FIA GT GT 1 Rounds 13 and 14 - Autódromo Internacional do Algarve - 17/19 September - Page 2

NightStalk3r · 18 Sep 2010, 13:12 (Ref:2761206)

What a fantastic GT3 Race, finally Holzer and Van Splunteren get a win, and there was battles everywhere, a shame Denis Retera had to be a bit of a moron on the last lap though.

Deleted · 18 Sep 2010, 15:12 (Ref:2761248)

Yus, very nice battle for 4th place between Porsche, BMW, Corvette and Audi in the end.

I Rosputnik · 18 Sep 2010, 15:23 (Ref:2761252)

So any guess on who will win?

I'm guessing Dumbreck and Krumm.

Anyway the race is about to begin soon.

I Rosputnik · 18 Sep 2010, 15:49 (Ref:2761263)

Thrilling race up front with the MC12's.

I Rosputnik · 18 Sep 2010, 16:09 (Ref:2761269)

Holy crap, cars everywhere!

Why can't the WTCC be this good?

I Rosputnik · 18 Sep 2010, 16:56 (Ref:2761284)

Krumm and Dumbreck win!
Fantastic race, nice to see the GT-R winning on track rather then being given it.

NightStalk3r · 18 Sep 2010, 17:05 (Ref:2761288)

Another stunning drive from Westbrook.

nissangtrfan · 18 Sep 2010, 17:13 (Ref:2761289)

Wow, what a great race. Beautiful track for GT racing with all the elevation changes. Congrats Sumo Power.

domhnall · 18 Sep 2010, 20:14 (Ref:2761345)

Crazy race, especially in the midfield just before the pitstops, more like NASCAR at Talledega at that point. Very good fun

Gil Abobeleira · 18 Sep 2010, 22:49 (Ref:2761373)

I was there today (first time at the "roller-coaster"

). What a great racetrack and facilities (puts Estoril into shame, really

).

And great races from the GT3 and GT1 grid (in spite of all the politics).

It's only problem is being at the middle of nowhere, far far away from most of the Portuguese population (had to make a 600 km trip, and I live in Lisbon, for the guys at Oporto or farther north, it's double that

)

AndrewF31 · 19 Sep 2010, 09:47 (Ref:2761467)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

What a fantastic GT3 Race, finally Holzer and Van Splunteren get a win, and there was battles everywhere, a shame Denis Retera had to be a bit of a moron on the last lap though.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the GT3 race. Can't wait for the sequel that starts shortly.
A nice mixture of cars all around. Shame only the top Corvette was up there. As mentioned in other posts, they penalized all the Corvettes with weight because Keilwitz and Hohenadel are just so damn good.
It's a shame the regulators don't know how to think properly.

dj4monie · 19 Sep 2010, 12:27 (Ref:2761510)

The GT3 race was great! Yep #100 is just the best pairing in the paddock, not much you can do about it. The BMW's looked good, too bad Walter/Hurten suffered a flat and had to change it, otherwise they could have had a podium.

The GT1 race was crazy, especially mid-pack everybody was running about the same lap times that was why. Westbrook just picking his way forward and good job by the Young Driver and Matech crews to get them into better starting positions for the Championship Race.

Its already 5:30am and NFL Football in 4.5 hours so I'm going to hit the sack and I'll catch the both the GT3 race and Championship GT1 race sometime later today, also NASCAR from NH, I hope JPM can put it together and get his first oval victory.

Actually the WTCC race here was pretty good....

dj4monie · 19 Sep 2010, 12:28 (Ref:2761512)

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Originally Posted by I Rosputnik

Krumm and Dumbreck win!
Fantastic race, nice to see the GT-R winning on track rather then being given it.

I think Sumo Power is going to be a team to watch in the 2nd half and challenge for the Teams/Drivers title next season. Picking up Stephany is easily one of the best "Free Agent" pickups in a quite awhile.

lemansfan · 19 Sep 2010, 16:00 (Ref:2761553)

Fantastic drive from Westbrook .

Yakuncha · 19 Sep 2010, 17:05 (Ref:2761577)

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Originally Posted by lemansfan

Fantastic drive from Westbrook .

Absolutley, but Vitaphone having some slick pitwork paid dividends once again. Young Driver AMR being hampered by ballast, pity the track is so hilly

rich07 · 20 Sep 2010, 04:30 (Ref:2761746)

Well done to Sumo Power! I doubted them when they announced their plans but they seem to doing quite well.

Couldnt help but notice whilst watching the races that the stands were mainly deserted which is a shame.

The359 · 20 Sep 2010, 05:39 (Ref:2761755)

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Couldnt help but notice whilst watching the races that the stands were mainly deserted which is a shame.

It's the modern F1 circuit standard, more seats than actual customers, even if your circuit doesn't have an F1 race. The same can be said of Malaysia, China, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Turkey, and probably South Korea.

Anything but F1 will never come close to capacity. LMS at Algarve was the same.

rich07 · 20 Sep 2010, 06:05 (Ref:2761758)

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Originally Posted by The359

It's the modern F1 circuit standard, more seats than actual customers, even if your circuit doesn't have an F1 race. The same can be said of Malaysia, China, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Turkey, and probably South Korea.

Anything but F1 will never come close to capacity. LMS at Algarve was the same.

I had that in mind but it still looks weird.

If Algarve was in Spain I'd understand about no one turning up for a car race (F1 excepted)

pablocomics · 20 Sep 2010, 10:35 (Ref:2761812)

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Originally Posted by rich07

I had that in mind but it still looks weird.

If Algarve was in Spain I'd understand about no one turning up for a car race (F1 excepted)

Oh yeah, spanish grandstands are always empty in all kind of events... Like truck races, Jarama, attendance 65000

or World series by renault, Alcañiz, attendance 70000

always empty. Probably the GT1 race in Navarra will be as empty as those two photos. And the main races in spain are motorcycles not the F1.

Dead-Eye · 20 Sep 2010, 11:12 (Ref:2761833)

In fairness, World Series has free entrance

rich07 · 21 Sep 2010, 03:22 (Ref:2762262)

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Originally Posted by pablocomics

Oh yeah, spanish grandstands are always empty in all kind of events... Like truck races, Jarama, attendance 65000

or World series by renault, Alcañiz, attendance 70000

always empty. Probably the GT1 race in Navarra will be as empty as those two photos. And the main races in spain are motorcycles not the F1.

Well that shut me up. I always thought Spain was a motorcycling focused country, I know there is some support for F1 because of Fernando but I thought that was about it.

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In fairness, World Series has free entrance

Gotta agree, if its free most of the time you'll put bums on seats.

mirkob · 21 Sep 2010, 15:39 (Ref:2762567)

My shots from Portimao (wonderful track and good races):

Gt1

GT3

GT4

Gil Abobeleira · 21 Sep 2010, 21:49 (Ref:2762756)

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Originally Posted by rich07

Well done to Sumo Power! I doubted them when they announced their plans but they seem to doing quite well.

Couldnt help but notice whilst watching the races that the stands were mainly deserted which is a shame.

Unfortunately, they built it in the middle of nowhere

Had it been built near Oporto, I guess it would pack more fans (then again, as usually around here, the promotion was non existent).

Canada ALMS fan · 23 Sep 2010, 03:00 (Ref:2763335)

Where did the Lambos go in GT3? Money issues? They looked stunning in the black livery with yellow accents. The qualifying races were great.

mirkob · 23 Sep 2010, 07:23 (Ref:2763369)

(round) clip of Portimao :

rw.it

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