GT Class

[Vepe]

At least the first 997 is running with a FIA sticker, to get it competitive (alone in class) will be part of the future. Under this circumstances other 997 teams will not start their homologation work.

What about the Porsche that ran in Finland? Wasn't that a 997?

[wildboar]

Q& with Richard Tuthill on MaxRally: http://www.maxrally.com/2014/08/21/qa-richard-tuthill
Some interesting answers:

We’re at a good point with the car, but I wouldn’t say that what we see here is the definitive version, and next we’re working on bringing out the car in gravel specification for Rally GB, which will be another different ball game.

The power and the noise are fantastic and of course Porsche handling is legendary. Traction can be a bit of an issue, particularly out of some of the uphill hairpins like you see on Rallye Deutschland, but equally the engine is at the rear, so this helps to gain grip.

In the end, it’s designed to compete against other RGT cars, so you can’t really expect to compare it to the other cars on Rallye Deutschland this year. It’s got a similar power to weight ratio to the Group N cars but rear-wheel drive, so inevitably it’s going to lose some time to them. Basically our mission here is to show the car to the best of our abilities and give people something to remember.

[wildboar]

A respectable 31st place for Tuthill on SS1, ahead of most RC3 and several RC2.

[Ucci]

solid performance on the 1st stage!

[CWJ]

What about the Porsche that ran in Finland? Wasn't that a 997?

Crazy optic car, could be a 997 but is a totally different (only FIN) story. Did it got a restrictor?

[wildboar]

Crazy optic car, could be a 997 but is a totally different (only FIN) story. Did it got a restrictor?

The Porsche in Finland also ran under RGT rules, so it must also have had a restrictor. But I don't know many details.

[Ucci]

Pitty for FIA restriction, because those 911's have one thing, which no R3, R5, WRC...can offer : Wonderful enigine sound! Once you hear Zeltner or Dobberkau in full action, you forget everything else, including WRC cars.....even old 2.0l kitcars can not match against 6-cylinder flat N/A engine....
Not to mention to owe balls of a bull to drive rear engined 911 on the limit on proper rally stage....

[AndyRAC]

It seemed to gather lots of interest. I hope they get some customers for these cars. And maybe, possibly Prodrive thinking about a Vantage GT3 RGT.....

[CWJ]

The Porsche in Finland also ran under RGT rules, so it must also have had a restrictor.

R-GT regulation doesn't presribe a restrictor, they just mention a weight/power ratio 3.4

And: I'v heart something about an R-GT cup in ERC for 2014 with Ypres above else...

[wildboar]

And there will be more RGTs in WRC and ERC: Romain Dumas will enter Rally France with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS RGT. He also wants to start in Corsica.

http://www.motorsport-total.com/rall...-14082505.html