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7 Mar 2019, 17:40 (Ref:3888949) | #101 | |
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Apparently Mclarens Blancpain programme will be announced within a week
I think this is pretty much the large major effort yet to be announced, other than some of the Am Ferrari’s Actually, nothing from attempto yet too |
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8 Mar 2019, 10:29 (Ref:3889109) | #103 | |
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More news:
Villorba Corse move to Mercedes for Paul Ricard and Spa only- Villorba Corse - Mercedes AMG GT3*- Mauro Calamia / Robert Pampanini / TBA (Partial Season) Reno Racing look likely to enter a Honda NSX GT3 Evo in Blancpain And AKKA ASP confirm another one of their Sprint lineups- AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3*- Nico Bastian / Thomas Neubauer |
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8 Mar 2019, 12:02 (Ref:3889133) | #105 | |
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This is got to be the Mclaren factory programme surely-
- Racing Engineering studied a GT3 program that was to mix Blancpain GT Series and International GT Open. Finally, Alfonso de Orleand Borbon's team will provide technical support to a team running in Blancpain GT Series but not under its own name. From Endurance Info French site |
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The Button Rocket car may well be running Silver but I think with a high publicity name on board Honda will be seeing the opportunity to tie in and show more support in the long run. Id guess thatd be the effort theid want to get behind if any, JB is a Honda driver / ambassador after all, and RJN are a pretty professional and quality team. Seems like this years effort is a precursor |
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11 Mar 2019, 10:12 (Ref:3889601) | #108 | |
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FFF Racing Team lineups announced
Endurance: FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Andrea Caldarelli / Marco Mapelli / Dennis Lind FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Phil Keen / Franck Perera / Giovanni Venturini FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Taylor Proto / Diego Menchaca / Michele Beretta Sprint: FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Andrea Caldarelli / Marco Mapelli FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Phil Keen / Hiroshi Hamaguchi FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Taylor Proto / Diego Menchaca |
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11 Mar 2019, 10:27 (Ref:3889604) | #109 | |
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Test days for the Blancpain Endurance Cup and Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe start in 2 days time, so I expect we will see formal entry list very soon.
Heres how it looks like it stands- Around capacity full season entries for the Sprint Cup, 25 with a capacity limit of 26. And again a pretty huge 53 expected cars full season in Endurance, with an additional 4 cars already announced for Spa Only, plus the partial season including Paul Ricard and Spa for Villorba Corse. We can expect to see plenty more cars at Spa of course. So both series look like they will have bigger grids this year, Endurance up by a few (announced 50 last year), and Sprint up pretty nicely with potentially a 25% increase on last years announced full season entry. Endurance - 53-58 Cars AF Corse - Ferrari 488 GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3*- Michael Meadows / Raffaele Marcello / Vincent Abril AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3*- Jean-Luc Beaubelique / Mauro Ricci / Jim Pla AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3* AKKA ASP - Mercedes AMG GT3* Attempto Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA / TBA Attempto Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA / TBA Barwell Motorsport- Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Sandy Mitchell / TBA / TBA Barwell Motorsport- Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA / TBA Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3*- Andy Soucek / Maxime Soulet / TBA Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3*- Steven Kane / Jules Gounon / Jordan Pepper Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3*- Lucas Ordonez / Alex Buncombe / Markus Palttala (Spa Only) Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3*- Seb Morris / Callum Macleod / Rodrigo Baptista (Spa Only) Black Falcon - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Patrick Assenheimer / TBA / TBA Black Falcon - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Boutsen Ginion - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Claude-Yves Gosselin / TBA / TBA Boutsen Ginion - BMW M6 GT3 - Karim Ojjeh / TBA / TBA Daiko Lazarus Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Fabrizio Crestani / Nicolas Pohler / Kris Richard Dinamic Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Klaus Bachler / Andrea Rizzoli / Sean Hudspeth FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Andrea Caldarelli / Marco Mapelli / Dennis Lind FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Phil Keen / Franck Perera / Giovanni Venturini FFF Racing Team - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Taylor Proto / Diego Menchaca / Michele Beretta Garage 59 Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Andrew Watson / Johnny Adam / TBA Garage 59 Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Chris Goodwin / Alexander West / TBA GP Extreme - Porsche 911 GT3 R - TBA / TBA / TBA Grasser GRT - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Mirko Bortolotti / Christian Engelhart / TBA Grasser GRT - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Rolf Ineichen / TBA / TBA Herbert Motorsport - 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Porsche 911 GT3 R - Derk Werner / Denis Olsen / Matt Campbell ROWE Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Nick Tandy / Fred Makowiecki / Patrick Pilet (Spa Only) Santiloc Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Markus Winklehock / TBA / TBA Santiloc Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Christopher Haase / TBA / TBA Schubert Motorsport - BMW M6 GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Strakka Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3*- Nick Leventis / Chris Buncombe / Lewis Williamson SunEnergy1 Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Target Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA / TBA Team Parker Racing - Bentley Continental GT3 - TBA / TBA Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo*- TBA / TBA / TBA Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo*- TBA / TBA / TBA Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo*- TBA / TBA / TBA Tempesta Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Chris Froggatt / Chris Buncombe / Jonathan Hui TF Sport - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Ahmed Al-Harty / TBA / TBA Villorba Corse - Mercedes AMG GT3*- Mauro Calamia / Robert Pampanini / TBA (Partial Season) Sprint - 25-27 Cars AF Corse - 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Santiloc Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Markus Winklehock / Steven Palette
Santiloc Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Christopher Haase / Simon Gachet |
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Official entry list is 49 in Endurance and 24 in Sprint:
https://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/...-2019-campaign |
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Lexus are also no longer on the list for Sprint, Black Falcon & Grasser are both doing only one car instead of 2 each. Santeloc 2 cars instead of three. No PRO BMW's anywhere to be seen! |
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Overall ended up fairly disappointing grids, the endurance is actually smaller than last year even though they are boasting a stronger field.
Cant get my head around why Mclaren hired so many factory drivers if they arent running Blancpain |
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I bought plane tickets for nothing to see at Monza.
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That seems a little extreme. What is missing other than McLarens? 49 cars - probably over 50 by the time the event comes around - at Monza will still be awesome.
It's perhaps a sign of how spoiled we've become by this series if a 49-car, 10-make field feels underwhelming. |
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High quality grids. Two of the most competitive racing series in the world. Face it!
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If anybody wants to see more Nissans and Hondas, watching a few Super GT races this year would a good idea. Actually they even have a McLaren signed up.
It's a shame there are no manufacturers, but I can't complain much about a 50 car grid. |
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The newest MC 720 is missing. Also Corvette C7, Jaguar, Nissan, Emil Frey racing and so on... Honda, Lexus BMW are for colour. What actually Rathel is organizing? Lambo cup or high expenses Italian-German gt3 brands club? Would be more interesting to visit some lakes and sights in Lombardy , |
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