GT Class

[HaCo]

If I understand translation correctly then Rally di Roma has been stopped after SS3 due to a heart attack of a driver in stage SS3.
http://www.rallylink.it/diretteweb/i...p/romacapitale

[focus206]

If I understand translation correctly then Rally di Roma has been stopped after SS3 due to a heart attack of a driver in stage SS3.
http://www.rallylink.it/diretteweb/i...p/romacapitale

Yes, it is correct, the driver died unfortunately. Wrong thread though, nothing to do with GT class.

[HaCo]

Sorry, wrong thread.

[Sulland]

I think they enlarged restrictors.

Yes, but do you know in what steps?

Are any other brands than Porsche that teams or tuners tried to have cars homologated as R-GT with the new indi system?

[Mirek]

It was not Porsche company who homologated those cars but single teams. It's not homologation but a kind of approval from FIA in a written form.

[Sulland]

Tuthill denied UK start: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116740
Too bad, can he drive as 0 car maybe, or outside competition?

[wildboar]

No idea if this is in any way realistic, but Italian driver Ruggero Ravaglioli would like to enter the RGT Cup - with a Ford Mustang!

http://www.maxrally.com/2014/12/17/rgt-american-style

[makinen_fan]

Francois Delecour commits to inaugural R-GT Cup: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117305

Here is the article (since autosport is not totally free...)

Francois Delecour has committed to the FIA's new R-GT Cup series for GT cars in the World and European Rally Championships, securing a Porsche 911 drive for the inaugural season.
The Frenchman will start his campaign in a Tuthill Porsche on the Monte Carlo Rally later this month - an event he has won outright previously.
Delecour first drove the British team's Porsche 911 GT3 on the Rally of France last year, where he was trading times with the similar car of Romain Dumas when he slid off the road and damaged the car's radiator.
Since the Alsace event, Delecour's sole focus has been to source the budget for an R-GT assault.
"It is fantastic to be driving in [the] R-GT Cup, it's a fantastic opportunity," Delecour told AUTOSPORT.
"There are some really nice rallies, but for sure, Monte Carlo will be the most difficult. It's very important that we win this one."
Delecour will be testing the Porsche for two days in the French Alps next week and, despite having tackled the Monte 18 times previously, he acknowledges the scale of the task ahead.
"It will help to have some experience of this car on these roads before we start the rally," said Delecour, who is backed by Visit Romania.
"This will be a very, very difficult rally for this car. The Porsche is quite wide and some of these stages are narrow and tricky and, of course, we won't have the same grip as the four-wheel drive cars.
"It is fantastic to be driving this car again. You know, this is my rally, the Monte and to be here in a Porsche 911 is the dream for me."
The FIA's first ever rally series for GT cars also includes the Ypres Rally, Rally Germany, Rally Valais and the Tour of Corsica.

[Jack4688`]

Francois Delacour has comitted to the championship for this year with Tuthill Porsche

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117305

Edit: Too slow

[makinen_fan]

It was posted in the video thread, but maybe more relevant here.

Chris Harris driving the Tuthill 997 RGT, with a short interview with Richard Tuthill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7afNZsAvqI

Looks good, sounds awsome! Shame they didn't let it run in Wales last year