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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">27/10/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Ratel</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">No to exotica</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/atelNo%20tFIA.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> Staphane Ratel has spoken out against the new breed of road going super cars, claiming that they will take the racing out of the reach of the privateer.<BR> <BR> Speaking on the subject, Stephane said, “It is my view that we could put the health of the series in jeopardy if we allow in million dollar supercars.”<BR> <BR> It is believed that a cap on price for the road car versions will be put into place to help safe guard the privateers against the potential of rising costs, unfortunately there is no mention of keeping tight reins of the cost of the race car.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>