2011 GT Brasil Championship

Erick Cunha · 3 Feb 2011, 21:59 (Ref:2825385)

Schedule present at the championship site:

April 10 - Interlagos
May 1 - São Paulo-Anhembi (supporting the IndyCar Series)
May 22 - Santa Cruz do Sul
June 26 - Londrina
July 24 - Campo Grande
August 28 - Jacarepaguá
September 11 - Interlagos (TBC)
October 23 - Curitiba (supporting the FIA GT1 World Championship)
November 6 - Potrero de los Funes, Argentina (supporting the FIA GT1 World Championship)
December 18 - Interlagos

The championship will follow the same 2-class format seen in 2010 (with GT3 and GT4 cars), and now will be accompanied by the Mercedes-Benz Grand Challenge, a one-make championship using the Mercedes-Benz C250 CGI, in 8 of its 10 rounds.

NaBUru38 · 4 Feb 2011, 15:32 (Ref:2825723)

I'd love them to come to Uruguay, be it Punta del Este with the Top Race or the planned return of the Montevideo Grand Prix.

Juntos · 4 Feb 2011, 16:22 (Ref:2825757)

Heard one Lamborghini GT3 left Hong Kong in January for Brasilia.

**FIRE** · 5 Feb 2011, 12:08 (Ref:2826101)

Any photos of the Mercedes C250 racing car?

Erick Cunha · 5 Feb 2011, 13:08 (Ref:2826127)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Any photos of the Mercedes C250 racing car?

NaBUru38 · 5 Feb 2011, 13:14 (Ref:2826132)

Not for now, Fire.

nasdriv87 · 15 Feb 2011, 22:54 (Ref:2831876)

and here's audi...

another brazilian make series... dtcc audi series A3

NaBUru38 · 16 Feb 2011, 14:11 (Ref:2832142)

Driver Touring Car Cup - Audi A3 2.0 TFSI, 230cv

Wow, a copycat of the Mercedes Grand Challange and Linea Trophy.

Erick Cunha · 17 Feb 2011, 23:03 (Ref:2833047)

Back to the topic:

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Itaipava GT Brasil will have a technical and sports comission in 2011

The old saying goes that "two heads are better than one". Three, then, no need to comment. Especially when it comes to people who understand it much. On this season, the teams and drivers of the Itaipava GT Brasil will have available a comission formed by three experts from different areas to analyze the technical and sports issues of the "dream cars championship": the GT Comission.

The comission will be formed by former Formula 1 driver Wilson Fittipaldi, Jr., the Itaipava GT Brasil technical manager Ivo Sznelwar, and the comission president Clóvis Matsumoto, from the Brazilian Motorsports Confederation. The comission will have its own rulebook, approved by the Brazilian Motorsports Confederation, guaranteeing autonomy and flexibility in decisions regarding the championship.

"The commission was created to examine claims of teams and drivers, with significant immediate decision on some key issues. We'll receive the claims and analyze together to decide the better for the championship, on the more thoughtful way possible, without authoritarianism", comment the Itaipava GT Brasil technical manager, Ivo Sznelwar. The comission, formed on this month (February), will be in action even before the first round.

PERFORMANCE BALANCING

Together with the announcement of the GT Comission, the championship confirmed two days for the preseason testing, for the Performance Balancing. The testing session will be at Interlagos in March 16-17. During the tests, all cars will be examined by the official test drivers (not announced yet).

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BMG Racing confirms Valdeno Brito and Matheus Stumpf for the 2011 season

It's possible to say that BMG Racing did a perfect season in 2010. Won the Teams Championship and also the GT3 Drivers Championship. There was no reason to change the recipe for the 2011 season. And don't changed: the team confirmed on this week that will stay with the defending champions, Valdeno Brito and Matheus Stumpf, and they also renewed contract with the other two drivers, Juliano Moro and Paulo Bonifácio.

Both duos will once again driving the Ford GT. "I think that Valdeno and Matheus had an outstanding performance last year, today we have a very close-knit team and we chose to keep all members, including the other duo with Bonifácio and Juliano. Of course, we are bringing young professionals to this team, but we made sure to keep the structure that proved successful", said team principal Antonio Hermann.

On the last season, Valdeno Brito and Matheus Stumpf won more races than any other duo: a total of five. Achieved the podium in almost all races that thay finished and won the title with one round remaining. All with a car that does not always began the weekend as the fastest, but certainly proved to be one of the most reliable - were only two DNFs throughout the year.

"It was a breakout year, the connectedness of the whole team was excellent and I am very happy for the opportunity to continue racing at BMG, especially maintaining partnership with Matheus. We managed to set up a car that pleases two riding styles and this is a very important differential considering that the championship is becoming increasingly difficult. Repeat the recipe that has worked has always been our talk and now we have this opportunity", says Valdeno Brito.

If they win this year championship, the duo can do the same that was done by Andreas Mattheis/Xandy Negrão (Sr.), the biggest winners in the category, who won both 2007 and 2008 championships. Knowing well the car is a factor that should help in this journey for another title - when the season began last year, BMG was still doing their first races with the Ford GT. "There is no doubt that this experience is positive", said Antonio Hermann.

Hermann also says: "We know the equipment very well and we're opening the season with everything completely revised, engine, gearbox, all brand new, so the car can deliver a performance as good as in 2010". The team already started private preseason testing, preparing for the opening round of the championship, on April 10 at Interlagos.

Erick Cunha · 24 Mar 2011, 00:02 (Ref:2852198)

According with two Twitter posts by Team CRT, calendar approved by the Brazilian Confederation is different of what was announced:

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Originally Posted by Team CRT

Attention to the official calendar approved by the CBA for the 2011 GT Brasil season. Dates mantained but cities changed and Argentine round cancelled.

April 10 - Interlagos
May 1 - São Paulo-Anhembi (supporting the IndyCar Series)
May 22 - Curitiba
June 26 - Santa Cruz do Sul
July 24 - Curitiba
August 28 - Jacarepaguá
September 11 - Interlagos (TBC)
October 23 - Campo Grande
November 6 (or 13) - Londrina
December 18 - Interlagos (on the Twitter post appears as November 18 - can also be November 20)

kurski · 4 Apr 2011, 19:53 (Ref:2858788)

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Jean-Marc Gounon highlights level of GT Itaipava Brazil

The word is from those who know very well the major international competitions of Gran Turismo. Winner of 24 hours of Le Mans in 1997, Frenchman Jean-Marc Gounon, 48 years old, was impressed with the high level of models registered for the season of GT Itaipava Brazil in 2011. The pilot was hired by SRO Auto + and Latin America to the drills Entertainment balance of performance achieved fourth (16) and Thursday (17) on the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo."I can only compare with Europe, as do the Same work there, and Certainly the level of the cars here are very good. DURING These two days of testing, I nudged work with all models and CAN only thank the teams and the Organization That helped Provided me and the car tight. Thus, I Believe We Can Develop a good work Towards a more balanced league, "said Jean-Marc Gounon.

The information provided by him and Brazilian Enrique Bernoldi will now be Analyzed by the GT and then never come to the Brazilian Confederation of Motor Sport. The Data Will Be Key To Setting the Rules for disclosure of the initial balance of performance cars in the GT Itaipava Brazil. Technical director and member of the GT class, Ivo Sznelwar, praised the work of test pilots.

"One thing people do Not Know Is that the test driver has Thurs sit in the car and speed To Be as Fast as Possible. They must do the Same Work is all cars, cloudy draw the line of conduct for all, thus having " the ideal parameter to work ". And the work of Gounon and Bernoldi was fantastic," praised the Technical Director, how the Commission with former GT driver Wilson Fittipaldi and Clovis Matsumoto, CBA.

"In addition to finding that balance between the cars, the pilot has yet to fly them with 60 liters fuel tank, which represents more than half a tank of GT3 and nearly three quarters of GT4. So no time is the classification that concerns us but steady performance that can be attained in a race, to evaluate several parameters such as tire wear, which affects the evidence, "explains Ivo Sznelwar.

The two days of practice served as a pre-season, bringing together many of the subscribers to the GT championship Itaipava Brazil, which begins on April 10, precisely at Interlagos. Now, teams and drivers continue to prepare with the particular tests, while the CBA prepares the rules of balance of performance, which are the basis for an uninterrupted work: Commission assesses the performance of the GT cars constantly to ensure the competitiveness of the category.

Erick Cunha · 7 Apr 2011, 16:36 (Ref:2860230)

Unofficial entry list for Round 1 was released:

#	Driver	Team	Car	Class
3	Rafael Derani/Cláudio Ricci	CRT Brasil	Ferrari F430	GT3
5	Paulo Bonifácio/Juliano Moro	BMG Racing	Ford GT	GT3
7	Matheus Stumpf/Valdeno Brito	BMG Racing	Ford GT	GT3
8	Cláudio Dahruj/Rodrigo Sperafico	TNT Energy Team (Scuderia 111)	Chevy Corvette Z06R	GT3
9	Xandy Negrão (Sr.)/Xandy Negrão (Jr.)	A. Mattheis	Audi R8 LMS	GT3
13	Pedro Queirolo	TNT Energy Team (Scuderia 111)	Chevy Corvette Z06R	GT3
16	Marcelo Hahn/Allam Khodair	TBC	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	GT3
18	Fernando Poeta	TBC	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
19	Chico Longo/Daniel Serra	Via Italia	Ferrari F430 Scuderia	GT3
30	Cléber Faria	TBC	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
33	Ricardo Maur�*cio/Bruno Garfinkel	Scuderia 111	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
34	Fábio Casagrande	TBC	Ferrari F430	GT3
61	Fernando Croce/Fernando Gomes Croce	TBC	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	GT3
70	Walter Derani/Antonio Pizzonia	CRT Brasil	Ferrari F430	GT3
75	Henrique Assunção/Ricardo Castropil	TBC	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	GT3
77	João Adibe/Sérgio Jimenez	TBC	Ford GT	GT3
99	Ricardo Ribeiro	TBC	Lamborghini Gallardo LP500	GT3
100	Wagner Ebrahim/Linneu Linardi	TBC	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	GT3
105	Vanue Faria/Renan Guerra	TBC	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
6	Valter Pinheiro	TBC	Maserati Trofeo	GT4
10	Demetrius Mendes/Valter Patroc�*nio	TBC	Maserati Trofeo	GT4
15	Eduardo Souza Ramos/Leandro Almeida	TBC	Aston Martin Vantage	GT4
17	Marcelo Sant'Anna/Christian Pons	TNT Energy Team	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
21	Fábio Greco/Valter Rossete	TBC	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
51	Otávio Mesquita	TBC	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
52	André Posses	TBC	Porsche 996	GT4
57	Sérgio Laganá/Alan Hellmeister	TBC	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
72	Cristiano Federico/Lucas Finger	TBC	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
73	Oswaldo Federico/Marcelo Losasso	TBC	Maserati Trofeo/GT4
81	Carlos Burza/Leonardo Burti	TNT Energy Team	Ginetta G50	GT4
82	Marçal Melo/Willian Freire	TBC	Ginetta G50	GT4
113	Mauricio Jr.	TBC	Maserati Trofeo	GT4

cmk · 7 Apr 2011, 17:51 (Ref:2860248)

Funny that the teams are TBC more than the cars and drivers! Still looks like a great grid for a GT3 series so far from the European centre of the category. A little surprised nobody is running a Porsche though; no Brazilian Porsche dealers interested in a little promotion?

Lppiesaudi · 7 Apr 2011, 18:49 (Ref:2860273)

Does anyone know if the A. Mattheis Motorsport entry of the #9 Audi R8 LMS is confirmed? Are they going to use the R8 LMS or their Ford GT? Also are they going to run the R8 LMS in the Brazilian Endurance Championship like last year?, and does the Brazilian Endurance Championship have a website?

Erick Cunha · 7 Apr 2011, 21:35 (Ref:2860328)

The entry list only contained drivers and cars. Only a few is known about the teams, and I only added the known ones. There are about 5 Porsches in Brazil, none is entered on this round (the last time a Porsche was seen was in the Interlagos finale last year, and this after a long absence). By now, the #9 Audi will race. I will find the information about the teams and add to the entry list.

nasdriv87 · 8 Apr 2011, 02:34 (Ref:2860370)

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Originally Posted by cmk

Funny that the teams are TBC more than the cars and drivers! Still looks like a great grid for a GT3 series so far from the European centre of the category. A little surprised nobody is running a Porsche though; no Brazilian Porsche dealers interested in a little promotion?

well, the majority of them is running porsche cup GT3 here

http://www.porsche.com.br/gt3cup/

they had tried to run in brazilian gt3 few races back, but no luck at all and all drivers gave up from them...

nasdriv87 · 8 Apr 2011, 02:43 (Ref:2860372)

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Originally Posted by Lppiesaudi

Does anyone know if the A. Mattheis Motorsport entry of the #9 Audi R8 LMS is confirmed? Are they going to use the R8 LMS or their Ford GT? Also are they going to run the R8 LMS in the Brazilian Endurance Championship like last year?, and does the Brazilian Endurance Championship have a website?

yep, there is... http://www.enduranceseries.com.br/

but no sure if it'll occur this year... too many mistakes done by CBA

Erick Cunha · 10 Apr 2011, 02:29 (Ref:2861101)

#16 Lamborghini (Allam Khodair/Marcelo Hahn) won Race 1. Race 2 starts 12:30 LT (15:30 GMT).

NaBUru38 · 29 Apr 2011, 18:37 (Ref:2871852)

The second date is this weekend at Sao Paulo's Anhembi, joining the Sao Paulo Indy 300. Some drivers to watch are Ricardo Mauricio, Allam Khodair, Antonio Pizzonia, Xandinho Negrao adn Valdeno Brito.

Erick Cunha · 30 Apr 2011, 15:09 (Ref:2872074)

In Round 1, the #16 Lamborghini won Race 1 and the #9 Audi won Race 2. Here is the entry list for Round 2:

#	Driver	Team	Car	Class
3	Rafael Derani/Cláudio Ricci	CRT Brasil	Ferrari F430	GT3
5	Paulo Bonifácio/Juliano Moro	BMG Racing (AH Competições)	Ford GT	GT3
7	Matheus Stumpf/Valdeno Brito	BMG Racing (AH Competições)	Ford GT	GT3
8	Cláudio Dahruj/Rodrigo Sperafico	TNT Energy Team (Scuderia 111)	Chevy Corvette Z06R	GT3
9	Xandy Negrão (Sr.)/Xandy Negrão (Jr.)	A. Mattheis	Audi R8 LMS	GT3
13	Pedro Queirolo	TNT Energy Team (Scuderia 111)	Chevy Corvette Z06R	GT3
16	Marcelo Hahn/Allam Khodair	Blausiegel (Full Time)	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	GT3
18	Fernando Poeta/Andersom Toso	Sul Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
19	Chico Longo/Daniel Serra	Via Italia	Ferrari F458 Italia	GT3
30	Cléber Faria	Itaipava Racing Team (CRT)	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
33	Ricardo Maur�*cio/Bruno Garfinkel	Scuderia 111	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
61	Fernando Croce/Fernando Gomes Croce	Blue Spirit/Ebrahim	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	GT3
70	Walter Derani/Antonio Pizzonia	CRT Brasil	Ferrari F430	GT3
75	Henrique Assunção/Ronaldo Kastropil	Blue Spirit/Ebrahim	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	GT3
99	Ricardo Ribeiro/Rafael Daniel	Scuderia 111	Lamborghini Gallardo LP500	GT3
100	Wagner Ebrahim/Linneu Linardi	Corinthians/Ebrahim	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	GT3
105	Vanue Faria/Renan Guerra	Itaipava Racing Team (CRT)	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	GT3
6	Valter Pinheiro	Guerra Motorsport	Maserati Trofeo	GT4
15	Eduardo Souza Ramos/Leandro Almeida	Old Boys	Aston Martin Vantage	GT4
17	Marcelo Sant'Anna/Christian Pons	TNT Energy Team (Greco)	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
21	Fábio Greco/Valter Rossete	TNT Energy Team (Greco)	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
51	Otávio Mesquita	Itaipava Racing Team (CRT)	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
55	João Gonçalves/Cae Coelho	TNT Energy Team (CRT)	Maserati Trofeo	GT4
57	Sérgio Laganá/Alan Hellmeister	M2 Competições	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
72	Cristiano Federico/Caio Lara	ATW Racing Team	Ferrari F430 Challenge	GT4
73	Oswaldo Federico/Marcelo Losasso	ATW Racing Team	Maserati Trofeo	GT4
81	Carlos Burza/Leonardo Burti	Crystal Racing Team	Ginetta G50	GT4
82	Marçal Melo/Willian Freire	Crystal Racing Team	Ginetta G50	GT4

NaBUru38 · 30 Apr 2011, 19:52 (Ref:2872158)

Why aren't all-pro lineups allowed?

it would be cool if all Brazilian sports car drivers racing in Europe and the US came to the Anhembi GT race.

Erick Cunha · 30 Apr 2011, 20:37 (Ref:2872176)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Why aren't all-pro lineups allowed?

it would be cool if all Brazilian sports car drivers racing in Europe and the US came to the Anhembi GT race.

It's present on the rules of the championship. Don't know more about it.

By the way, the #13 Corvette (Pedro Queirolo) just won Race 3 at the Anhembi. Race 4 tomorrow at 10:45 LT (13:45 GMT), making the support event to the São Paulo Indy 300.

kurski · 5 Jun 2011, 21:30 (Ref:2891766)

Enrique Bernoldi closes its debut in Brazil GT with sixth place in Curitiba.

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"It was a nice weekend. We got a third and a sixth place in my first race in the category. I am satisfied with our work here and hope to participate more often, which do not coincide with the stages of the GT1," said Enrique Bernoldi.

kurski · 18 Dec 2011, 23:42 (Ref:3001686)

Valdeno Brito and Matheus Stumpf, Itaipava GT Brasil Champion 2011.

NaBUru38 · 19 Dec 2011, 18:13 (Ref:3001950)

I'd love to see their races, especially the São Paulo Indy 300, but it seems GT Brasil gets to Brazilian television only.

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