GT Class

[tommeke_B]

Only FIA RGT-cars allowed in Ypres. Cars with national homologation were allowed a few years, but as mousti said it wasn't a success. According to some GT drivers back then the organizers didn't have any respect for them. For example, at TC people often even didn't knew that GT cars were coming after the ERC-field, and nobody was there anymore... After that some GT drivers agreed to not drive in Ypres again.

[PLuto]

With those new RGT rules I don't think they will do that again anyways it never had really success.

But I am not sure that Belgian cars will suit this new RGT rules.

[wildboar]

Ypres: according to the rally's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RallyYpres), Marc Duez and Francois Delecour are registered in the RGT class. I hope there will be more.

[tommeke_B]

If Snijers is going to start is mostly up to Eurosport now... I heard that Robert Woodside (who was driving the Tuthill GT3) wanted to register for ERC (and pay the 3000 euros) for the Circuit of Ireland, but they refused. So he had to start in the back of the field... I don't think Snijers will accept to start in the back of the field, the costs for making the car FIA homologated are big, sponsors must invest a lot in the project, so you expect some return for it... You could wonder why FIA created the GT class when they do things like this.

[wildboar]

There is a difference between Circuit of Ireland and Ypres: Ypres is part of the R-GT cup, Ireland was not. As far as I remember, R-GT cup drivers also had some sort of priority in Monte Carlo. Maybe some priority for R-GT cup drivers can also be arranged for Ypres?

[wildboar]

Here is the start list for Monte Carlo, section 1: https://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/20...ION-1-TC01.pdf
The RGT drivers didn't have a formal priority, but were slotted between WRC2 and WRC3. For ERC classes, that would be between ERC and ERC2. I don't know if these are FIA rules or if it is up to the promoter/organizer. Thus far Eurosport has completely ignored RGT, so let's hope it is FIA rules...

[wildboar]

Here from the Regional Rally regulations (http://www.fia.com/file/26697/download?token=hilUD9v-):

11.3 ERC PRIORITY DRIVERS
The following priorities will be attributed to the drivers as follows:
11.3.1 ERC1 Priority for Drivers registered in the ERC or entered by an ERC registered Team as per ERC Art. 7.2.
11.3.2 ERC2 Priority for Drivers registered in the ERC 2 or entered by an ERC 2 registered Team as per ERC Art. 8.2.
11.3.3 ERC3 Priority for Drivers registered in the ERC 3 or entered by an ERC 3 registered Team as per ERC Art. 8.2.
11.3.4 RGT Priority for Drivers eligible to score points in the RGT Cup rallies as per RRR Appendix X.

and

30.8.2 All other competitors will be seeded in the start list, in their respective Priority groups (ERC1 Priority, ERC2 Priority and ERC3 Priority), as per their classification in the Qualifying stage. RGT Priority drivers will start in the ERC2 Priority group.

So clearly, RGT drivers have some priority, if they compete in the RGT Cup (which will be the case in Ypres, but was not in Ireland).

[wildboar]

From the Ypres Rally Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RallyYpres):

Patrick Snijers has registered in his GT Porsche. Looking forward to the battle between Delecour, Duez and Snijers. And who knows: maybe some more GT drivers to enter....

[tommeke_B]

Romain Dumas also with GT3 in Ypres. So 4 GT3's

[makinen_fan]

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