SUPER GT unlikely to return to Thailand, Malaysia next year

[webfact]

 

By: Rachit Thukral | Co-author: Ken Tanaka

 

SUPER GT is unlikely to race outside of Japan in 2023, with GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh saying that it still remains "difficult" to hold events in Thailand and Malaysia.

 

The tin-top championship announced grand plans for two overseas races in 2020, with the annual Thailand round at Buriram joined by a night race at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

 

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However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic scuppered SUPER GT’s international expansion, ending the championship’s run of annual overseas events that began in 2002.

 

Full story: https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/malaysia-thailand-return-unlikely-2023/10301198/

 

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[topt]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The tin-top championship

Anybody tell me what this means? 

[Rimmer]

A troll post has been removed

[sallecc]

34 minutes ago, topt said:

Anybody tell me what this means? 

Quick & easy Google result:

 

A slang term for race cars that feature a roof and doors, as opposed to single-seater cars like Formula One.

[topt]

1 minute ago, sallecc said:

Quick & easy Google result:

 

A slang term for race cars that feature a roof and doors, as opposed to single-seater cars like Formula One.

Thanks. I didn't even think to look as was thinking a typo..........????‍♂️

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The tin-top championship

 

2 hours ago, topt said:

Anybody tell me what this means? 

Maybe "Tin-pot championship" ?

[zzaa09]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

 

Maybe "Tin-pot championship" ?

Of the barbarous despotic variety?