. You had to drive pedal to the metal from the first lap to the last.”
Lucas Luhr (JRM Racing 2011)

Unfortunately there is just not the money to keep an "all pro" GT series travelling around the world at the moment.

Hopefully this will put the championship back on its feet and the field will still be close and there wont be any team/driver combos too far off the pace. That would be my only worry when you hear one lineup will be Loeb/Parente but others could be far less experienced.

[Starfish Primer]

2010-2011 driver´s quality was impressive with tops like Luhr, Westbrook, Turner, Krumm, Martin, Grosjean or Bertolini. In 2012 there was a big drop in the quality.

I love sprint GT races, but we need good drivers behind the wheel. Why not some kind of invitations to young drivers from F3/WSR/GP3/GP2 without seat?

[Accident]

I wonder if those of us in the US will get to watch it this year.

I think they un-blocked a few of the races for us last year a few months after they happened, but knowing that I couldn't watch all of them, and having to wait and avoid the results for so long, I just lost interest.

Same with the Blancpain series.

[Jacques Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Lebanza

I wonder if those of us in the US will get to watch it this year.

I think they un-blocked a few of the races for us last year a few months after they happened, but knowing that I couldn't watch all of them, and having to wait and avoid the results for so long, I just lost interest.

Same with the Blancpain series.

I'm in the U.S. (with a U.S. IP address) and was able to watch FIA GT1 and Blancpain live last year on both the official Dailymotion and YouTube streams. I know it for a fact that I watched the races live; Lennay Kekua won, I saw it!

But, no, really, I had no problem viewing them in the U.S., so that's bizarre.

[Purist]

I had the same problem. I still haven't seen half of the 2012 GT1 season, nor any of the GT3 races after Navarra. I also, haven't gotten to see the 2012 Blancpain race from the Nurburgring yet either.

[JackN]

Any of you social media types, here's the new Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/FIA-GT...2875599?ref=hl

[GregoryDG]

Originally Posted by Starfish Primer

2010-2011 driver´s quality was impressive with tops like Luhr, Westbrook, Turner, Krumm, Martin, Grosjean or Bertolini. In 2012 there was a big drop in the quality.

I love sprint GT races, but we need good drivers behind the wheel. Why not some kind of invitations to young drivers from F3/WSR/GP3/GP2 without seat?

No drop at all IMHO, just other names (and other brands) showing up: Jarvis, Stippler, Vanthoor, Ortelli, Vilander, Buurman, Jäger, Parisy, Lauda, etc...

[tux]

Originally Posted by Starfish Primer

2010-2011 driver´s quality was impressive with tops like Luhr, Westbrook, Turner, Krumm, Martin, Grosjean or Bertolini. In 2012 there was a big drop in the quality.

I love sprint GT races, but we need good drivers behind the wheel. Why not some kind of invitations to young drivers from F3/WSR/GP3/GP2 without seat?

Probably because no one has any money to pay the young drivers.

[JorritVD]

Now that JRM will focus more on the Nissan GT-R GT3 programm instead of LMP1, it could be a possibilty to see them entering in the Fia GT Series again offcourse if theirs money.

Also now the ADAC GT Masters has a maximum limit of entries, we could also see some teams go to the 'new' Fia GT Series.

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by tux

Probably because no one has any money to pay the young drivers.

More to the point, the young drivers have no more money to pay.

[urdragon]

Originally Posted by JorritVD

Now that JRM will focus more on the Nissan GT-R GT3 programm instead of LMP1, it could be a possibilty to see them entering in the Fia GT Series again offcourse if theirs money.

Also now the ADAC GT Masters has a maximum limit of entries, we could also see some teams go to the 'new' Fia GT Series.

I think Nismo should do both champs, with JRM at GT1 and themselves with GT Academy at BES and maybe either a single entry for SPA of JRM, but JRM could instead do only BES according to the BES quality grid clearly better than Sprints.

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

More to the point, the young drivers have no more money to pay.

Every arrow points to the same point, the only drivers capable to purchase their seats are once again Wealthy people, that's the consequence of actual politics squeezing the middle class, which is the class it consumes and pays brands Marketing, for example in sportscars.

[Juntos]

urdragon, where are the 2 Ford GT GT3 of SUNRED? Are they for sale? More haste, less speed.

[urdragon]

Originally Posted by Juntos

urdragon, where are the 2 Ford GT GT3 of SUNRED? Are they for sale? More haste, less speed.

Don't get it? Mine affirmation can easily relate to question. Maybe bleekemolen you mean?.

Anyway Sunred never had 2 Ford GT's in the end, but Sunred's team manager promised two at algarve, check it at gt1 youtube channel.

I asked the same thing about the Vantage V12's last year, in the end Sunred/Ford GT weren't last..