FIA GT in Romania

[GT40_GearHead]

The gods love me, six month from now there is going to be a FIA GT round 60k from me

happy happy joy joy :p :D:bunny: :banana: :D

read all about it

FIA GT 2007 calendar (http://www.fiagt.com/calendar.php?season=2007)

Bucharest Ring (http://www.bucharest-ring.com/BR_home.html)



PS: is any one around here into FIA GT?

[simon275]

Luckly bugger be sure to take some photos to share with us.

[GT40_GearHead]

you can be shure i will :D

to bad there is no stage in Australia

[AKA_RA]

you'll have to excuse me, I'm American. -_- but I'm trying to understand what this sort of race is like. is it basically NASCAR without the rednecks and the constant left turns? if so....then you best be sharin' photos. ^_^ most of the car races here involve going in small circles in a counter-clockwise direction. yes, compelling, i know. :rolleyes:

[Crimson Sky]

wow the official game looks sweet too. the screenshots are impressive

[simon275]

I love it when the WRC comes to Australia now those are some sweet runs those guys get. WRC is rally for all those don't know and teams race along the same stretch of track to get the best time. Everyone races once. Then they move on to the next leg which every one goes through and the best time wins and so on. Plus since they race on country tracks and roads there is a navigator and a driver in each car.

[silverdemon]

about a month ago (oct. 1st) I was at the A1-GP in Zandvoort (holland) and that also kicks some serious a$$!!
It's something like Formula 1 or indycar/CART-series, but the cars are a little bit slower and you don't have teams with sponsors, but country-teams. There are 25 countries all having one car, and then they race two races in a weekend on a closed track.
Was really amazing, the organization did a marvelous job...

pics anyone?

[GT40_GearHead]

what pics would you want to see, silverdemon

[Omega]

you'll have to excuse me, I'm American. -_- but I'm trying to understand what this sort of race is like. is it basically NASCAR without the rednecks and the constant left turns? if so....then you best be sharin' photos. ^_^ most of the car races here involve going in small circles in a counter-clockwise direction. yes, compelling, i know. :rolleyes:

Ever heard of autocross? That's what Fia GT is, if i'm not mistaken.

[silverdemon]

what pics would you want to see, silverdemon

actually, what I meant was; do you want to see some pictures of the A1-gp race. I went there and have some pictures, but if nobody wants to see them I don't have to resize and post them;)

[GT40_GearHead]

i want

i always want to see car pics

shoot away dude

[silverdemon]

OK, here goes nothing:

A promotional car, you could change the left front tire (best time got a prize)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/FotoE3AP3PEN.jpg

Here we went into the pitlane, team pakistan on this picture
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/FotoE3T4MURY.jpg

And team netherlands, with two cars (because they were in their home-country)
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/Foto6JW8KFDR.jpg

A shot from the skybox from after the first race, they all came into the pits at the same time
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/FotoHQSGNRPE.jpg

If you still haven't seen enough you can visit my online photo-album,
check it here (http://a1zandvoort.mijnalbums.nl/) (click "bekijken" to view the album)

[GT40_GearHead]

great stuff, thx for the pics and link

it is similat with formula Renault or BMW

its a great place for young drivers

[silverdemon]

actually it is not just a place for young drivers to learn stuff, these cars are serious: 3.4 liter 550 BHP engines, max 695 kg car weight and obviously there's a great amount of grip, aerodynamically and through the real (350 mm wide rear) slick-tires...

I think this racing class comes very close to formula 1. The cars are actually based on the latest formula 3000 (now GP2) cars...

if you want more info on the A1-gp series, check out their website at A1gp.com (http://www.a1gp.com)

[jdbnsn]

Oh Lord those look like fun to drive!