The build-up to the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season gathered momentum today with two significant announcements. Stephanel Ratel, Founder and CEO of SRO Motorsports Group, confirmed that negotiations had been on-going on several fronts over the past few months and SRO was now in a position to begin announcing a number of key developments […]
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The Young Driver Aston Martin team completed a stunning double in a dramatic ninth round of the championship in Beijing. The combination of Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke in the Nr8 car took the chequered flag in the Championship Race to record their first victory of the 2011 season. The result crowned a perfect two […]
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Aston Martin romped to a podium clean sweep in a rain-soaked Qualifying Race in Beijing. The Nr7 Young Driver DB9 of Tomas Enge and Alex Muller took the race victory at Goldenport circuit from their stablemates Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke in the Nr8. Third was the Hexis AMR Nr4 of Andrea Piccini and Christian […]
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The iconic Olympic Park in Beijing will reverberate to the glorious sound of GT1 racing cars when the Beijing GT1 World Supercars event takes place this Sunday evening, September 11. The event will feature a demonstration street race by the cars competing in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship. Race cars such as Aston Martin […]
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Stephane Ratel, the CEO of the Stephane Ratel Organisation (SRO), officially announced today that seven teams had confirmed their solid commitment to the 2012 GT World project. The teams confirmed are Young Driver AMR (Aston Martin), Team WRT (Audi), Marc VDS (BMW), Vita4One Racing (Ferrari), Belgian Racing (Ford), All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport (Lamborghini), JRM Motorsport (Nissan). […]
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Over 10,000 visitors witnessed a Nissan double victory in the seventh round of the FIA GT1 World Championship at Paul Ricard with the JRM Motorsports No.23 GT-R of Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr taking the win in the Championship Race to add to yesterday’s Qualifying Race victory. The German pair were able to control the […]
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Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr in the JRM Nissan GT-R No.23 won the Qualifying Race at a scorching hot Paul Ricard. The German pair led home Tomas Enge and Alex Muller in the Young Driver Aston Martin No.7 with Enge pulling off an audacious last-lap move on the pole-sitting No.22 JRM car of British duo […]
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Under clear blue skies and blazing sunshine , in the nr22 JR Motorsports Nissan GT-R, went fastest In the first session of the weekend at Paul Ricard with a lap time of 2:04.335. David Brabham, in the nr21 Sumo Power GT Nissan GT-R, went 2nd fastest with his best of 2:04.840. It looked like a […]
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The All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Team completed the domination of the Navarra weekend with another 1-2 in the Championship Race for Round 6 of the FIA GT1 World Championship. This time it was the nr37 pairing of Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwäger who stepped onto the top step of the podium for the first time. Starting […]
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Dominik Schwager, All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport No.37 (1st) “I had a pretty good start and made up a few positions. I could have taken a few more risks and move up but I decided to take it easy. It took me a while to pass the Corvette (DKR No.47). We had a few problems with the […]
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The bull well and truly roared in Navarra this afternoon when the All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Lamborghinis underlined their total domination of the sixth round with a one-two finish in the Championship Race. Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli, starting from the fourth row of the grid due to an engine change penalty carried over from Silverstone, […]
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The All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini team gave an excellent display of formation flying to complete a one-two finish in the Qualifying Race at Navarra. Marc Basseng and Marcus Winkelhock took the chequered flag in the No.38 car from pole position with the sister car, the Lamborghini No.37 of Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwäger, close behind […]
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JRM Nissan claimed the Tourist Trophy with a thrilling victory in the Championship Race at Silverstone. Less than half a second separated the top three cars at the finish, with the No.7 Young Driver Aston Martin and No.11 Exim Bank Team China Corvette swarming over the back of the lead Nissan. Lucas Luhr held on […]
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The No.11 Exim Bank Team China Corvette of Mike Hezemans and Andreas Zuber continued its impressive form at Silverstone by topping this morning’s Warm Up. Having sealed pole position for yesterday’s Qualifying Race, the Corvette was the only car to dip below the 2 minute barrier in cool morning conditions. It will start today’s Championship […]
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Jamie Campbell-Walter, Sumo Power GT Nissan GT-R No.21 “Having won the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone last year in the Sumo Power GT Nissan GTR, needless to say, I am really looking forward to going back there. I think the car will be really well suited to the fast sweeping corners and long straights. “The key […]
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In this extract from his regular column, David Brabham, the Sumo Power GT Nissan GT-R driver says the team is reaping rewards from a lot of hard work behind the scenes … Looking back at the last two rounds of the championship, you can really start to see the potential of the Sumo Power GT […]
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Reigning FIA GT1 champion Michael Bartels took his Vita4One Ferrari 458 Italia to victory in the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Navarra. Bartels shared the car with former Reiter Engineering GT1 Lamborghini driver Frank Kechele and Nico Verdonck, who featured for the Triple H Maserati team in the 2010 GT1 series. The […]
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Andrea Piccini and Christian Hohenadel took their Hexis Aston Martin No.4 to victory in the Championship Race at Sachsenring. The Hexis pair started from fifth on the grid and stayed clear of a spate of early incidents to secure their first win of the 2011 season.
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Frederic Makowiecki and Maxime Martin continued their stranglehold on the weekend by putting their No.41 Marc VDS Ford GT top in today’s Warm Up. Under slightly overcast conditions – patches of rain were temporarily reported at turn 12 – Ford showed extremely strongly, with three cars finishing inside the top four.
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FIA GT1 World Championship have put together a highlight package from the Qualifying Race at Sachsenring. Sit back, turn up the volume and enjoy!
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February 8, 2012
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