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Or alternatively, 'oops' or 'F1 drivers cannot drive real cars.' I say we get rid of the sequential boxes, ABS, stability programs and all that other junk and let the real drivers take things back over. You're not really driving when you leave it all up to a computer....

And even then you wad up a $400,000 car...

_WRS

Americans in the FIA GT3 Championship. Better than F1...

Fourtitude.com is reporting that United Autosports, a newly formed FIA GT3 team, is ready to contest the 2010 championship with a pair of Audi R8 LMS models, fresh off the floor from Ingolstadt. I find it a tad ironic that an American team would choose to dump a metric ton of money into a two-car effort over in Europe, rather than contesting the ALMS over on our own side of the pond. But I suppose they couldn't run an Audi or two over here, at least not this year. Sponsorship is to come from Remington (guns? razors? they don't say), so I'm not sure what they're going to get out of it...I'm pretty sure the Europeans aren't so into the guns like we are over here, but I can't fault it too much. United Autosport is apparently going to also run a full-season team of vintage racers over here, so at least someone is spending money on Motorsport these days...

Either way, we'll be wishing them the best of luck this year, it'd be pretty awesome to see an American team go over to Europe and win some events!

www.fourtitude.com for more...

_WRS

R8 GT3 proves to be a contender

The legendary Hans-Joachim Stuck joined Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro for the racing debut of the awesome Audi R8 LMS. As handsome of a racer as there ever has been, the car qualified 3rd out of 171 vehicles. During the race the R8 didn't fare as well due to some fueling issues, but the valuable track time should prove to be quite valuable in the coming months. I'm not sure if Audi plans on contesting Le Mans this year, or perhaps the Nurburgring 24 hours, but as with anything Audi does, the effort won't be half-arsed. As much as I love the R8 / R10 / R15 prototypes, seeing a car which is based on an actual production vehicle (albeit one I will likely never afford) is cool. I've always been jealous of Porsche and their lucky fans because of the success of their GT3R / RSR models. Thanks to oneighturbo.com for the info!

_WRS