A new series, with cars from prestigious manufacturers, for gentlemen racers, as part of the program of FIA GT series. Cars will be restricted by weight (to make power/weight ratio even) instead of engine power.
2 teams of 3 cars per manufacturer (im not sure if thats realistic tho
), and a winner also for each manufacturer (so a Porsche winner, Ferrari winner etc.)
titles that can be won:
• A GT3 European title for drivers
• A GT3 European Title for teams
• A Champion for each GT3 Manufacturer Cup.
Selected Cars
The FIA will homologate ‘Cup’ cars in the GT3 class, which have already been produced
by a number of manufacturers.
These include :
• Dodge Competition Coupé,
• Ferrari 430 Challenge,
• Maserati Trofeo Light
• Porsche 997 Cup.
And will welcome the first GT3 cars produced for the new series :
• Aston Martin DBS9 (Prodrive)
• Lamborghini Gallardo (Reiter Engineering)
• Lotus Exige GT3
• TVR Sagaris
• Venturi GT3 Heritage
Other Manufacturers are evaluating the possibility of preparing existing road cars for
the Championship.
Suitable cars will include :
• Corvette Z6
• Ford Mustang (Saleen
• Marcos
• Nissan 350 Z
calendar: 5 races in 06, 6 races in 07, all on european circuits, in the race weekends of the FIA GT series. 2 drivers per car, each will drive in 1 of the 2 1-hour races per weekend.
and some other news: the 400hp Lotus Exige 300RR GT racer will race in the China round of the FIA GT series
http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=764
New FIA GT3 series...
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