GT Class

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Very nice drive by romain Dumas in the Porsche in Tour de Corse. I think they getting close to the right power/weight ratio now!

This will be a great class to follow if more cars are approved!

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Indeed @sulland, he as a circuit driver to be faster with RWD as Maghalhaes, Leandri, Tarabus, Tlustak, Pushar....well, if I would be in their skin, I wouldn't be proud of this fact....

Calling Dumas a circuit driver isn't accurate. He has been regularly doing rallies in Porsche for years. He has done at least 36 rallies (32 in Porsche) in last 6 years. That number comes from ewrc-results.com. I'm quite sure he has done even more.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Calling Dumas a circuit driver isn't accurate. He has been regularly doing rallies in Porsche for years. He has done at least 36 rallies (32 in Porsche) in last 6 years. That number comes from ewrc-results.com. I'm quite sure he has done even more.

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And how many rallies did mentioned guys?? I think more, as they drive just rallies...and they drive cars designed for rally, 4WD, not a beast, which is almost undreivable in the wet.....

Dumas will drive anything - he's one of the most versatile drivers around; whether that is racing, rallying or Hillclimbing; and he's used to driving different types of cars in a short space of time; he's gone from driving an LMP car, to a WRCar, to a GT car and then a Historic car all in the space of a few weeks.

Latest events show GT class is becoming more and more competitive. I llllike it.

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Originally Posted by Ucci

And how many rallies did mentioned guys?? I think more, as they drive just rallies...and they drive cars designed for rally, 4WD, not a beast, which is almost undreivable in the wet.....

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You called him circuit driver. For me somebody who did 6 seasons in rallying is not circuit driver but an experienced versatile driver. Call it as You wish but Dumas is one of the most experienced GT rally drivers in the world despite circuits being his primary playground.

Do anyone know what FIA now approves on a Porsche, compared to the start of the GT class, and what steps they have gone trough since they started individual homologations?

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Calling Dumas a circuit driver isn't accurate. He has been regularly doing rallies in Porsche for years. He has done at least 36 rallies (32 in Porsche) in last 6 years. That number comes from ewrc-results.com. I'm quite sure he has done even more.

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3 are missing with modern cars. Maybe some are missing with his old 911 SC.

Quite a few of the Sportscar drivers do a bit of Rallying when the time allows. I know Timo Bernhard has done German rounds in a 911 GT3, and recently did an event in a 207 S2000. Guy Smith has also done a few events and a few RAC's in a Historic Escort MkII.

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Do anyone know what FIA now approves on a Porsche, compared to the start of the GT class, and what steps they have gone trough since they started individual homologations?

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I think they enlarged restrictors.