How blancpain gt series asia is shaking up the market. Blancpain gt series asia sepang 2017 event highlights. The full gt world challenge europe calendar with race information, gallery, videos, highlights and results. Unlike the onemake audi r8 lms asia cup, the 2017 blancpain gt series asia will feature gt3 and gt4 cars from multiple manufacturers. Professional motorsports management team blancpain gt world challenge asia. Mclaren agrees fia inspection on mercedes engine switch.
Encouraged by the success of the blancpain endurance series, worldrenowned swiss watch manufacture blancpain and the sro motorsports group decide at the end of 20 to extend their partnership to the sprint series, previously promoted as the fia gt series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall blancpain gt series title, linking sprint and. The former has several classes, overall, proam, silver and amam, to cater for all driver pairings. Encouraged by the success of the blancpain endurance series, worldrenowned swiss watch manufacture blancpain and the sro. Following the passing of the late 80s and early 90s f1 fad, the asian motorsport scene fell on hard times. The season started on 2 april in misano and ended on 1 october in barcelona. The 2019 blancpain gt world challenge asia is the third season of sro motorsports group and team asia one gt managements blancpain gt world challenge asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in asia. Aditya patel missed out on the 2017 blancpain gt asia title by just a single point, despite taking a double win in the final round in china. Blancpain gt series asia welcome to suzuka 2017 video. Blancpain gt series asia sepang 2017 event highlight program. We will compete in both blancpain gt series asia and lamborghini super trofeo asia, so it will be an intense season but i cannot wait to get started.
Race results 2017 blancpain gt series endurance cup monza. The inaugural blancpain gt series asia campaign will feature a sixround, 12 race calendar in 2017, as well as a number of elements. Kcmg confirms twocar entry for 2017 blancpain gt series asia. The 2017 blancpain gt series asia was the inaugural season of sro motorsports group and team asia one gt managements blancpain gt series asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in asia. Craftbamboo racing, porsches official technical partner team in asia, will contest the inaugural blancpain gt series asia in 2017 with a three porsche entry.
May 14, 2018 kcmgs nissan gtr nismo gt3 cars excelled in the latest round of the blancpain gt series asia with a top three overall finish in sundays race and. Xone racing is a great example of a newly established team taking advantage of the benefits blancpain gt series asia can offer. The races are contested with gt3spec and gt4spec cars. Pirelli nominated as sole tyre supplier for new blancpain gt series. Blancpain gt series asia show full episodes on demand.
Blancpain gt world challenge asia is a multiclass gt championship predominantly catering for gt3 and gt4 cars. Final preparations for the series are in full swing, and with agreements in place with the audi r8 lms cup, lamborghini super trofeo asia and china gt, the blancpain gt series asia is ready for an exciting inaugural season. Aditya will be driving the audi r8 lms gt3 and will partner driver mitch gilbert in the championship. Gt world challenge europe gt world challenge europe. The gt world challenge asia formerly blancpain gt series asia and blancpain gt world challenge asia is a gt series motor racing competition, promoted by the stephane ratel organisation and organized by team asia one gt management. Sro motorsports group announced friday the launch of the blancpain gt series asian cup, confirming the expansion of its highly popular european. Also supporting kcmg in their new asian motorsport effort are champion, hidden cliff, hotelpass and teng tools. Aai motorsports commits two bmw m6 gt3s to blancpain gt series asia season opener endurance sports car bmw sports trophy squad aai motorsports has confirmed a twocar entry for the season opening blancpain gt series asia round at sepang on april 89.
The official facebook page of sros asian gt championship and onethird of the regional gt world challenge. Porsches official asian technical partner team, craftbamboo racing, will enter two of the german marques 911 gt3 rs and a cayman gt4 clubsport mr in blancpain gt series asia this season. Top 10 blancpain gt series crashes of 2017 youtube. The 2017 blancpain gt series endurance cup was the seventh season of the blancpain gt series endurance cup. Shanghai international circuit hosts the first leg of blancpain gt series asias chinese double header this weekend september 2324, and the formula 1 venue could witness a piece of championship history with the awarding of its first titles following rounds in malaysia, thailand and japan the inaugural pancontinental gt3 and gt4 campaign visits chinas most populous city for the. As was the case in 2016, the worlds biggest gt3 series includes ten rounds. The inaugural season of blancpain gt series asia continues at the chang international circuit in buriram, thailand. Aditya patel to compete in 2017 blancpain gt series asia. As a new era for gt racing dawns in sepang, james newbold explores how sros new blancpain gt series asia has changed the regional status quo.
Watch as these proam drivers give it their all at this modern and hightech facility in pursuit of the 2017 drivers championship title. On the eve of the motul sepang 12 hours, stephane ratel introduced the new blancpain gt series asia to the many interested teams and drivers. F1 2020 game gets release date, adds schumacher special pack. The 2017 blancpain gt series was the fourth season of the blancpain gt series. The first of two races from round 4 of the 2017 blancpain gt series asia is about to begin at fuji speedway in oyama, japan. The season featured ten rounds, five endurance cup rounds and five sprint cup rounds. Chang, 20 may 2017 rino mastronardi and rui aguas on the spirit of race ferrari 488 gt3 took their first blancpain gt series asia victories on saturday in the first of the series two races at buriram, thailand. The 2017 blancpain gt series asia was the inaugural season of sro motorsports group and team asia one gt managements blancpain gt series asia. The season began on 14 april at sepang and ended on 14 october at ningbo. Your source for gt world challenge europe live streaming, live timing, news, team.
Encouraged by the success of the blancpain endurance series, worldrenowned swiss watch manufacture blancpain and the sro motorsports group decide at the end of 20 to extend their partnership to the sprint series, previously promoted as the fia gt series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall blancpain gt series title. Fuji race 2 short highlights blancpain gt series asia 2017. From zolder, belgium through the 24hrs of spa to the final race at barcelona spain, everything you need to follow the action. Televised live on regional tv the events were live streamed throughout the globe.
Craft bamboo racing suzuka 2017 blancpain gt series asia. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 hours of spa and the km paul ricard events. Encouraged by the success of the blancpain endurance series, worldrenowned swiss watch manufacture blancpain and the sro motorsports group decide at the end of 20 to extend. Watch gt racers in the proam, silver, and amateur classes fight for the checkered flag on this 2. The hong kongbased squad is one of asias finest having claimed the tcr international teams title in 2016. Blancpain gt series asia reveals inaugural calendar and. My sneaking suspicion is that this early announcement combined with sros current reputation for success and expansion, is a pretty heavy suggestion to gt asia that they should come to sro for a merger deal before they get. The season began on 23 april at monza and ended on 1 october in barcelona. The seventh and eighth rounds of the blancpain gt series asia 2018 were held at the fuji speedway over the weekend, and saw indias aditya patel along with teammate mitch gilbert manage to. This also marks the european blancpain gt series making its maiden foray to asia with the blancpain gt series asia.
Pirelli has expanded its prestigious gt racing portfolio with an agreement to exclusively supply the newly created blancpain gt series asia. Aditya patel and his teammate from od racing, mitch gilbert had a disappointing race weekend at suzuku in the 2017 blancpain gt series. From 2017 its successful format provides the basis of a new series that will be held across asia. Blancpain gt series asia championships racing sports cars. Starting there are 29 gt3 entries on the 16turn, 4. Championship blancpain gt series asia list of all races of the championship including all years it. The calendar for the 2017 season of the blancpain gt series 2017 blancpain gt series schedule released has been finalised. Blancpain gt asia the spirit of race ferrari wins at. Final preparations for the series are in full swing, and with agreements in place with the audi r8 lms cup, lamborghini super trofeo asia and china gt, the blancpain gt.
All 2017 blancpain gt series asia races are scheduled to not clash with the european edition and the intercontinental gt challenge, as well as other relevant competitions. On 21 april 2017, porsche motorsport asia pacific was launched at the auto shanghai motor show by alex gibot, jacky ickx, earl bamber and porsche motorsport sales director uwe brettel. The races were contested with gt3spec and gt4spec cars. Gotemba, 17 august 2017 blancpain gt asias inaugural campaign continues at fuji speedway in japan this weekend. Craftbamboo racing confirms porsche gt3 and gt4 blancpain. The blancpain gt series is a fiaapproved motorsport championship that originated in europe.
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Your source for gt world challenge europe live streaming, live timing, news, team and driver profiles, video highlights, photos and event information. Sro motorsports group has confirmed the calendar for the inaugural blancpain gt series asia, which will feature six rounds over 12 races next year. Live fuji qualifying blancpain gt series asia 2017. Live coverage of this weekends first hourlong blancpain gt series asia race from sepang, which is hosting the championships inaugural event. Gt world challenge asia powered by aws organisers, sro motorsports group, have made further changes to this years calendar in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. New for 2017 blancpain gt asia was an unrivalled success with large grids and competitive racing. Blancpain gt asia championship launched sportscar365. Having showcased his mettle in the audi r8 lms asia cup for two seasons, ace indian driver aditya patel will race in the blancpain gt series asia championship in 2017. Short highlight race 1 blancpain gt series asia buriram 2017.
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