MP4-12C racing

[Davidoff41]

McLAREN COVERING BY HEXIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsQS8YMf8cY&sns=fb

[Davidoff41]

Where to find the 25 McLaren 12C GT3 in 2012

Fia World GT1:
Hexis Racing, 2 cars (Pirelli ; Mako/Dusseldorp + Parente/Demoustier)

Blancpain Endurance Series:
Gulf Racing UK, 2 cars (Michelin ; Rob Bell/Wainwright + Hall/Goethe)
United Autosports, 2 cars (Michelin ; Brabham/Parente/Matt bell + Brown/Blundell/Patterson)
Boutsen Ginion, 2 cars (Clarke...)
Von Ryan Racing, 2 cars
ART Grand Prix, 1 car (Demoustier...)
ASM Team, 1 car (Or maybe in Spanish GT)

British GT:
Apex Tubular, 1 car (Avon ; Geddies, father & son)

ADAC GT Master:
Gemballa Raing, 1 car (Yokohama ; Bert...)
Molitor Racing, 2 cars (Yokohama)

VLN (+ 24 hours of Nurburgring)
Dörr Motorsport, 2 cars (Pirelli)
Gemballa Racing, 1 car (Michelin ; Bert...)

[arjan916]

Some memories comes up in me about the Spa race last year which I didn't share yet.
As you know no.59 crashed out of the race, and I saw it happen right in front of me through the view finder of my camera...
After the crash some team members arrived and asked me what I saw, I told them and showed them my pics, they're shocked too.
Within some minutes I was at the hospitality unit to drink a coffee and waited for their press-member.
We went into the media center and I gave them all my pics, which they send directly to their head quarter.
After all it was shaking experience I'll never forget, seeing your favorite crashing in front
Enough words, some of my pics.










http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...0&postcount=27

[Davidoff41]

Heavy crash of Gemballa Racing with theire 12C GT3 on the Nurburgring last days during VLN test.

[astonmartindbs001]

Originally Posted by arjan916

As promised some of my pics from Spa last weekend.
Additional info for our chassis no. freaks:
no. 58 is protochassis 1
no. 59 is protochassis 2
no. 60 is the first racing chassis no. MP4-12C-GT3-001 (Dutch ownership at the moment, but runned by the satellite team Von Ryan, who is the former F1's race engineer nickname)


01 - leaving the box thursday morning on its first training at 9.00 am



02 - on its first lap thursday



03 - nice



04 - colourfull art



05 - helmets



06 - wet thursday



07 - leaving on the wet tyres



08 - low and close



09 - last pitlane shot before it crashed out of the race



10 - damp track at the back of the circuit during the race



11 - pit exit



12 - its second last pitstop of the race



13 - just the car



14 - engine change on friday, the reason why it got the 5 minutes penalty which had to be made during the first 3 laps of the race.


Enjoy

So can we assume that #58 is chassis # XP-GT3-01 and #59 is chassis # XP-GT3-02 as well?

Also is there a 12C GT3 chassis index set up yet?

Thanks.

[Davidoff41]

I have chassis index:

#RP1
(n°58 for Spa 24h 2011 and at FOS 2012)
#RP2
(n°59 for Spa 24h 2011 with McLaren GT. Still with McLaren GT as developement car)
#001
(n°60 for Spa 24h 2011 with Von Ryan, Back to McLaren GT, then lend to United Autosport for Macao race lat in 2011, now sold to Klaas Humel / Lapidus Racing)

[Davidoff41]

#003 Von Ryan Racing
#005 United Autosport
#006 Dörr Motorsport
#007 Gulf Racing
#009 Gulf Racing
#011 Hexis Racing
#014 Gemballa Racing
#016 Boutsen
#019 United
#020 Hexis Racing

Will know some more during Spa 24 hours 2012... wait and see.

[astonmartindbs001]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emka41/...oto_6953776596

So which of the Von Ryan Racing and Dorr Motorsport cars there are #003 and #006? Couple of other unidentified GT3s there as well, but about half there are confirmed in the list. So thanks a lot for this Davidoff, really.

[Davidoff41]

Hi,

#003 should be Von Ryan n°88
#006 Dörr n°23

PS: On Flickr, i am Emka41...

[astonmartindbs001]

Thanks a lot for the clarification.

[notsofast]

Nice to see the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 included in the latest car pack for Forza Motorsport 4. Its the no.59 car as raced at Spa but without the extra light pack on the front of the car. The car has plenty of grip and can be ugradable to over 700hp. Unfortunately the car in game doesnt sound as good as it does in real life.

[Davidoff41]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83L8...layer_embedded

A short video from Molitor Racing, preparing the 12C GT3 for Nürburgring race this weekend.

[Davidoff41]

Hi,
Someone is going to Spa 24H here???

[PatrickT82]

when is it?

[arjan916]

Originally Posted by Davidoff41

Hi,
Someone is going to Spa 24H here???

Off course
Still have to decide to go for 3 or 4 days, I enjoyed the last years 4 days stay very much.

About last year.
#001 @ Davidoff41, you're right, additionally: K.H. was the owner in Spa already
and yes No.58 was proto 001 and No.59 was proto 002

Some pics, and note the difference between the place of the chassic plates; the protos (No. 58 and 59) had a plate on the roll cage only, the first production GT3, chassis #001, No. 60 had it below the windscreen (like the road cars).

proto


first GT3, No.60


place of the chassis number of the first GT3, No.60


no chassis number on that place on the protos, here's No.59