VGLNTE1

I just heard Risi is pulling out of ALMS all together this year because they have no funding...

sorry Oliver!!!

C5ZEE06

thats a damn shame ! very sorry to hear this....local team and all....

Jason

Hard to sell sponsorship when you're not on TV.

VGLNTE1

I was upset to hear Melo was out. His battles against the corvette team were great

ErnieN85

harder to watch it too

davidfarmer

are they sticking to Grand Am, or nothing at all? GM is getting closer to having GT2 all to themselves just like they did in GTS/GT1!

VGLNTE1

There is alot in gt2. Lotus and aston martin just joined this year as well

95jersey

Ferarri was the main competitor for Corvette, with them out, they should definately see some more podiums this year

ZoomFreakinZoom

They still have FLM to race with, fully backed by Porsche they'll be strong again this year...they always are. I hope we see a Risi car in Grand-Am or something, real shame they pulled out.

VGLNTE1

If anything, its the bmw team thats kickin ***

95jersey

VERY TRUE!!! Should be a great Sebring.

geezerman

kinda sad to hear about this, if it's true,...saw the ferrari's racing against the porsches, vettes, beemer m3's,..jags, and astons at the balt. grand prix last year,...and while not a big fan of ferrari's [esp. now that they don't even make a manual anymore!],..they sounded awesome, and were always very competitve against their arch rivals,..those 911 gt3rsr's!,...money is tight, and manufacturers are starting to find it difficult to splurge on these kinds of things,...a great loss to the amer. lemans series,..which i follow fairly closely,..sad, in my opinion...

Painrace

They should be with all the advantages given them!

Jim

geezerman

on a side note,..was watching some race recently,..[my geezer afflicted brain can't remember which one!],..and some female sporting journo was getting set to interview the owner of the risi team,...and she more than insinuated that the guy was a total d-bag,...she said he's basically a real *****,..and very hard and unfriendly to get any info out of,..so when she did get a, like 2 minute interview with him,..he was, yes,..basically very rude and more than a total tool,..too bad,...just seemed loke a real a-hole,...when they interviewed the vette teams, and the beemer teams, porsche etc., those guys were MUCH more out-going and sunny in their disposition,..so, i'm a big believer in karma,..being the old hippy i am,...so,..what goes around,..comes around?...

sspeed30043

Jaguar is out also....

6SPEEDZ

The Patron Ferrari's are still racing in ALMS this year. Not to mention Aston is supposed to be back.

heavychevy

This is bad for ALMS GT. However with the GT field so deep now they can afford to lose one top team.

Are they definitely out for the whole season? All I have been able to find is that they won't be at the 12hr.

http://www.risicompetizione.net/arti...urs-of-sebring

VGLNTE1

What?! Damn it. That was a cool car and sounded great. They never caught a break.

sdurg24

They sure did last year and it was frustrating to watch. I understand (although it's hard to get good info) that BMW has lost some of its rules initiated advantages in power. That should make C6R more competitive.

sdurg24

Any chance of getting him back?