2016 ADAC GT Masters

[Racing Harz]

15.04. - 17.04.2016 etropolis Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
29.04. - 01.05.2016 Sachsenring
03.06. - 05.06.2016 Lausitzring
22.07. - 24.07.2016 Red Bull Ring/Österreich
05.08. - 07.08.2016 Nürburgring
19.08. - 21.08.2016 Circuit Park Zandvoort/Niederlande
30.09. - 02.10.2016 Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg

rumored Entrys:

• Attempto (2 x Lamborghini Huracan)
• C.Abt Racing (2 x Audi R8 LMS; 1 x Audi R8 LMS Ultra)
• Callaway Competition (2 x Corvette C7)
• Car Collection (2 x Audi R8 LMS)
• Frikadelli Racing (1 x Porsche 991 GT3)
• HB Racing (2 x Lamborghini Huracan)
• Lambda (1 x Ford GT)
• RWT Racing (1 x Corvette Z06.R)
• Schubert (2 x BMW M6)
• Zakspeed (1 x Mercedes AMG GT3)

http://www.sportscar-info.de/portal/...aison-2016-iii

Entrys are likely from MS Racing (Audi R8 LMS), YACO Racing (Audi R8 LMS), Schütz Motorsport (Porsche 991 GT3) and HTP (???), too.

Boris Said/Eric Curran will drive together a Callaway Corvette in Whelen Engineering livery.
http://sportscar365.com/gt/curran-sa...ette-c7-gt3-r/

[Speed-King]

http://www.adac-gt-masters.de/uk/art...entered-220590

28 entries so far, but they've upped their grid cap to 34, so there's room for another 6 and they sound quite confident that they'll get those.

[Coach Ep]

Nissan being the only non-german brand on the provisional grid (if you count Lambo [VAG] and Corvette [Callaway] as German as well), no Astons, Bentleys, McLarens and Ferraris (yet)! Remarkable, especially the Italian cars.

[FIRE]

Lack of non-German cars is indeed a disappointing part of the series.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Lack of non-German cars is indeed a disappointing part of the series.

It is disappointing but not really a surprise for this series if you look at previous years entries with non German makes being rather thin on the ground.

[Rodger Davies]

Also, whilst it's disappointing, that's one of those disappointments that we should be able to live with for a nationally broadcast GT series with potentially upwards of 30 GT3s, many of which are new ones. I'm sure there are a lot of series who would love to have that problem!

[divxx]

^Agree. The fact that there are more German makes in GT3 than anything else, combined with the high quality teams and drivers (thanks mainly to the factory support from those German companies), makes this the most interesting national GT championship. Certainly preferable to the indistinguishable horde of red Ferrari's usually found in the Italian and Spanish series.

[rich07]

Good point on the factory support, the only other national series with so much factory support from homegrown manufacturers would be British GT and even then it's not on the same level.

Don't get me wrong as much I bemoan the lack of non German makes, I hold the championship in high regard as far as quality goes.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by rich07

Good point on the factory support, the only other national series with so much factory support from homegrown manufacturers would be British GT and even then it's not on the same level.

Don't get me wrong as much I bemoan the lack of non German makes, I hold the championship in high regard as far as quality goes.

Also note how the British series is (or at least was over the last few seasons) very much dominated by British cars at least in terms of numbers if not performance.

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...015-05-03.html

22 out of 33 cars being Astons, McLarens, Lotuses or Ginettas

[kyoung]

So the Corvette is a German car now, who da thunk it?😃

[Racing Harz]

The GT3 Corvette ist developed and built in Germany.

[kyoung]

Originally Posted by Racing Harz

The GT3 Corvette ist developed and built in Germany.

Yes I know that, but it is still a Corvette. They take a Corvette and strip it to its chassis and then modify it. At one point they were getting their engines from the same place as Pratt & Miller... Katech Performance. Yes they build the race car, but it is hardly German.

[Accident]

From the DSC article about RAM Racing's new Mercedes:

The AMG replaces the Bilstein liveried Aston Martin ‘Billy’ in Paul White’s stable, that car now with a German owner and believed to be bound for the ADAC GT Masters.

[Racing Harz]

Grasser will do the full 2016 season in a Lamborghini Huracan.
http://www.sportscar-info.de/portal/...lamborghini-an

[Rodger Davies]

Erm, good luck everyone else:

http://www.endurance-info.com/en/tea...h-kevin-estre/

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Erm, good luck everyone else:

http://www.endurance-info.com/en/tea...h-kevin-estre/

Wonder who the second driver will be?

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Erm, good luck everyone else:

http://www.endurance-info.com/en/tea...h-kevin-estre/

lol lol

Didn't know Bernhard had his own team, maybe this is a new thing of his.

I hear the second driver will be Estres twin brother Robert, mysteriously they're never seen in the same room together..and if that's the case then yeah good luck to everyone else

[Racing Harz]

Originally Posted by rich07

lol lol

Didn't know Bernhard had his own team, maybe this is a new thing of his.

I hear the second driver will be Estres twin brother Robert, mysteriously they're never seen in the same room together..and if that's the case then yeah good luck to everyone else

The team drove in the last 3 years in the german Carrera Cup.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Racing Harz

The team drove in the last 3 years in the german Carrera Cup.

Ah I see. Don't follow German Carrera Cup so never heard of them before.

[Rodger Davies]

I read it as those were the two drivers, Bernhard and Estre, but actually, you're right, no mention of Timo driving.

[BSchneiderFan]

I didn't realise Zakspeed were still in business, thought Phoenix had inherited most of their personnel. Good to see if they do make it out.

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

I didn't realise Zakspeed were still in business, thought Phoenix had inherited most of their personnel. Good to see if they do make it out.

They've been running a Mercedes GT3 around a few series, including the N24, in recent years.

[Racing Harz]

Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

I didn't realise Zakspeed were still in business, thought Phoenix had inherited most of their personnel. Good to see if they do make it out.

2015 champions in the ADAC GT Masters

[BSchneiderFan]

You learn something every day. I liked the look of the Porsche 911 GT1-98s they ran back in the FIA GT Championship - dark green with red and white roofs.

[Racing Harz]

C.Abt Racing 2016 with 3 Bentley
http://www.abt-sportsline.de/aktuell...m/news-from/1/