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CP
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 Posted - 13 Mar 2012 : 12:21:22
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The FIA GT1 World Championship’s immediate future has been secured following the signing of three new teams for the 2012 season.
After months of behind-the-scenes effort by series promoters the SRO Motorsports Group, the make-up of the 2012 field has been confirmed, with nine brands set to be represented at the first race in France (Nogaro) on 6-9 April.
Stephane Ratel, founder and CEO of the SRO, was instrumental in bringing together the deals that has put Aston Martin (Valmon Racing Team Russia), Porsche (China GT1 Team) and Ford (Sunred Engineering) on the grid for the coming season.
The new signings bring the entry list up to the 18-car contractual minimum required for the series to continue as an FIA World Championship.
“I am delighted that the Stephane Ratel Organisation was able to orchestrate the establishment of three additional teams to bring the grid up to 18,” said Ratal.
“They are all SRO-engineered teams: we have found the cars, we have found someone to run them and we have found the drivers.”
Ferrari (AF Corse), Mercedes (All-Inkl Münnich Motorsport), McLaren (Hexis), Lamborghinin (Reiter Engineering), BMW (Vita4One) and Audi (WRT) entries had been previously confirmed for the championship.
After two seasons run under its unique GT1 regulations, the class has switched to GT3 rules for 2012, allowing the influx of new brands to take place.
See below for the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship entry list
Team Nat. Car
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport DEU Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
AF Corse ITA Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
WRT BEL Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS
Hexis Racing FRA McLaren GT MP4-12C GT3 McLaren GT MP4-12C GT3
Reiter Engineering* DEU Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4
Valmon Racing Team Russia* RUS Aston Martin DBRS9/Vantage Aston Martin DBRS9/Vantage
China GT1 Team* CHN Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 911 GT3 R
Sunred* ESP Ford GT Ford GT
Vita4one RACINGTEAM* DEU BMW E89 Z4 BMW E89 Z4
http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/03/13/ratel-completes-late-fia-gt1-rescue-deals/
Over to you now Mr McPhillamy
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HDT05
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DC
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Posted - 15 Mar 2012 : 00:52:30
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| Not overly excited, but it is abit of good news. |
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rps788
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CP
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Posted - 15 Mar 2012 : 23:07:47
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JRM who were last years champions have developed a GT3 spec Nissan GTR for the European Championship, so somewhere along the line, we might see one in the GT3 World Championship.
It would be good to see a round of it in Australia.
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piston
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Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 22:56:58
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The first two rounds of the gt1 championship have been crackers much better now they are under the gt3 rules, the races are a bit short imo, which why i like the blancpain eundurance series http://www.blancpain-endurance-series.com/ better. Round one at monza was a good race 50+ gt3 cars at the start that sound was just pure magic  |
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CP
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Posted - 06 Jul 2012 : 11:44:02
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Was just listening to Midweek Motorsport and the two Chinese rounds have been cancelled, and there might be one less team due to unpaid bills.
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DJRford
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Mr.McPhillamy
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Posted - 06 Jul 2012 : 19:19:08
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No great surprise, the series died in the meeting room in 2009 when they decided to separate GT1 and 2.
Now they're getting 23/24/25 cars COMBINED in FIA GT1 and GT3.
It's a ticking bomb, Blancpain and GT Open are clearly what the teams want from their racing, not the FIA ****. |
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CP
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Posted - 06 Jul 2012 : 20:15:22
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| How many cars are they getting at each Blancpain meeting? |
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rps788
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Mr.McPhillamy
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Posted - 19 Jul 2012 : 12:10:55
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Originally posted by CP
How many cars are they getting at each Blancpain meeting?
over 50 at all 3 rounds so far haha.
All top quality too. |
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CP
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Posted - 19 Jul 2012 : 13:23:12
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Since the SRO have announced the end of GT3, what does that mean for the manufacturers that build GT3 spec cars in the near future?
50 cars is a pretty good turnout though. |
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rps788
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CP
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Posted - 09 Nov 2012 : 10:30:27
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| Despite the fact that Ratels GT World Championship is dead, it has now been revived as as the FIA GT World Series, from this weeks RLM Midweek Motorsport. |
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2012 FIA GT1(3) World Championship
