The Australian GT series has lost one of it’s major drawcards with the withdrawal of John Teulan’s Mosler team.

Teulan hit out at Australian GT organisers, saying that that despite encouragement to enter the series, it had now become pretty clear they wanted to get rid of the car.

“The organisers want us out there to help the flash car parade, but this way we may as well drive a local taxi” he said.

Teulan said that the car had undergone no less than 8 parity changes in it’s short two meeting local history that had created confusion and made the car potentially dangerous to drive.

“the standard car is 1200 Kilos, in Europe they run at 1300, by the time we’re finished we’d be carrying an extra 450 kgs at Phillip Island and that’s not to mention the ride height and air restrictors.”

Teulan said that changes to the car after the first race in Melbourne had already slowed the car by around three seconds a lap “now they want to slug us another 80kg”

Air restrictors had already cost the car around 35% of it’s power and the ride height changes had left the car in a potentially dangerous racing condition.

“These things are not touring cars, they are designed with a certain ride height and if you start messing to much with it the car can become almost undrivable at high speed.”

Teulan was at a loss to explain where the motivation for the restrictions on the car had come from. “We met all competitors at Sandown last year, it was an open book everything was explained and they all approved.”

Teulan also said that the Australian GT organisers needed to make it clear about their attitude to so called seeded drivers or scrap then all together.

“I’ve never seen it clearly written as to how they decide who is seeded and who’s not.” he said.

Teulan told In Pit Lane that he was privileged to be on the track with drivers of the calibre of Craig Baird, Jim Richards, Allan Simonsen & John Bowe and he felt most of the other drivers would agree.

A fear of losing numbers to other series, especially the new Carrera Cup GT3 Challenge was motivating much of the paranoia surrounding seeded drivers and cars like the Mosler he said.

“Some people are trying to ensure they don’t loose out to the Carrera Cup GT3 challenge or if they revive the Carrera Cup for next year. But you can’t keep everybody happy, you have got to look after people who are the core of the show. This category of racing is very broad and it is complex but if you keep getting erratic decisions then the class won’t grow, it’s better for everyone if there are clear & steady rules”

Teulan denied Internet rumours that the cars have already been sold but did admit that he was looking at opportunities to race overseas.

“It’s is eligible for Spa (the 24 hours) and we’ll look at other races like Dubai and Sepang”

Teulan said that he regretted having to make the decision to withdraw and had been in constant touch with series organisers in order to find a way continue,

“We made a number of conciliatory moves towards Terry. (Terry Little from the Australian GT Championship) We explained our reasoning and tried to find solutions, in the end they heard what we had to say and then they just said no.”

In a statement released earlier today the Australian GT Championship said that they were disappointed with the team’s decision but had endeavoured to work with the Mosler team, “notwithstanding that the regulations regarding parity in the Championship will not be compromised.”

The statement said that it “understands that the Mosler marque will return to the 2009 Australian GT Championship later in the season.”

No way, says Teulan, the local distributor for the car. “We have had some interest from other people about running cars in the series but under the current situation what would be the point.”