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[FLB]

Let's start with this, shall we?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[OvDrone]

The traditional Bathurst 12 Hours slot is back and we are Racing this weekend!

Race start time:

5:45am local time
18:45 London Time
19:45 CET
1:45 pm Eastern

Full lineup on this dank and horrible website with no car numbers or drivers:

https://www.bathurst...ormation/entry/ 

Race Stream, just like for Daytona 24:

http://imsaradio.com...php/live-video/

See you this Saturday/Sunday for the real start of GT Racing!

[krapmeister]

Pumped! Unfortunately I wasn't able to watch much of the Daytona 24hrs last weekend but am hoping to be camped in front of the telly for most of this coming Sunday

At this stage looking like almost perfect weather conditions for the weekend, with Fri/Sat a little cooler than race day:

http://www.bom.gov.a.../bathurst.shtml

Edited by krapmeister, 31 January 2023 - 02:55.

[FLB]

Mateusz Grosiak sur Twitter : "Pro entries return to @Bathurst12hour this year! Follow #B12Hr with my unofficial spotter's guide, that you can download at: https://t.co/GenaFAirKI Thanks to @paulmarquardt for checking the guide for mistakes & @roddie_digital for hosting the page! https://t.co/di4CI6xKiB" / Twitter

[FLB]

 

Edited by FLB, 04 February 2023 - 13:04.

[OvDrone]

I was minding my own business, and then this just appears on my Youtube screen:



Lol, why did they schedule this race on the same weekend with the only other major series racing this year in South Africa ? Just beyond.

Either way, here's some quality GT3 goodness courtesy of the Intercontinental GT Series. Enjoy; there's still 5 hours left. 

[azza200]

Only 10 cars though 3 stopped after the first hour for their separate race. Odd seeing a podium ceremony during a race shame such a small field again i'm guessing logistics are still an issue to get more entrants back into the race and i know weather can be an issue there but 10 cars for a race is bad, considering pre-covid the grid was decently sized 

Edited by azza200, 25 February 2023 - 21:54.

[IrvTheSwerve]

I watched it on and off for a couple of hours. Great track is Kyalami. Wasn’t there serious talk of an F1 return? That would be brilliant, as long as they didn’t butcher it.

[William Hunt]

I watched it on and off for a couple of hours. Great track is Kyalami. Wasn’t there serious talk of an F1 return? That would be brilliant, as long as they didn’t butcher it.

 

If they can find the funding Kyalami (in it's current state) will likely be on the 2024 F1 calendar, only lack of funding caused Kyalami missing out on this year already. They're close to returning to F1.

[MrAerodynamicist]

 

It's not off to a great start; stuck behind the SC after a first lap crash.

[FLB]

Jules Gounon had a Big One in the Akkodis Merc at the Nürburgring. He's in hospital, but he's just posted on his Facebook.

[MrAerodynamicist]

 

 

Race 2 has just started

[ANF]

[sportyskells]

Was that oil on the monza track that caused the supporting European gt4 crash

[ANF]

This Nürburgring 24h qualifying race should be coming up at 19:30 CEST (in 1h45m):

[FLB]

Wet race on the Nordschleife.

[Stephane]

If it's like here, 80ks away, it's more changing conditions than full wet

[sportyskells]

There has been a short delay due to a power cut in Monza

[FLB]

[OvDrone]

The 3 Hours of Monza in the World GT Challenge Europe is going GREEN right now - lots of racing happening all of a sudden this Sunday   



AND also the ELMS opener at Barcelona is ending in 20+ minutes time:

Edited by OvDrone, 23 April 2023 - 13:03.

[ARTGP]

LMP3! That was close. 

Edited by ARTGP, 23 April 2023 - 13:32.

[ARTGP]

The 3 Hours of Monza in the World GT Challenge Europe is going GREEN right now - lots of racing happening all of a sudden this Sunday   


 

 

Wow Valentino Rossi holding his own in second place. I haven't been paying attention to him yet but that's impressive. 

[OvDrone]

Deletraz is the king of LMP2 with that race winning overtake. Whoa. 

Happy to see the #83 AF Corse on podium and #16 winning in GTs. 

Now time to enjoy the best GT series at Monza 

[ANF]

Local yellows for that accident at Monza? Is race control full of idiots?

 

Are they going to leave all that debris at the end of the main straight? Unbelievable.

Edited by ANF, 23 April 2023 - 14:00.

[ARTGP]

Local yellows for that accident at Monza? Is race control full of idiots?

 

Are they going to leave all that debris at the end of the main straight? Unbelievable.

 

I thought that was .....odd   but I can't exactly say I'm displeased with how quickly it was handled. 

Edited by ARTGP, 23 April 2023 - 14:01.

[ARTGP]

I think Valentino is struggling with the rear tires. 

[ANF]

A puncture? Gee, I wonder how that happened...

[OvDrone]

Alongside Indycar at Barber and Nascar at Dover, we are racing World GTs at Nola this weekend.

Yes, that Nola from the 2015 meme Indycar race.

 

Race starts at 4:10pm US Eastern / 9:10 pm London time.

[LolaB0860]

To be fair NOLA is a great circuit and has been resurrecting itself for different series in the past few years. The Indycar event should be brought back some day IMO, with better promotion

Edited by LolaB0860, 29 April 2023 - 19:37.

[FLB]

Mercedes Junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be making his GT debut this weekend at Misano:

 

Mercedes F1 junior Antonelli to race in Italian GT championship - Formula Scout

[Ben1445]

From Autosport.com this afternoon: 
 
Audi could end GT3 and other customer racing programmes after 2023
Audi is expected to shut down its customer racing division after the 2023 racing season, including its involvement in the DTM and other GT3 categories with the R8 LMS, Autosport has learned.
https://www.autospor...-2023/10464613/

[FastReader]

There's a superb entry of 24 GT3's and 19 GT4's for the British GT Championship's Silverstone 500 this weekend. And then next weekend we've got an excellent 29 car entry for the Fanatec GT Europe Sprint round at Brands Hatch. Two great weekends in the offing! 

[ARTGP]

From Autosport.com this afternoon: 
 
Audi could end GT3 and other customer racing programmes after 2023
Audi is expected to shut down its customer racing division after the 2023 racing season, including its involvement in the DTM and other GT3 categories with the R8 LMS, Autosport has learned.
https://www.autospor...-2023/10464613/

 

The implosion of Audi customer racing is impressive. 

 

Ferrari are running customer GT3, LMH, and F1. I don't get why the F1 program had to kill everything else.  It's not just GT3 either. GT4, GT2, everything will be gone. Did the GT2 ever even race? 

Edited by ARTGP, 04 May 2023 - 17:25.

[FLB]

The implosion of Audi customer racing is impressive. 

 

Ferrari are running customer GT3, LMH, and F1. I don't get why the F1 program had to kill everything else.  It's not just GT3 either. GT4, GT2, everything will be gone. Did the GT2 ever even race? 

Because it's not F1 that's killing it. It's the fact the whole of VAG is moving towards full electric. Customer racing programs featuring ICEs are already obsolete for them. F1 is an outlier.

 

https://www.edmunds....evelopment.html

 

https://www.forbes.c...sh=721043c05c9a

[ARTGP]

Because it's not F1 that's killing it. It's the fact the whole of VAG is moving towards full electric. Customer racing programs featuring ICEs are already obsolete for them. F1 is an outlier.

 

https://www.edmunds....evelopment.html

 

https://www.forbes.c...sh=721043c05c9a

 

Didn't they just pull out of Formula E?

 

We still have horse racing. 

 

I don't get them. Sometimes it's not about selling what you race. F1 proves that cars. Red Bull don't even sell cars! Oh well, we'll see. The R8 GT3 was such a cool car. 

Edited by ARTGP, 04 May 2023 - 19:08.

[FLB]

Didn't they just pull out of Formula E?

 

Yup, they did. That was replaced by the Dakar thingy that Carlos Sainz, Sr. raced this year.

 

Carlos Sainz Thinks His Hybrid-Electric Audi Is At A Huge Dakar Disadvantage (jalopnik.com)

Edited by FLB, 04 May 2023 - 21:19.

[Ben1445]

Popped myself along to the British GT Championship at Silverstone today, first time in years that I’ve been here

https://www.youtube....w?feature=share

Edited by Ben1445, 07 May 2023 - 09:48.

[sportyskells]

Speaking of Silverstone yesterday qualifying was stopped by our British weather and had to set the grid via the free practise 2 sessions

[Ben1445]

I notice that they’re building a new kart track on the old section of track between the Bridge corner and Brooklands

Edited by Ben1445, 07 May 2023 - 09:55.

[LolaB0860]

N24 entry list, 136 cars so down 2 from last year's provisional list

https://www.dropbox....0/5007.pdf?dl=0

[ANF]

5-minute warning

 

[OvDrone]

Great to see a very GREEN Bands Hatch - in both landscape and racing.

2nd race will be libe at 4pm local as well btw.

Cheers ANF.

[ANF]

An actual pass for position 41 minutes into the race! Not bad!

[ANF]

Pretty fun end to the race though.

[OvDrone]

I really enjoyed those final laps. The #40 Audi was getting right up there and that 4-wide battle between the #54 Porsche, #11 Comtoyou Audi and 2 Emil Frey Ferraris was great to enjoy.

Looking forward for the second race.

Oh and if any of you want more GT goodness, we had GT Challenge Asia this weekend at Buriram as well:

[AlexPrime]

I expect second race to be reverse of race 1, but Marciello managing to win. I have to admit that it feels quite repetitive from previous years and I am a bit bored, particularly that now WRT are with BMW and not able to spoil Merc's party.

[OvDrone]

There's a certain driver who's team won another race in another series that is going to have his debut podium in the series   

[FLB]

And an F1 driver who was in attendance: Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS sur Twitter : "We have a superfan in the paddock Enjoy the sunshine, @LandoNorris ☀ #FanatecGT | #GTWorldChEu https://t.co/BDCYvsASkE" / Twitter

[OvDrone]

The #40 Audi of Tresor Orange was the best crew all day long and got the Race #2 victory with Ricardo Feller and Mattia Drudi. And a great battle by Legeret holding off Marciello.

But most importantly - THE DOCTOR is on the podium! God did I miss these interviews with him.







First win also for Drudi - long time coming - and how about that ! Maxime Martin, the BMW GT stalwart there together with Rossi on his first podium.

What a day in Motorsport for VR46 - this made my day 

[FLB]

I think he's happy   

 

Valentino Rossi sur Twitter : "Yeeeeehhhhh P2!!! https://t.co/TQQKmPN3xO" / Twitter