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GT Thread of 2016

Started by Volcano70 , Dec 24 2015 02:07

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#51 Kev00

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Posted 11 April 2016 - 09:21

What was the reason why they didn't change the tyre? surely they couldn't have forgotten about it! A safety car for debris that we never saw was all a bit Nascar aswell.

I don't know haven't seen anything reported but the commentators said before the main race that Bentley received a fine for failing to change on of the wheels.

#52 OvDrone

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 13:39

Achtung! Achtung!

Quality endurance GT racing underway as we speak:

*hardcore racing fans have no excuse

#53 AllenT

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 13:52

bad day for ferraris :rotfl:

#54 PokePoke

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 15:33

Amazing racing. Half hour to end and only 5 sec between leaders and 2nd place.

#55 043Max

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 15:57

one more lap, what a race!

#56 Marklar

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 15:59

McLaren & Mercedes 1-2. Would be great if this could happen in F1 soon again.....

#57 chhatra

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 16:00

McLaren beats Mercedes. Quite a thriller that was.

#58 ElDictatore

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 16:01

Awesome race!

#59 PokePoke

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 16:05

What a thriller. Soo much fight and that ending. Only 0,3 s between winner (McLaren Van Gisbergen) and 2nd Mercedes. And everything free on YT and Dailymotion.

#60 chhatra

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 16:07

Why is Fisichella considered a pro am?

Surely after his stint in F1 he would be up there with the main group.

#61 BRG

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 17:42

He's the pro, his teamamtes are the ams. Why he isn't in the AF Corse cars in the front group, ask AF Corse.

#62 OvDrone

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 18:22

GT3 is the best racing out there in '016. Fact.

#63 Kev00

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Posted 24 April 2016 - 18:45

I love watching the Blancpain sprint series but again today I really struggled with the endurance series. Just too many cars, especially on a track like Monza, and too many amateurs. I wasn't getting excited by any of the battles.

#64 biercemountain

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Posted 27 April 2016 - 12:09

I've enjoyed watching the BlancPain series for a few years now but I have to ask, does anyone actually attend them? I've honestly never seen so many empty grandstands in my life. It sometimes looks like the marshals outnumber the fans by a wide margin. :drunk:

#65 geordiecraig101

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 08:29

Time to give this thread a bit of a bump, had a cracking day at Brands Hatch for the Sprint Series made all the better thanks to sum lovely weather . Great to see such a high class field covered by so little in the qualifying. Anyway here here my vid from Saturdays practice and qualifying also with footage from Blancpain GT Sports club.

https://www.flickr.c...157667871952881

#66 Cig35

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 11:02

Qualifying race for GT Sprint cup about to start.

#67 OvDrone

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 11:09

Here we go again, best GT series right now. A must see any weekend I say. :clap:

#68 OvDrone

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 14:50

Main race is go in 10:

You cannot not love this series.

#69 Sheepmachine

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 15:21

34 cars barrelling into paddock. Awesome!

What a great looking field!

#70 muramasa

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 15:26

this track is awesome

#71 LeClerc

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 15:27

Action all around. Nice :up:

#72 OvDrone

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 15:29

Great to see the likes of Valsecchi racing through the field. Quality everywhere.

Edited by OvDrone, 08 May 2016 - 15:31.

#73 LeClerc

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 15:42

That Bentley is really trucking !

#74 OvDrone

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 15:56

I don't like Audi, but I do like Vanthoor. Shame that the race penned out for him this way.

Also, Schneider, what can I say; I was a kid when I first saw him in DTM and FIA GTs, and he's still kicking massive ass. Proper impressed by a lot of the drivers and teams.

#75 Sheepmachine

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 16:07

The two wrt cars colliding is rather akward. I'm sure there will be strong words in the garage later. Shame we haven't seen a replay yet. Great race so far. GT at Brands on a sunny day. What's not to like?

#76 chunder27

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 16:09

I was there yesterday, 15 quid!! Cant go wrong can you, 4 GT races, no traffic and walk the whole track twice! Excellent day.

#77 yasushi888

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 20:10

I was there yesterday, 15 quid!! Cant go wrong can you, 4 GT races, no traffic and walk the whole track twice! Excellent day.

Yep agreed, cars, circuit and weather was great. Don't know too much about Stephane Ratel, but from what I know he seems nice enough and it seems to be him which has put together this current GT3 era. Saw him sitting on the grass bank at Paddock in amongst the spectators watching one of the support races today. So refreshing to see, seems a genuine fan of the sport. Can't imagine Bernie doing that.

#78 geordiecraig101

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Posted 15 May 2016 - 07:12

Had another great day out watching the Blancpain at Silverstone yesterday.

Here's my pics n vid if anyone interested, all comments welcome:

https://www.flickr.c...157668088477392

#79 Lotusseven

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Posted 15 May 2016 - 17:37

Why was SC under investigation ? I missed the race, but read some odd tweets about SC in the blancpain race today.

#80 Sheepmachine

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Posted 25 May 2016 - 19:22

Former GT driver Neil Cunnignham has succumbed to his battle with motor neurone disease. He was only 53.

http://classic.autos...t.php/id/124477

#81 TimRTC

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Posted 26 May 2016 - 12:04

Why was SC under investigation ? I missed the race, but read some odd tweets about SC in the blancpain race today.

The safety car stayed out much longer than necessary at at one point had its lights out, drivers told the race was going green, but the safety car stayed out. Fortunately no repeat of the famous Paul Ricard incident, but could have been.

I'm not sure if anything came of this in the end, it probably didn't affect the race result at the front, but was frustrating for fans and could have changed some results further down if drivers had had more time to race on.

#82 PiperPa42

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Posted 28 May 2016 - 22:42

During warmup for the PWC at Lime Rock Park Andrew Palmer crashed into a stationary Jorge de la Torre. Both have been airlifted to the hospital. It took 20 minutes to get Palmer out of the car. No information on the drivers condition has been released.
http://sportscar365....major-accident/

Statement from the Bentley team

Bentley Motorsport can confirm that Bentley Team Absolute driver Andrew Palmer will remain in hospital following an incident at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut earlier today. He has sustained a head injury and is being closely monitored after treatment by specialists.

Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush, comments: “Everyone at Bentley Motorsport is thinking of Andrew and we all send him our best wishes. We are a close-knit community and we have team members at the hospital with him and his family. We will continue to offer our support to them at this difficult time. Our thanks go to the trackside team at Lime Rock Park and the medical professionals who have helped Andrew so far.

http://blackflag.jal...alle-1779342060

Edited by PiperPa42, 29 May 2016 - 00:38.

#83 paulogman

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Posted 31 May 2016 - 10:54

No updates on the driver's yet, how the head injury is not bad

#84 geordiecraig101

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Posted 12 June 2016 - 11:03

Had another canny day out yesterday for the Brit GT series plus supports at Silverstone, was very surprised to see so many spectators there and too see how busy the paddock was.

Anyway heres my vid n pics:

https://www.flickr.c...157669537852746

#85 geordiecraig101

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Posted 24 July 2016 - 07:15

Time for a little bump, it was the International GT Open turn to visit Silverstone this weekend, and despite being down on entries there was sum gd racing start to finish. Anyway here my vid if anyone interested: