Comments on: FIA GT1 sounds sweet http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/sports-cars/fia-gt1-sounds-sweet/ The original motor racing magazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:05:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: NaBUru38 http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/sports-cars/fia-gt1-sounds-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-47946 NaBUru38 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:44:36 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=7694#comment-47946 GT sprint races would be something interesting for me to see... were it not that ESPN and Fox Sports will hardly broacast the championship here in Latin America. F2 is FIA-sanctioned but isn't a world championship. GT sprint races would be something interesting for me to see… were it not that ESPN and Fox Sports will hardly broacast the championship here in Latin America.

F2 is FIA-sanctioned but isn’t a world championship.

]]> By: Duncan http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/sports-cars/fia-gt1-sounds-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-47701 Duncan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:10:40 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=7694#comment-47701 Ratel talks a good game, but I've got some serious doubts. Sprint racing isn't a bad idea, but why bother with driver changes? I think the answer is so that the gentlemen drivers funding the cars can get their turn,. which is hardly great in a world championship status series. Most of the manufacturers, and in fact, all of the big ones in GT racing, were not interested in his new rules, and wanted to stick to GT2 rules. Instead, he pressed on with new rules, and now most of the cars on the grid will be old GT1 cars as very few people are building new rules cars. The one big manufacturer involved, Nissan, doesn't even run their stock motor in the GT-R, and instead fit a 5 litre V8 (is the stock engine that rubbish?). It really strikes me that Ratel answered a bunch of questions no one asked in a bid to make the series his own personal vision, rather than creating a GT World Championship which actually would be viable and well-supported from the get-go. Ratel talks a good game, but I’ve got some serious doubts. Sprint racing isn’t a bad idea, but why bother with driver changes? I think the answer is so that the gentlemen drivers funding the cars can get their turn,. which is hardly great in a world championship status series. Most of the manufacturers, and in fact, all of the big ones in GT racing, were not interested in his new rules, and wanted to stick to GT2 rules. Instead, he pressed on with new rules, and now most of the cars on the grid will be old GT1 cars as very few people are building new rules cars. The one big manufacturer involved, Nissan, doesn’t even run their stock motor in the GT-R, and instead fit a 5 litre V8 (is the stock engine that rubbish?).

It really strikes me that Ratel answered a bunch of questions no one asked in a bid to make the series his own personal vision, rather than creating a GT World Championship which actually would be viable and well-supported from the get-go.

]]> By: John Saviano http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/sports-cars/fia-gt1-sounds-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-47640 John Saviano Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:18:14 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=7694#comment-47640 I'd welcome a return to the "glory days" of sportscar racing. Cars that bear a strong resemblance to their street brethren, with different engines, etc, racing against one another. Grand Am is essentially boring to me, with mostly identical hideous cars and while LeMans/ALMS is still a good series, not enough prototypes and not enough variation in the lower classes. I’d welcome a return to the “glory days” of sportscar racing. Cars that bear a strong resemblance to their street brethren, with different engines, etc, racing against one another. Grand Am is essentially boring to me, with mostly identical hideous cars and while LeMans/ALMS is still a good series, not enough prototypes and not enough variation in the lower classes.

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