FIA GT3 at Silverstone today

[cpufreak]

a small selection of shots from yesterday:

Aston cocking a wheel exiting Arena



Alpina B6 GT3 entering abbey



Z4 leading a GT3-R into Arena



A brace of R8s at the Arena





Today I watched the GT3 race from the pitlane, and so got some shots of them pitting.


First up.. an Alpina driver decided to do push-ups to keep warm whilst waiting



GT3-R leaving the pits



Tyre pressure checks on an R8




Z4 V8 heading down the pitlane




will post up my GT4 and GT1 photos in a bit.

[shoestring7]

Great pics.

As a matter of interest, how do BMW get away with racing a V8 Z4 in this production-type sportscar racing series?

SS7

[cpufreak]

it's at the discretion of the FIA, so not required.

The reason for requiring manufacturers to homologate cars is normally to discourage them from making insane cars which clean up...

in GT3 and GT1, they do equalisation of performance... so anyone can enter with any car... they have a test driver drive them all, and then work out what needs to be done to ensure they're all on the same footing. (add/remove weight, adjust air restrictors etc)

Edited by cpufreak on Monday 3rd May 09:52

[boxsey]

Excellent pics there. Here's a few of ours taken at Luffield:









I think they need to do something about the mud though!

Edited by boxsey on Monday 3rd May 10:22

[richebets]

boxsey said:

I think they need to do something about the mud though!

I think some of lamborghini's old Tractor knowledge maybe needed here !

[b8ste]

[richebets]

Some pics from me. went on the saturday (shame silverstone is more like a building site at the moment !!)





oh and a Aston one 77 was tucked away in the BRDC area !

Edited by richebets on Monday 3rd May 19:56