FIA GT Championship, Round 9, Zuhai in China.
OK, only second practice, and only two cars in class, and it’s the slowest class. 19th of 20 cars in total It’s a start.
I’ll be following its progress with interest this weekend, I think the race is on Eurosport on Sunday at about 8:30 pm
look what its up against
very respectable
Yeah, not bad as they’re only using this race for a bit of practice before they make a proper attempt at the Japanese Super GT’s next year.
they have probably got a better chance if it rains
what engine is in the back of that exige 300rr
and don’t tell me a 300hp one
Not your average Exige It’s 3.0 litre V6 GM unit.
Dare I say it, yet another wonderful Lotus that will ultimately be held back by it’s engine.
FIA GT Championship, Round 9, Zuhai in China.
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OK, only second practice, and only two cars in class, and it’s the slowest class. 19th of 20 cars in total It’s a start.
I’ll be following its progress with interest this weekend, I think the race is on Eurosport on Sunday at about 8:30 pm
Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow
8:30, tuned in and it was all over
Bugger
its on now, saw the Sport from about 1/2 mile so far!! Perhaps when the front runners lap it we will see more.
8:30, tuned in and it was all over
Bugger
I watched it on Eurosport yesterday… He mention the Exige in 1 sentence… and maybe I saw the Exige for 0.1 sec?? not sure??? very disepointing
Bloody useless coverage on Eurosport. They had a sports news program on at 8.15 which showed the results of the race at around 8:30. Why show the results BEFORE the race??? Then the actual race coverage started at 8:45 although the listings showed a start time of 8:15 I recorded the show using Sky + so I only got half of the race. When the guy was reading out the grid positions he actually missed out the last row, which had the Exige in it. Then the commentator couldn’t remember the name of the lead car. “The Masera…Ferrar…Lamb…Aston Martin!” Grrr.
Waste of space…
It was classified 14th though, & about 14 laps down on the winner. But ahead of some Ferrari’s etc.
Plus they could never say Lotus without first saying ‘little’, which bugs me as it sound like a put down.
Tim.
It was classified 14th though, & about 14 laps down on the winner. But ahead of some Ferrari’s etc…
But only the ones that didn’t finish. A disappointing performance, but at least it fininshed. Here’s hoping it’s more competitive against the Super GTs next year.
…I recorded the show using Sky + so I only got half of the race.
They’re awful at that. I gave up recording the late night rally coverage, catching the early morning re-run instead, as then at least I get to see some rallying! V.poor.
Ian
…I recorded the show using Sky + so I only got half of the race.
They’re awful at that. I gave up recording the late night rally coverage, catching the early morning re-run instead, as then at least I get to see some rallying! V.poor.
Ian
It’s not our fault!! They change the schedule and don’t tell us They provide the schedule which drives the EPG, Sky+ only understands what’s in the EPG.
Ben you have no complaints from me on this one.
It’s very annoying, as other channels are very good at using your service to update their schedules, Eurosport just doesn’t appear to bother/care. Makes them seem very amateur.
Ian
I recorded it on one of those old fashioned ‘video machines’ and struggled to notice it even with the freeze frame! Literally only caught maybe a half second glimpse of it on one of the early laps.
Hugely disappointed at even how little mention it got especially considering it was it’s international GT debut.
Proof that it exists on the FIA GT site ! - Still hard to find though http://www.fiagt.com/gallery.php?event=9&season=2005