2011 V8 Supercars

[Hiroshi Awazu]

I checked out the last maybe four laps of race on youtube awesome finish to race. I really wish we had more coverage in Canada.

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

This is new's to me!

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/ford-falcon-to-ditch-rearwheeldrive-20110111-19lel.html

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! front drive? what the.................thats just wrong!

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

I just watched Race 2 and the fight Bright vs. Courtney was amazng absolutely :O

 

[Senad Subasic]

I just watched Race 2 and the fight Bright vs. Courtney was amazng absolutely :O

Welcome to the club

And wait till they get to some interesting tracks, instead of these 50m wide + 500m runoff zone things.

 

[Juen-Jen Wang]

http://www.coroflot.com/dev777/new-designs/1

^ LOLWUT

But they aren't joining V8s however: http://www.carsales.com.au/news/2010/large-passenger/hyundai/hyundai-v8-racer-jumped-start-18731

And it doesnt look like anyone else will

 

[William Levesque]

That looks sooooo ugly :z

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Wait, what? That thing looks hideous...

 

[Senad Subasic]

Looks okay to me, except the hatchbackish rear end.

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

Wait correct me if i'am wrong but isn't their series called "Australian V8 Supercars"?. I hope they keep series to the Aussie Fords and the Holdens only.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Not really... I believe it was known as that for a while, but as far as I know it's just "V8 Supercars Australia". The "Australia" part is pretty much only there because the series is based in Australia.

As for the Holden/Ford thing, V8 Supercars is currently looking to increase the number of brands associated with the championship. The Car of the Future regulations coming in soon are supposed to decrease costs and allow a greater variety of vehicles to be adapted to compete in the series.

 

[Juen-Jen Wang]

AFAIK the CoTF isn't actually bringing in extra manufacturers. The original rumored 4 brands that were interested: Mercedes. Hyundai, Toyota, and Nissan have all confirmed that they

1. Haven't been approached by V8 Supercar at all
2. Not interested in entering the championship

So pretty much the CoTF trying to "bring in more manufacturers" have pretty much failed. It will still be Ford/Holden guys. IDK I would have liked to see Nissan and Hyundai be in V8s tbh. I mean Nissan has had a mark in Australian Motorsports and them re-entering V8s were suppose to be like Lotus re-entering F1.

But as it seems. CoTF hasn't attracted anyone at all

EDIT: Why did Hyundai choose to V8 Supercar the coupe? Wouldn't the Hyundai Sonata make an epic V8 Supercar? I mean that sedan just screams V8 Supercar to me:

 

[William Levesque]

-_-

I'd like to see a CTS-V

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

-_-

I'd like to see a CTS-V

That is a car that needs a bit more appreciation. Its a pretty nice car, love to have one and a ZR1. Good performance out of CTS-V as well.

 

[William Levesque]

Oh yes !

And it would fit perfectly in DTM and V8 Supercar ^^

 

[Glenn Morris]

That Hyundai looks alright I reckon. Alot better than the pussnut bogan mobiles they're running around with at the moment.


I couldn't really see a factory Nissan team jumping back in, especially after the shafting they copped back in '91/'92....

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

AFAIK the CoTF isn't actually bringing in extra manufacturers. The original rumored 4 brands that were interested: Mercedes. Hyundai, Toyota, and Nissan have all confirmed that they

1. Haven't been approached by V8 Supercar at all
2. Not interested in entering the championship

So pretty much the CoTF trying to "bring in more manufacturers" have pretty much failed. It will still be Ford/Holden guys.

That is correct - I was just saying that bringing in more manufacturers was still the aim.

 

[Dave Oliver]

Its now dropped the Australia part off the name, as it upgraded its FIA licence.

 

[Xosé Estrada]

I liked it ;-)

 

[HRT427]

I'm not sure if this will work in Europe but there is online live coverage, go to www.bigpond.com select video from the pull down menu select v8supercars and it will bring up a menu look to the left hand bottom of the screen for Bigpond TV v8supercars have a 24/7 channel, the qualifying and the races are played live. For a TV guide look on the V8 supercar website.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

I have been able to see a few V8 races live from the Live Steam app on iphone.