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FIA confirms future FIA GT plans and 2008 calendar
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The FIA World Motor Sport Council met in Paris today and confirmed most of the plans that Stephane Ratel discussed with the press last Sunday at the final FIA GT Championship event at Zolder.
As of 2010 the championship will be split in two separate series. The GT1 cars will have a World Championship, while the GT2 cars will be racing a European Championship. The two championships will follow new GT1 and GT2 tegulations. These new regulations are not fully confirmed yet, but will become available just after the next World Motor Sport Council in December.
"They will be based on the concept that 2010 cars will be heavier but more powerful, using production engines, with output controlled by various means including a standard ECU. The new specifications will also seek to reduce operating costs," according to a WMSC statement.
"The rest of the Technical Regulations will be based on the current GT2 regulations, with some additional aero modifications permitted for GT1. The regulations for the FIA GT3 European Championship will remain the same."
During the Paris meeting the WMSC also confirmed the calender for the 2008 FIA GT Championship.
This is what the upcoming season will look like:
- April 20 - Silverstone, Great Britain
- May 18 - Monza, Italy
- June 21 - Adria, Italy
- July 6 - Oschersleben, Germany
- August 3 - Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium *
- August 31 - Bucharest, Romania **
- September 14 - Brno, Czech Republic
- September 28 - Nogaro, France
- October 19 - Zolder, Belgium
- November 23 - San Luis, Argentina
*Subject to confirmation
**Subject to the homologation of the circuit.
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Does the ACO agree with the new rules?
Not yet, discussions continue…
WMSC has really lost the plot on a lot of issues especially the idea of a ten year engine freeze in F1. This is just another one of those stupid ideas.
Cost cutting ideas are taking all of these series down the wrong path.
Now the FIA GT will have a standard ECU, same as F1!
And what is the point of increasind weight along with power?
Why not leave that combination alone? As an increase in weight will only raise emission levels.