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Preview: VLN Endurance Series and Blancpain

am 13. By on 13 April 2012 at 12:26 │ Comments {1}

At the weekend the VLN is good with 190 starters on the trip, while another GT3 series prepares to offer on the FIA GT Championship in terms of number of starters significantly. Thus missing after the premature termination in the first race VLN run many teams experience.

This applies to many participants, especially for the teams who had at last run out of luck - especially of course the use of a McLaren team, and by Audi, which had a smooth experience total failure. Especially the part dried Motorsport will strive to be unwound very many miles it can be, because so far the car was moving when combined with the Pirelli's hardly in race trim around the loop. This work came to the car after the three crashes. But the Schrauberei was worth it, after all, are three sports cars in England are in the starting lineup. further accelerate →

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Blancpain Endurance Series: Silverstone preview

am 7. By on 7 October 2011 at 18:16 │ Comments {0}

On weekends, the new GT3 series beschliesßt on a historic route their first Season at Silverstone will be held the last run for 3 hours.

When they presented the Blancpain Endurance Series, the goal is a long-range series for GT cars under the umbrella of the SRO was to install because the GT1 World Cup and the GT3 European Championship are sprint races over 1 hour each. That there but for the sport on the track is not harmful to ride over long distances, could also make the newly created series already in their debut season in Demonstrate. Was able at any 3-hour race a team go out a lead of more than 1 minute and also in the championship, nothing has been decided, although the runner quotes with lush 21.5-point lead in the table.
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Blancpain Endurance: 24 H & Spa Live Stream Online

am 30. From 30 July 2011 at 15:29 │ Comments {0}

After the 24H of Le Mans and the Nürburgring race on his third classic in terms of 24 H race. The Blancpain Endurance Series starts in the spa and with a very full grid.

We were in the preview already extensively described what will be happening in the next few hours at Spa. But 70 cars at Spa are already a word, even for a little over 6 miles. By comparison, on the Nordschleife something fit more than 180 cars. So it's something going on at Spa and the weather will also play a role again. By midday it was still wet, but the weather will begin to dry and remain. Supposedly, anyway. In the Ardennes, you never know. It is because the old saying "cow in the pasture - dry. Cow away - rain. " It should also not likely to rain the race at Spa is really exciting because the field is very closely together. The quality was very close, but the track was too wet. There is no live stream it after the jump, the live timing here .

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Blancpain Endurance: Preview 24 Hours of Spa

am 30. From 30 July 2011 at 09:00 │ Comments {2}

Again, a new format for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, but this should now be permanent. In any case, it brings together many spectacular back GT cars for the Ardennes classics, including the brand new McLaren MP4-12C.

This year, the race is the highlight of the season of the newly created Blancpain Endurance Series, which is awarded for GT3 and GT4 cars. The rejection of the FIA ​​GT Championship with GT1 and GT2 may have disappointed some fans initially in one of the big 24-classic, but the effect on the number of starters was positive were in the FIA ​​GT's, always have about 40 vehicles at the start, This year 62 cars registered for the race. More had applied, but also pushes Spa, with its two Pit eventually reached its capacity limit. further accelerate →

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Analysis: Blancpain Endurance in Navarre

am 24. From on 24 May 2011 at 12:00 │ Comments {0}

Michael Bartels is back on top - with the new Ferrari F458 GT3 and baptized in his way he could win Vita4One team with his teammates Frank Kechele and Nico Verdonck finally.

Actually, yes they want to compete with the Maserati in the GT1 World Championship, but there was found no other race team, as was demanded by the regulations - that's why the change in the GT3 and Ferrari. Who built the F458 with a good car, go with the GT variants, early in their debut season on top. The GTE (GT2) variant finally admitted into the big Le Mans Series, and now also has the least developed GT3 racer retracted his first victory. Terms of speed even more F458 could be on the podium, but is known to play in the motor sport even more factors. further accelerate →

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Sports car review: Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza / ALMS at Long Beach

am 19. From on 19 April 2011 at 18:00 │ Comments {0}

The new GT Endurance Series was able to celebrate a wonderful, exciting debut. In the ALMS, we went to a turbulent start-up phase for quiet street circuit ratios to the point. And both are available as VOD (BEP here , ALMS here ).

Went with 32 cars in the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza an impressive field at the start, which shone with a particular variety and balance, even if well below the pre-season by Stephane Ratel numbers announced of 46 registered vehicles for the full season lagged plus single starters. The next race is expected to increase but remain, but the 32 cars, after a strong qualifying run at the start of Black Bull Swiss Racing Ferrari F430 offered, already a remarkable race. Mirko Venturi with F430 from the Pro-Am category, the competition gathered by more than eight tenths of a second! further accelerate →

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Sports Car Preview: Blancpain Endurance Series season opener at Monza / ALMS at Long Beach

am 16. By on 16 April 2011 at 17:50 │ Comments {0}

In this article, another racing series is hold in our blog entry. For this year, a new GT-series racing events will enrich the European: the Blancpain Endurance Series. What originally began in the fall of the GT2 European Championship SRO awakened to new life now: a long-range series under the umbrella of the SRO.

However, this was a rocky road, which I will briefly describe here times: in late 2009 has aligned SRO boss Stephane Ratel announced a modified GT2 European Championship under the banner of the FIA ​​want to. However, he wanted to introduce a Pro-Am control with the subdivision of the driver in platinum, gold, silver and bronze, to secure the one financing the teams through pay-driver to let other hand, are pure factory teams a little left out. This has, however, is known not to work because there is the series still do not know what the one due to the driver's control happened, on the other hand, because the teams are more towards the GT2 regulations of the ACO which meant that now the ACO de facto, the hand holds on the GT2 regulations.

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