GT Class

[Mirek]

Could a GT car get a top 10 finish on a tarmac rally like Spain or France?

If an S2000 could finish Sardegna in 5th overall, why not?

[dimviii]

Could a GT car get a top 10 finish on a tarmac rally like Spain or France?

If an S2000 could finish Sardegna in 5th overall, why not?

at dry.

[CWJ]

@Tuthill_Porsche: Lots of rumours re our 911s for Rally Sweden. Currently big black hole of news. Will announce the cars when we know what's what. #porsche

So does this mean that Tuthill is entering a Porsche but still doesn't know which model?

I am more afraid that he doesn't know yet if he will enter a Porsche. Also interesting that he talks in the plural: 911s, cars.

He might get big work and cost to get first FIA data sheet for a 997. So it might be easier and cheaper to rent the only existing GT Porsche, the Duez 996

[wildboar]

Tuthill and his 997 didn't make it to Rally Sweden, because they couldn't finish the papers in time. But he is determined to be competing with it this season - and will be preparing the car to run on gravel!

http://www.maxrally.com/2014/02/04/tuth ... tar-in-wrc

[AndyRAC]

The more the merrier - only problem is the possibility of the dreaded BoP for GT cars......

[wildboar]

I found this article in Spanish, which talks about rumours about FIA wanting to stage an RGT world cup next season, to be run on selected ERC and WRC events.

http://www.motorpasionf1.com/mundial...o-para-los-rgt

Does anybody know more about this? Would of course be very exciting. On the other hand, so far we had only 1 RGT competitor this season.

[NaBUru38]

There's too many international rally competitions in Europe. WRC and ERC can't do so many races there. There's too many classes and too few entries each.

If a driver does a European or World championship, they won't do it on an R2, it ridiculous. And spectators won't care about them either, they want to see powerful cars.

The Porsche 911 Cup could work. But who on earth thinks that a GT3 is cheap to do rallying?

[wildboar]

An RGT Porsche is entered for Rally Finland:
#81 Jani Ylipahkala in a 997 GT3.
http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/a...0-18-32253.pdf

Would be very spectacular, if it is actually going to happen!

[Mirek]

Which tyres are they going to use? I remember only one case when modern Porsche was used for gravel rally. It was Matthias Kahle who used it in German Lausitz rally few years back. He drove all the rally on stock winter tyres!

[tommeke_B]

The Porsche 911 Cup could work. But who on earth thinks that a GT3 is cheap to do rallying?

A GT3 (in current regulations) is actually cheaper to run than a 208 R2 for example. Of course the cost of buying the car is much bigger.