[Yvonne]

Originally Posted by Dries DS

Citaat uit de originele versie, verspreid voor SRO :

"To be eligible to take part in the Championship, the same criteria as used in the FIA GT3 European Championship will be applied. Drivers are classified as
Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze depending on their career record and age.
Only drivers adhering to the Gold, Silver or Bronze classes may compete in the
GT1 Citation Cup; Gold class drivers may only drive alongside Bronze class
drivers."

Dus dan nemen we die aangehaalde criteria van het FIA GT3 kampioenschap er even bij:

Art. 36c:
"c) Definitions of the categorisations:
A (or Platinum): professional driver generally
recognised as a well-known driver on the
international scene, under the age of 55 years, and
satisfying at least one of the following criteria:
- has held a Super Licence (for Formula One),
- has finished in the top 10 of an F3000,
CART/Champcar, IRL, GP2, A1GP or any major
single-seater Championship,
- has finished in the top 6 of an F3 international
or major national Championship (British/EuroF3)
or main national single-seater Championship
(FR2000/Italian national F3000) or secondary
international single-seater series (Renault V6,
FR2000 international and World Series),
- has won the Le Mans 24 Hours outright,
- has been a Works Driver,
- is a driver whose performances and
achievements, despite not being covered by one
of the definitions above, may be considered as
professional by the bureau.
B (or Gold): semi-professional driver in international
series or who has distinguished him- or herself in
national Championships. Any driver who has been
classified in the first 6 places of a “Saloon” car make
Championship or Cup, or in the first 10 places of a
single-seater Championship. Driver satisfying the
criteria of the platinum category but aged 55 or over.
C (or Silver): driver aged under 30 and not satisfying
the criteria of categories A and B. High level
amateur driver who has finished in 1st place in
national Championships or international series in
association with a professional driver.
Any driver who has been classified in the first 10
places of a “Saloon” car make Championship or
Cup, or has single-seater experience.
D (or Bronze): amateur driver. Any driver who was
over 30 years old when his first licence was issued,
and who has little or no single-seater experience."

Enkele regels verder staat klaar en duidelijk(art. 36e):

"e) Category A drivers are not accepted."

De FIA-verantwoordelijken brengen de kandidaat-rijders dus onder in VIER klassen. Kom je echter na hun beoordeling, gebaseerd op het artikel 36c van het FIA GT3 reglement, in de klasse A (platinum) terecht, dan luidt het dat je niet thuis hoort bij de zogenaamde 'gentlemen drivers' en ben je 'te goed/te ervaren' voor de Citations Cup. Aan de hand van deze vooropgestelde normen zouden er dus drie rijdersklassen (B/C/D) over blijven die effectief aan de Citations Cup mogen deelnemen. En van deze drie overblijvende klassen wil men de meest ervaren rijders (B) koppelen aan de minst ervaren piloten (D) om het deelnemersveld te nivelleren en de spanning in de Citations Cup hoog te houden. Dat is althans wat ik uit het geheel kan afleiden...

(Don't shoot me if I'm wrong... )

Mvg,
Dries DS

(PS: in een 'CUP' de maatstaven A/B/C/D hanteren... tiens, aan wat doet dat me nu weer denken? )

Het zal best kloppen...maar dit "De piloten worden onderverdeeld in drie klassen: platinum, goud, zilver en brons", klopt niet!!!