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It would be up to the ACO to change the class structure, not IMSA.
With the Le Mans invitations and prize money (and trophies), expect a couple cars to show up. (And a couple more for the prestige races.)
This is a problem that will self-correct - to a degree. That's an advantage of having four classes. A couple of them can be weak without threatening the existence of the series.
Sure, that's true. But for a Brit that has plans to come to Petit and Laguna in October.... I'd have liked to have been there supporting an Aston or 2.
If that fails to materialise then there are other people to cheer on though.
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Originally Posted by Funks
Shame to come all the way to my turf(Laguna) to support a loser like Aston Martin.... :p :
Well, sometimes we have to let the Americans win on their own turf in their own cars.... :p :
corvette has announced that they will participate in the ALMS this year, so the GT1 will have at least 2 cars
:D YEP, Corvette's are coming back !!!
Well, that's something to be pleased about. Now I'd like to see someone take the plunge and enter against them. Any possibilty that the BMS Aston may turn up in ALMS? They were testing at Sebring a few weeks back. There are plenty of other warm-ish climates in Europe they might have tested at but instead they went all the way to the US. Their websote says that they have an agreement to run in FIA GT until 2008 but it made me wonder if Aston were going to semi-fund them to switch to ALMS - especially as there is another new DBR9 entry in FIA GT from UK team Barwell Motorsport.
How is Corvette racing against no one good news?
I would rather see them do the LMS or FIA GT.
VAG and GM should be ashamed. They would rather run exhibitions than race.
ALMS should have just two classes. LMP(2) and GT(2)
Why isn't Saleen racing the S7R in the ALMS? Has it lost it's ACO homologation? I remember it being fairly competitive in the early nineties, and not so competitive 2 or 3 years ago...
I'd rather have seen Porsche build a GTS car than an LMP2 car....
Maybe if Toyota flounders a bit more in F1 they'll return to sportscar racing
Whither Lotus?
James
All this is a direct consequence of having 4 seperate and independant classes racing in one race but not really racing against each other. It may make for good marketing (to try and get more fans), but in reality, it is highly unlikely that you will be able to get 4 (or even 3) decently populated and competitive classes. (it also make a mockery of the concept of outright "overall" winner, as that position is only really accessible to 1 of the 4 classes racing)
What happened to the simple concept of having 2 major clases(Prototypes and GT's) each on being split into subclasses (P2 and GT2) where each of the subclasses reflect a different philosophy (i.e. P1 & GT1- big engines, heavier cars and P2 & GT2- smaller engines, lighter cars) for attaining the same goal.
In the Gt class, the goal is to attain a GT class victory, and in Protoptypes tha ultimate goal is to attain an outright "overall" win.
I know that this has been tried before, but I'm not sure that it was managed in the best of ways.
All concepts, even good ones, can be condemed to failure by poor management and excessive regulation (and intervention).
N.B. this is just an opionion. It is neither intended to mock or offend, but rather an attempt to generate ideas for change.