Official- Lexus RC-F GT3
03-01-14, 11:31 AM
#16
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No. This car is a FIA GT3 based car. The RC F replacing the SC430 is a GT500 Super GT car. This GT3 can race in Super GT in the GT300 class where other FIA GT3 cars run, though.
heres a picture with the two, the top being the Super GT GT500 car and the lower one the GT3 car
heres a picture with the two, the top being the Super GT GT500 car and the lower one the GT3 car
03-01-14, 03:36 PM
#18
No. This car is a FIA GT3 based car. The RC F replacing the SC430 is a GT500 Super GT car. This GT3 can race in Super GT in the GT300 class where other FIA GT3 cars run, though.
heres a picture with the two, the top being the Super GT GT500 car and the lower one the GT3 car
heres a picture with the two, the top being the Super GT GT500 car and the lower one the GT3 car
03-14-14, 05:54 PM
#23
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Racecar engineering- http://www.racecar-engineering.com/n...r-for-le-mans/ reports that Lexus will take this car or rather a version of it to Le Mans in the near future. Currently no GT3 cars are allowed, but in the future GTE will be combined with GT3 for a single class with two variations- GT and GT+. GT+ will be the endurance type which GTE is now. So Lexus will make an "update kit" to the car to meet those rules. So potentially we could see Toyota and Lexus represented at Le Mans in the future in lmp1 and GT.
05-20-14, 11:34 AM
#24
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http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=56814 Autosport japan has exclusive photos of the RC F GT3 in its first test at Okayama. It will run again next month.
05-21-14, 07:44 AM
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It will be interesting since GT/GT+ talks are canceled and we are left of with the same GT3 and GTE classifications most likely until the end of 2016 so that really puts a question mark over RC-Fs rumored planned Le Mans entry in 2016.
We should wait til ACO's press release later on this week to see if they will leave GTE as is or it they will allow some easy mods on current GT3 cars to compete in Le Mans.
Personally I would love to see GT3s allowed in WEC/Le Mans and GTE to become more of a Super GT - GT500 class since GTE manufacturers are insisting on race bred parts that have nothing to do with the production cars.
We should wait til ACO's press release later on this week to see if they will leave GTE as is or it they will allow some easy mods on current GT3 cars to compete in Le Mans.
Personally I would love to see GT3s allowed in WEC/Le Mans and GTE to become more of a Super GT - GT500 class since GTE manufacturers are insisting on race bred parts that have nothing to do with the production cars.
05-21-14, 12:53 PM
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Super GT is an event that worships speed and precision, two things that when combined perfectly appear to look almost effortless. We have taken time and slowed it down for just a little, just enough for you to witness the speed in motion. Only when time stands still can you take a step back and truly appreciate everything that's going on.
GTChannel and Luke Huxham of Maiham Media collaborated to bring you Super GT Round 2 Fuji Speedway, from a different perspective. We interviewed Joao Paulo Lima De Oliveira who drives the No.12 Calsonic Impul GT-R, Yuji Tachikawa Zent Cerumo Lexus RC F and No.8 ARTA NSX Concept's Vitantonio Liuzzi.
GTChannel and Luke Huxham of Maiham Media collaborated to bring you Super GT Round 2 Fuji Speedway, from a different perspective. We interviewed Joao Paulo Lima De Oliveira who drives the No.12 Calsonic Impul GT-R, Yuji Tachikawa Zent Cerumo Lexus RC F and No.8 ARTA NSX Concept's Vitantonio Liuzzi.
05-21-14, 07:18 PM
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It will be interesting since GT/GT+ talks are canceled and we are left of with the same GT3 and GTE classifications most likely until the end of 2016 so that really puts a question mark over RC-Fs rumored planned Le Mans entry in 2016.
We should wait til ACO's press release later on this week to see if they will leave GTE as is or it they will allow some easy mods on current GT3 cars to compete in Le Mans.
Personally I would love to see GT3s allowed in WEC/Le Mans and GTE to become more of a Super GT - GT500 class since GTE manufacturers are insisting on race bred parts that have nothing to do with the production cars.
We should wait til ACO's press release later on this week to see if they will leave GTE as is or it they will allow some easy mods on current GT3 cars to compete in Le Mans.
Personally I would love to see GT3s allowed in WEC/Le Mans and GTE to become more of a Super GT - GT500 class since GTE manufacturers are insisting on race bred parts that have nothing to do with the production cars.
