2009 Fia Gt Championship

[NISMO]

Being about a month away and with all the recent pics coming out, I thought why not get a thread going

I think the GTR looks stunning.

Official FIA GT Site

http://www.fiagt.com/

Here some times from the test day. 8th for the GTR which is pretty good against cars and teams that have been GT racing for many years.

1. #9 DKR Engineering - Corvette C6.R - 2:01,820

2. #4 PK Carsport - Corvette C6.R +0,111

3. #18 K plus K Motorsport - Saleen S7-R +0,465

4. #3 Selleslagh Racing Team - Corvette C6.R +0,576

5. #14 K plus K Motorsport - Saleen S7-R +0,629

6. #1 Vitaphone Racing - Maserati MC12 +1,898

7. #2 Vitaphone Racing - Saleen S7-R +2,598

8. #35 Nissan Motorsports - Nissan GT-R +3,680

9. #11 Full Speed Racing - Saleen S7-R +3,884

10. #13 Full Speed Racing - Saleen S7-R +4,856

11. #44 Matech Racing - Ford GT1 +5,816

12. #97 Brixia Racing - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR +6,379

13. #56 CRS Racing - Ferrari F430 GT2 +6,697

14. #55 CRS Racing - Ferrari F430 GT2 +6,936

15. #51 AF Corse - Ferrari F430 GT2 +7,452

16. #60 ProSpeed Competition - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR +8,326

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20. #88 Reiter Engineering - Lamborghini Gallardo GT2 +10,914

[Duncan]

Interesting looking pace car!

Or does Nissan global have the balls that Nissan Oz lack and they will actually race it?

[Chris-06R]

Its the new FIA GT spec GTR; RWD V8.

I don't think it will be run in this years championship but will contest the 2010 c'ship.

[NISMO]

Isn't it actually officially entered?

I thought its first race was in May? Michael Krumm and some other guy driving.

[ajrichar]

I thought that Nissan were running about 4 events in 2009 ahead of a full championship assault in 2010. It makes sense to me - build up reliability and speed and get a handle on the pace of the competition and your own car to build as a base for a full season's challenge.

I think the livery is a bit......'uninspired'. I much preferred the carbon fibre finish on the test car. I think something equivalent (a matt black finish) would be amazing as the race car livery.

[Roy]

Corvette will smash it! After all, "the Vette gets 'em wet" baby! No Astons for Prodrive anymore ?

[Cyph-R33]

This is blasphemy, I know it, you know it, everyone else knows it, but damn those Ford GTs look hot in that GT1 spec.

Edited April 10, 2009 by Cyph-R33

[N1GTR]

FIA GT; Best racing to watch IMO. Been watching for ages.

Good luck to the Nissan, although i doubt it will be at the pointy end in its debut season

[omega36]

Go Saleen!

[Smitizen]

Almost as hot as your avitar... almost!

[Angus Smart]

Whens their first race??

will hop over to racing underground now to downloaddddddddddddd

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3rd May @ Silverstone

Edited April 14, 2009 by Angus Smart

[N1GTR]

What site is that? If you've got a quicker way for us to see the racing, please let us know

[N1GTR]

Dates;

03/05/09 Silverstone

16/05/09 Adria

21/06/09 Oschersleben

26/07/09 Spa-Francorchamps

09/08/09 Bucharest

20/09/09 Algarve

04/10/09 Paul Ricard HTTT

25/10/09 Zolder

[Angus Smart]

What site is that? If you've got a quicker way for us to see the racing, please let us know

Racing Underground..

it may be only invites now. will see what i can do..

do you like to upload?

[N1GTR]

Thats the worst pickup line ive ever heard.

Hahaha, i can upload no probs if i have the video to upload. Getting the raw video is the hard part in Australia for the FIA GT

[Angus Smart]

Hahaha,

I usually see them on the website when the season is running, same with f1 usually rather quick after the event..

i'll pm you an invite if you need one??

[N1GTR]

Yes please

[Angus Smart]

Just checked up backwards dates on the 2008 calender and with racing underground.

same day the event was up there good coverage eh

[N1GTR]

Thats good enough for me

[Kaido_RR]

GTR has no chance. not sure why nissan/nismo didnt go into the GT2 class