Finnish Racing Championship will be hosting a brand new, high-performance category inspired by the mixed GT series of the world, as FRC GT Open starts along with the FRC series in May. FRC GT Open will be driven with the FRC series, and the calendar will consist of five event – four in Finland and one in Pärnu, Estonia.
TCR Finland category, which had its inaugural year in 2023, will be driving within the GT Open races. The category will also allow local The Gran Turismo and Super Saloon category machinery, along with valid and expired GT3, GT4, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Super 2000 machinery for varied grids.
The wishes of the drivers have been heard and have shaped the designing process of the class, finalized jointly by the Sporting Working Group and the Promoter. The categories within FRC GT Open have been designed with variety of budgets and performance in mind. In addition, the rules aim to make close and fair racing withing categories possible.
More open format sports and touring car races have gathered traction all around the world. Creventic’s 24H Endurance series, European GT Cup Open, Belgium’s Belcar, and Baltic Endurance Championship are but a few example of multi-class formats allowing competition with a variety of machinery and performance. The FRC GT Open has gotten inspiration from the aforementioned categories that offer a lot to see – both on and off track.
The 2024 regulations of Finnish Racing Championship are to be released in the first part of February. Alongside the regulations, the race format of Open GT class will be released. For example, longer endurance-style races are on the table, allowing driver changes during the race.
Competition number reservations for FRC GT Open, TCR Finland, and V1600 have been opened
Alongside the reveal of the new category, competition numbers for FRC GT Open, TCR Finland, and V1600 classes have been opened. Registration of numbers is done via autourheilu.fi portal. More information about the reservations, as well as the specifics of the categories shown below via: Henri Karjalainen, +358 50 546 0500, henri.karjalainen@autourheilu.fi
FRC GT Open’s classes in a nutshell
Class 1:
Class 1 will consist of the cars with the highest performance. Cars allowed, and expected on the grids, range from generation 992 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars, valid or expired FIA GT3 homologation cars, Ferrari Challenge cars, Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars, as well as cars in accordance with national The Gran Turismo Group 1 rules, excluding GT4 cars.
Class 2:
Class 2 victories will be competed with pure-bred race cars that are on a performance level slightly below the cars of Class 1. Cars competing in Class 2 are V8 Thunder Cars, older generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars (Gen. 991, 997, and older), valid and expired FIA GT4 homologation cars, national The Gran Turismo Group 2 rule cars over 2990cm3, and national Special Saloon category cars over 3250cm3.
Class 3:
Class 3 has the spectacular and modern TCR category cars. Battling for victories are the national The Gran Turismo Group 3 rule cars with engine displacements over 2550cm3, and national Special Saloon cars between 2551cm3 – 3250cm3. Also other national category cars, such as Roadsport and Endurance Saloon, are permitted.
Class 4:
Class 4 includes 2WD cars up to 2550cm3 in displacement. These include, but are not limited to, national The Gran Turismo Group 3 cars up to 2550cm3, national Special Saloon rule cars up to 2550cm3, and the Sport 2000 and Super 2000 cars that were popular around the world during the peak of the category.
FRC Calendar 2024
- 25.-26.5. FRC Kemora, Veteli
- 8.-9.6. FRC Ahvenisto, Hämeenlinna
- 6.-7.7. FRC Botniaring, Jurva
- 10.-11.8. Estonian Grand Prix, Pärnu, Estonia
- 14.-15.9. FRC Alastaro, Virttaa
Contacts
Mika Heinonen, Promoter, FRC
+358 45 77305 990
mika.heinonen@autourheilu.fi
Henri Karjalainen, Operational Manager, Circuit Racing
+358 50 546 0500
mika.heinonen@autourheilu.fi