Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
I don't think that it is possible to somehow match GT cars and R5. If GT's shall be competitive against R5 for example on our stages than the very same cars will be completely dominant in Spain as the roads are generally very different (and vice versa). Anyway 50 mm restrictor is nonsense. You have to consider that what matters about restrictor size is its area and that depends on diameter squared.
39 mm - 1194 mm2 - let's say 100%
42 mm - 1385 mm2 - 116%
50 mm - 1963 mm2 - 164%
As I said many times first of all I don't see any reason why to even try to push for GT cars when their manufacturers don't give a shit about rallying. For me it's complete nonsense to push for them against manufacturers who are actually active in rallying and who keep the sport going.
Big restrictors are used as a BoP tool in several GT racing series; it’s a shame, and a waste for the sport, only allow Gt’s to rally when undermined by small restrictors.

About Porsche being uninterested in rally: for sure that’s the case in Stuttgart headquarters, but importers and dealers can see it differently. In Spain, Ares is backed by an official local Porsche Centre, like Vallejo and Fuster were in the past, and even the importer gives him some support.

But the main point, like Jarek and Stefan have mention, it’s not Porsche’s case; it’s the diversity of eligible cars in rally series. With the current FIA rules every driver or team has to buy a car from the official manus tuners, even on the lower classes! The problem is that some brands involved in rallying are no longer paying attention to privateers (take VW case) and the number of homologated cars under the R Group classes is ridiculously low.

So, if local ASN’s decide to spread rally car options for their drivers and teams, that’s quite encouraging and rally fans will certainly appreciate that diversity on the stages.