RACE 1 - AWS GTWC - ZANDVOORT 2020 - ENGLISH

[@jaybower1320]

For anyone who maybe doesn't know what to look for, the slicks have the yellow "Pirelli P-Zero" written on the sidewalls, clearly visible even at speed. The wets have no markings, completely black sidewalls. I'm not sure why there is so much confusion in the comm box considering how simple this is but of course it is The Jon Wutson we're talking about 😅

[@ukaszgolinski1812]

Brawo for Kevin and Tomita.. Great race

[@Mikey6048]

GT3 cars still handle better on 3 tires than most street sports cars on 4! That is nuts!

[@suvra_95_uchiha28]

Been busy with Nürburgring yesterday now its tym to watch WC GT 3 . Thanks for keeping the live race video 😎❤️🔥 . JUST THE MOMENT BMW M6 ABOUT REPLACE BY M4 NXT YEAR. M6GT3 FINNLY WON NBR24H❤️🎉

[@jarnoberrevoets5229]

Very cool to be watching secretly in the dunes😉

[@kallow.kitty3]

TOMITA SAN GOD JOB👏👏👏

[@akthewhomp7123]

Love these sprint races!!

[@camrsr5463]

good race! The track looks fun. Lots of sand traps and a lack of "National color curbing" Has that old school USA road course feel.

[@cenonsaranguero6421]

FORMULA 1 GT And Le Mans Sing And Song Glowing

[@jonathanperxza888]

Great race

[@АртемТатьянченко-ф5ь]

Good race! 👍

[@theflagstand]

This new iteration of the track is great and I absolutely love the banked turns. But still I feel it has lost some of its chatacter in the process. The iconic-ish pit exit just before Tarzan that had been there forever, the old kerbs... I miss them definitely. Gotta say tho that the race was magnificent.

[@xBatboys4]

Yes mate I agree I really miss the pit exit already, it's a shame. I also really dislike the runoff tarmac area behind the graveltrap at Tarzan.

[@theflagstand]

@@xBatboys4 Yeah me too but I like how they didn't create a ton of "track limit exceeding zones" in the process of renovation, but instead used their heads for once. So while there are tarmac areas, they are correctly placed for once.

[@litreocola6447]

Imo it has much more character now. The original zandvoort had banked turns. Give it time and this will be the defacto layout for zandvoort

[@theflagstand]

@@litreocola6447 Well it depends on everyone's preferences, doesn't it. I like the new track but kinda felt better with the old one bc it was a bit of a time capsule.

[@litreocola6447]

@@theflagstand you’re right, but this track imo has better flow and is better for racing. In 20-30 years this will be the one everyone remembers as the best layout

[@86mystek]

Explain me please - how long time before race start team has to make decision what tires to wear?

[@landshark000068]

I am pretty sure it's 5 minutes before they roll for the formation lap.

[@86mystek]

@@landshark000068 like what I thought. So I'm really surprised that a lot of teams decided to wear slick tires for first 30 min of race. When you take cons and pros for slicks vs wets in that condition (wet surface + 10 degrees + humidity + end of September as a date of race) it was really bad decisions in my opinion to wear slicks. In my opinion it was 80 to 20 for wet tires, so almost half of teams take risk for 20% of chances that (I dont actually know what they were thinking) - suddenly hot wind will come from Sahara, sun would shining like in middle of holiday time etc? That was crazy thinking imo.

[@rr-r4797]

I was gonna ask “where’s some of the big names?” Then I realise Nurburgring is today

[@dorsetaddick]

Nack 5513 Amazingly, Kelvin VDL, Vanthoor, Haase, Gounon and Drudi all racing at Zandvoort AND in the N24!

[@cmeonthemove]

@@dorsetaddick And no David Addison as he was at Silverstone commentating the BTCC!

[@xBatboys4]

What a weird time to start the race.. 9 am? I have never seen something like that before

[@DaanvanZutphen]

Welcome to the Netherlands were everyone comes out of hes bed very early 😄

[@Erik3E]

gt drives both night and day

[@afa1515]

Guess some of them will fly to the 24h Nürburgring right after that.

[@Maenfy]

They decided to do both races on Saturday so they had to begin early.

[@xBatboys4]

@@Maenfy yeah I understand that probably because of the 24h hours of the Nurburgring. But still horrible. Wish fans were allowed so I could've been there at 9am and the 2nd race in the afternoon

[@Blueflag04]

That Lambo couldve won if it wasnt for the puncture

[@cenonsaranguero6421]

How FORMULA 1 And GT Met Le Mans

[@sumeursault]

Video broadcasting of sports car races just feels slow to me. It's so difficult to get a sense of speed from camera perspectives. I'm sure inside the cars it feels lightning fast...but on the screen it seems a bit pedestrian to me.

[@emmanuelmeysman820]

What is the top of GT motor sport ?

[@lucatarolli7950]

i'd say adac gt masters

[@harrymail7]

@@lucatarolli7950 so not the GT world challenge Europe? What makes the masters better?

[@lucatarolli7950]

@@harrymail7 because of the driver field. In the GT world challenge there are teams who races only the Endurance Cup, and in the sprint races there only about 10 Pro team with a good First driver and a mediocre teammate. So, at the end, the overall standing was won by that average driver who got carried by his teammate the whole season, but became the champion because Marciello skipped a race. In adac gt masters there are almost every of the top drivers of the gt world who race in the german championship as their main competition. None of the top drivers skipped a race. Also there are many cars are driven by 2 top drivers (for exemple Ellis, Marciello's teammate was faster in some tracks, same goes with van der linde's teammate niederhauser). So in adac gt masters you have a 30+ car field, with the top 20 pace packed in 1 second every race and many good drivers capable to win a race

[@harrymail7]

@@lucatarolli7950 So it's better because of the quality of the drivers? I'm new to GT racing so I'm trying to learn. What would be your top 5 GT championships in your opinion?

[@lucatarolli7950]

@@harrymail7 that's a bit hard hard to say, because adac gt masters and gt world challenge Europe are the only gt3 series i follow properly. I tried to give a look at British gt, italian gt and International gt open (spanish / european series), but the level seemed to me nowhere near the other two series. Looking at the entry lists, i'd say that the best series might be: Adac gt masters Gt world challenge Europe Wec (gt class) Imsa (gtd class) Intercontinental gt world challenge However, is important to keep in mind that, aside adac gt masters and, to some degree, gt world challenge Europe Endurance Cup, more than about series, gt3 is more about prestigious races, that shine way more the rest of the championship they're part of. For exemple Bathurst 12h has a way better race field compared to the other races of the intercontinental gt world challenge. Same goes for Daytona 24h, Sebring 12h, lemans 24h and nurburgring 24h.

[@jeffcrisp8453]

idk the people wanted a safety car for the tire. it was on the straight not really in anyones way. bringing out the safety car out on the wet track may have definitely breeded more of em and thus not too much racing

[@DarthSparhawk]

Tomita-san won! That's great!

[@well_thatsucks2191]

They should make the masks for the drivers green so they can photoshop their face on for the podium photos.

[@morefun1017]

to many in car camera shots. Doesn't give you a good perspective of the racing from the back seat; back and forth from in car to overall camera shots horrible.