GT Class

[AndyRAC]

As for not fighting for overall honours being a problem, I can see the logic of not wanting to be beaten by a bunch of Skoda's, but in endurance racing Porsches often haven't been fighting for overall honours. Separately the Supercup and Carrera Cups are just sideshows to the main event, be it F1, DTM or BTCC ect... GT4, in which the Cayman competes, is a good few rungs down the sports car ladder.

Sportscars is a bit more enlightened; class victories matter - and get decent coverage which makes it worthwhile. The 'lesser' classes are just as important as the headline Prototype class. Compare with the pretty awful coverage WRC2 gets; and even if there was a decent RGT class entry, they wouldn't get any coverage. That is something that needs to improve before anybody starts thinking about getting more RGT entries.

[Rally Power]

i am not ''deciding'',the market and the reality that plenty of you ignore decides.
i just try to show the reasons why something like that is dead.

How can it be dead if Porsche has confirmed the 718 RGT car development? https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/moto...etz-16856.html

Porsche is not just another brand; it’s a reference in motorsport, with a rich rally heritage. Untill now most of the GT’s used in rally were privately developed cars, with little influence in the rally market, but from the moment Porsche gets involved many things can happen. It’s not hard to imagine they can use their vast RP resources to promote their rally activity, helping to boost RGT.

Besides, they don’t need, as Abarth with the 124 Rally, to make a rally car from scratch; they’ll use the affordable Cayman GT4 Clubsport racing car https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/prod...ort-16733.html, adapting it to rally, mostly by reinforcing the chassis and changing suspensions and brakes. That way they’ll be able to provide a RGT car not expensive to buy and maintain, especially if they decide, as expected, to involve drivers and teams into national and international monotype rally cups.

Btw, that is the recipe Alpine could easily follow, once they’ve already launch an A110 racing cup and even a GT4 version. Fingers crossed!

[stefanvv]

i am not ''deciding'',the market and the reality that plenty of you ignore decides.
i just try to show the reasons why something like that is dead.

RGT story was still born with the pioneer Lotus Exide project. I agree with that. But now has appeared some brands with rich history in rallying, and made it ALIVE. Suppressing their (and private projects) from the rally community is not in favor for anyone. Group B is also dead in the water, but the youtube videos from that age will keep rolling in the next decades, do You know why?

[dimviii]

Group B is also dead in the water, but the youtube videos from that age will keep rolling in the next decades, do You know why?

because they were proper rally cars.

[dimviii]

How can it be dead if Porsche has confirmed the 718 RGT car development?

because good drivers will not drive/hire/buy it.And will not drive it ,regardless of money cost,because they cant win with this car.

[stefanvv]

because they were proper rally cars.

Nope, they weren't. They were terrible on hairpins, terrible.

[Tarmop]

They were the top at that time and their legacy lives on because of that. Similar can`t be said about GT cars.

[AnttiL]

Nope, they weren't. They were terrible on hairpins, terrible.

Sorry but this is a ridiculous statement.

[stefanvv]

Sorry but this is a ridiculous statement.

Yeah? "fight fire with fire".

[stefanvv]

They were the top at that time and their legacy lives on because of that. Similar can`t be said about GT cars.

Ah, what is the philosophy of Gr.B You find in the modern rally cars?