Art-ology

There are three types of GT race cars. These are GT1, GT2 and GT3 and the following are all race cars. Unlike LMP race cars in endurance races, they look like the motors you can purchase from the car showroom. These GT race cars are not based on the average motors you see on the roads, but on the best range sports motors, like Porsche 911′s, Aston Martin, and Ferrari’s. These types of motors are not cheap to obtain and turning them into race winning race cars can cost millions and millions of dollars. It would be very hard to go through all the design specifications of GT1, GT2 and GT3 types without writing a book, but here is short description of what is allowed in each type of GT race cars.

GT1 race cars are the fastest of all the GT types, these race cars have to be based on production motors where at least 25 motors a year are sold. These motors are heavily adapted to make them into race cars, and in this type teams are allowed to use exotic materials, the biggest wings, the biggest wheels and the biggest breaks. All of this makes GT1 race cars, the fastest of all GT race cars, and only have the same shape as the motors and the wiper blades are the same as the original motor.

GT2 race cars are very similar to GT1 race cars, they also have to be based on production motors. However, they are not allowed to use expensive materials in the construction, the wings are also smaller as are the wheels and the brakes. This results in a heavier automobile with less aerodynamic and mechanical grip, which is therefore slower round a lap. These race cars are however cheaper to develop and run, making them a good alternative for teams with a smaller budget.

GT3 race cars are basically road going motors that have had all the seats and other luxuries stripped out. Then the one race seat is added along with an FIA approved fuel tank, seat belts and roll cage. This is the cheapest type of GT race cars to develop and run. All types of GT race cars must remain road legal motors, this means that all the lights and wiper blades must all work after being race prepared, although you would not be able to use these race cars on the road without first putting on some road legal tyres, as slick tyres do not meet the minimum 1.6 mm legal requirements.

To finish first in any of the GT types it takes a lot of attention to detail and not one thing can be overlooked, just take the wiper blades for example. It is essential to make sure the wiper blades are in operational condition, just in case it rains during the race, and replacement wiper blades will have to be fitted to the automobile regularly, maybe as often as once a event. The replacement wiper blades that are normally used are called flat wiper blades, these wiper blades could make the difference between winning and losing. How could you think this is possible, unless the race was wet and the flat wiper blades were necessary to enable the driver to see? But in a dry race the flat wiper blades could also make the difference and this is because of their frameless design, which is lays closer to the front window giving an aerodynamic advantage over traditional wiper blades. This advantage may only be slit but it’s all the small things that lead to race wins. The flat wiper blades can make the airflow over the front window smoother, resulting in a little bit more top speed, a bit more down force from the rear wing and a bit of better fuel economy. All of which over traditional wiper blades could make a lot of difference, and this difference could be the difference between winning and losing.