Super Gt 2008

[R338OY]

Round one at Suzuka is about to start. Look at the starting grid:

http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0801/0801qual_e.htm

[edit: <sewid> Title edited slightly so we don't open more threads for race results]

[Whiplash]

Super GT discussion

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/20...on-t210243.html

[sewid]

Nissan GT-R has dominated round 1 of the SuperGT 2008 series taking 1st, 2nd and 5th places.

http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php?blog=4&am...p;tb=1&pb=1

1 #23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R

2 #22 MOTUL PITWORK GT-R

3 #36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430

4 #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430

5 #24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R

[SS8_Gohan]

*learns back in big ass leather chair, fingers interwined*

and so it begins...

[R338OY]

Awesome reults! I was hoping the GTR would make it's mark straight away, but this result is great

Even to see a GTR end in the top three would have been enough.

I'll be following the Super GT GTR's very closely

(Thanks Sewid for adding to original post)

Edited March 16, 2008 by R338OY

[sewid]

Love this pic.

[Sarumatix]

Am I reading that page right? the GT-Rs are qualifying a second faster?

[sewid]

Youch someone broke one

[N1GTR]

Youch someone broke one

That didnt take long

[scathing]

Awesome reults! I was hoping the GTR would make it's mark straight away, but this result is great

I was watching the F1 on Sunday, and a Toyota ad came on where they said "We compete in more motorsport competitions than any other company" etc etc

I said out loud, "Yeah, but how many do they actually win?"

A mate there, who owns a Toyota, replied back with "Doesn't matter".

Wouldn't not winning in lots of races make you a bigger loser than someone who doesn't win in only a couple?

[dineth]

Super GT-R (March 2008)

Nissan's GT-R has won the opening Super GT round at Suzuka -- on debut

The Nissan GT-R has placed first and second in its motorsport debut at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan.

Driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer, the winning number 23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R started from the second position on the grid in the opening round of the Japanese Super GT series, before a race-day crowd of 32,000.

The number 22 Motul Autech GT-R, driven by Michael Krumm and Masataka Yanagida, started from pole position and lost the lead to the number 23 car on lap 24. Motoyama had opted for a softer compound of tyre, which gave his GT-R the legs on the number 22 car.

Motoyama's co-driver, Treluyer, accepted blame for the team's car not starting from pole.

"Our team and the car have been perfect all through the weekend. It was a

shame that we did not take a pole position due to my mistake. We know competition will be tougher but believe we can win again since the GT-R is very fast," he said.

Two GT-Rs failed to finish, one due to mechanical problems on lap 42 and the other crashing out of the event after being slammed in the rear during the first lap.

source: http://www.carpoint.com.au/car-review/2907113.aspx

Third place for the race went to a Lexus SC430.

[Zoggy]

This is awesome , not only becasue the GTR came first on debut but very excited to see what the rivals will do in reply... good times ahead people