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Old 23 Jan 2018, 04:56 (Ref:3794467)   #101
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Shane van Gisbergen says he wants to race Europe again in a McLaren this year


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Old 23 Jan 2018, 08:32 (Ref:3794481)   #102
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 11:26 (Ref:3794510)   #103
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Pro entries as far as I know for the Endurance Cup: +/- 18 atm.
2x - Strakka - Mercedes
2x - M-Sport - Bentley
1-2x - Garage59 - McLaren
1x - Manthey - Porsche
2x - R-Motorsport - Aston Martin
2x - RJN - Nissan
2x - AKKA ASP - Mercedes
1x - SMP - Ferrari
2x - Grasser - Lamborghini
2x - WRT - Audi

There are some cars who could be pro, or be later added, like Black-Falcon, Emil-Frey, Attempto, ISR, Oman, Rinaldi/HB.

Though I have the feeling the Pro-Am class became a bit to tight on the driver classification. but still some time to go.
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 12:16 (Ref:3794516)   #104
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2x - RJN - Nissan
2x - AKKA ASP - Mercedes
Where did you find those? Not that I don't believe RJN and ASP will be in Pro, but I haven't read any (formal) confirmation.

Also, Maxi Buhk confirmed at Strakka Racing for the Endurance season. My guess is Lewis Williamson (now Gold) will be in the mix too.
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 13:06 (Ref:3794526)   #105
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Where did you find those? Not that I don't believe RJN and ASP will be in Pro, but I haven't read any (formal) confirmation.

Also, Maxi Buhk confirmed at Strakka Racing for the Endurance season. My guess is Lewis Williamson (now Gold) will be in the mix too.
2 new spec Nissans are confirmed for the season, but im not sure both with be PRO cars. Nissan have often run 1 PRO car and one Academy style car
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Not even rumors or speculation about potential entries for Lexus and Acura?
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 14:17 (Ref:3794540)   #107
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Not even rumors or speculation about potential entries for Lexus and Acura?
Lexus should be there with Emil Frey Racing, but it has gone very quiet on the Honda subject lately...
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 15:02 (Ref:3794550)   #108
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Lexus should be there with Emil Frey Racing, but it has gone very quiet on the Honda subject lately...


I may be wrong but I thought they were still actively pursuing a return with their Jaguars?
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I may be wrong but I thought they were still actively pursuing a return with their Jaguars?
They have tested the Jag aswell in the winterbreak...
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 16:45 (Ref:3794567)   #110
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The first GRT car is confirmed:

Mirko Bortolotti / Christian Engelhart in Sprint, with Andrea Caldarelli added for Endurance
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 18:43 (Ref:3794591)   #111
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Endurance:
Barwell Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan - Michele Beretta/Martin Kodric/Sandy Mitchell (Silver Cup)
http://www.barwellmotorsport.co.uk/p...ain_Endurance/
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 18:56 (Ref:3794596)   #112
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Barwell Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan - Michele Beretta/Martin Kodric/Sandy Mitchell (Silver Cup)
http://www.barwellmotorsport.co.uk/p...ain_Endurance/


Nice to see sandy Mitchell progress to GT3 after a good showing in British GT GT4


As I said before, looks like we will get some fast young silver combinations to get round the pro class limit
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Old 23 Jan 2018, 21:11 (Ref:3794611)   #113
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Any word on Rowe or anyone else running the M6 this year? Marquardt's recent itw on sportscar365 is not creating big hopes for Pro Cup entries. Walkenhorst?
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Old 28 Jan 2018, 11:34 (Ref:3796060)   #115
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Some Blancpain GT driver news from Daytona:

- Franck Perera confirmed for Blancpain GT with Grasser Racing Team. So he'll be in the second car, wonder who his teammates will be. Breukers? Mapelli?

- Tristan Vautier probably back with AKKA ASP Mercedes

- Toni Vilander discussing a drive in Blancpain GT. He and Molina don't have a full season commitment yet, so I would be surprised if at least one of those isn't in the SMP car. Or can we expect more from Ferrari?

- Côme Ledogar saying Blancpain GT with McLaren is on his radar again.
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Old 29 Jan 2018, 11:29 (Ref:3796579)   #116
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They have tested the Jag aswell in the winterbreak...
They must be getting pretty long in the tooth now!

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Any word on Rowe or anyone else running the M6 this year? Marquardt's recent itw on sportscar365 is not creating big hopes for Pro Cup entries. Walkenhorst?
The 2017 Blancpain GT season hasn't been a very good sales pitch for the BMW M6 GT3.
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Yes, but I doubt BMW will make the same mistake twice with the car....
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BMWs mistake was sand bagging to the extreme and then making an arse of it and getting slapped for it.
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Black Swan Racing enter their Porsche in Pro-Am for Spa 24H (and the rest of the IGTC Season). Confirmed drivers so far are Tim Pappas and Jeroen Bleekemolen).

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Old 1 Feb 2018, 11:45 (Ref:3797417)   #121
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Matthew Vaxiviere confirmed in a R Motorsport Aston Martin.

Alongside Jake Dennis, Alex Brundle, Maxime Martin, Nicki Thiim and one more TBA.

What a pair of cars for the Endurance cup.....
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Matthew Vaxiviere confirmed in a R Motorsport Aston Martin.

Alongside Jake Dennis, Alex Brundle, Maxime Martin, Nicki Thiim and one more TBA.

What a pair of cars for the Endurance cup.....
Yes, very good......

So this is essentially a works team in all but name?
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So this is essentially a works team in all but name?


No such thing in Blancpain surely????

M Sport is entirely independent!
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Garage 59 = McLaren GT
M-Sport = Bentley

Grasser = Lamborghini supported team
ABT = Bentley supported team
WRT = Audi supported team
AF Corse = Ferrari supported team
Black Falcon = Mercedes supported team
Akka ASP = Mercedes supported team
RJN = Nissan supported team

But sometimes it is not really clear. M-Sport for example build the Bentleys and run them as well. WRT not builds the R8, but gets engineers, money and drivers from Audi. But WRT also runs R8 for pay-drivers (Leonard / Ide). Ofcourse the WRT team has a very good own structure. HTP was in 2017 a Mercedes supported team. They get some support from AMG, but also needed sponsors. From a support kinda view HTP just got maybe 20% support compared to WRT.

For R-Motorsport I don't know really. I think they will be similar to an HTP than a WRT.
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Garage 59 = McLaren GT
M-Sport = Bentley

Grasser = Lamborghini supported team
ABT = Bentley supported team
WRT = Audi supported team
AF Corse = Ferrari supported team
Black Falcon = Mercedes supported team
Akka ASP = Mercedes supported team
RJN = Nissan supported team

But sometimes it is not really clear. M-Sport for example build the Bentleys and run them as well. WRT not builds the R8, but gets engineers, money and drivers from Audi. But WRT also runs R8 for pay-drivers (Leonard / Ide). Ofcourse the WRT team has a very good own structure. HTP was in 2017 a Mercedes supported team. They get some support from AMG, but also needed sponsors. From a support kinda view HTP just got maybe 20% support compared to WRT.

For R-Motorsport I don't know really. I think they will be similar to an HTP than a WRT.
if it wasnt immediately clear from my post, i was being massively sarcastic...

M Sport, Gargae 59, Grasser, etc ARE factory teams essentially. I was having a laugh
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