I really enjoy this series by SRO, the 2014 season was full of thrills and chills, fast cars and exotic loudness and beautiful locales. Blancpain GT comprises both the Blancpain Endurance Series as well as the Blancpain Sprint Series. SRO/Blancpain runs the European arm of the Lambo Super Trofeo that IMSA handles here in the USA.
I started a Z4-centric thread here:
http://ift.tt/1NLt4nM
but let's take a look at the entire season from testing to the tracks to the grid entries.
We just, as I'm sure you've been reading on autosport websites, had our first full testing session.
Article:
Interesting first day of official testing for the Blancpain Endurance Series
March 11 2015
The 2015 season of the Blancpain GT Series has started with the first day of official testing at the Circuit Paul Ricard in the South of France. The teams fielded a total of 45 GT3 cars and used the 5,79 km version of the Le Castellet track to perform an extensive shakedown of their machines.
At 9am sharp, the #30 BMW Z4 of Series newcomer Classic & Modern Racing was the first to leave the pitlane, quickly followed by the #888 BMW of Triple Eight Racing. In those overcast morning hours temperatures barely went above the 10C mark, creating ideal conditions for quick lap times. At the end of the first half of this opening day, it was the #88 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 R-EX topping the time sheets, beating the competition by over a second. During the warmer afternoon session once the cloud cover broke, air temperature swiftly got past the 18C lap times went up as well. The #11 Kessel Racing Ferrari did manage to improve however, finishing a largely incident-free day in second, behind the Lamborghini.
Lap times were not the priority during this first day of testing however. Most teams, drivers and fans were eager to see some of the new GT3 cars for the 2015 season in action. The cars that took the largest part of that attention were the new Lamborghini Huracan of Grasser Racing Team and the McLaren 650S of Von Ryan Racing, both making a first time appearance in an official Blancpain GT session. There was a pleasant surprise in the form of the unannounced and new Audi R8 LMS ultra. The striking white machine will participate in its first Blancpain GT Series race during the course of the season.
Tomorrow is the second and final day of the official test days for the Blancpain GT Series, with a couple of drivers and teams who did not come into action today. The session starts at 09:00AM.
Test Results:
[IMG]http://ift.tt/1NLt2fI[/IMG]
2015 Blancpain GT Series most competitive yet
A brief look at the entry list of the 2015 Blancpain GT Series leads to a clear conclusion: the best GT series on the motorsports planet just got even better. With an unprecedented number of professional drivers and teams taking part, the twelve events on the 2015 Blancpain GT Series calendar promise to be exciting from start to finish.
129 days. Thats how long its been since the final chequered flag of the 2014 Blancpain GT Series was waved, on the streets of Baku. After a well-deserved but short recess, the best teams and drivers in GT racing have started preparing for the 2015 season, to be ready for the Official Test Days that will take place over the coming days. Not only have the Blancpain GT Series regulars put a lot of elbow grease into their winter build-up, but a number of new teams have decided to join the biggest GT series as well. All these hard efforts have led to an impressive entry list for 2015.
I started a Z4-centric thread here:
http://ift.tt/1NLt4nM
but let's take a look at the entire season from testing to the tracks to the grid entries.
We just, as I'm sure you've been reading on autosport websites, had our first full testing session.
Article:
Interesting first day of official testing for the Blancpain Endurance Series
March 11 2015
The 2015 season of the Blancpain GT Series has started with the first day of official testing at the Circuit Paul Ricard in the South of France. The teams fielded a total of 45 GT3 cars and used the 5,79 km version of the Le Castellet track to perform an extensive shakedown of their machines.
At 9am sharp, the #30 BMW Z4 of Series newcomer Classic & Modern Racing was the first to leave the pitlane, quickly followed by the #888 BMW of Triple Eight Racing. In those overcast morning hours temperatures barely went above the 10C mark, creating ideal conditions for quick lap times. At the end of the first half of this opening day, it was the #88 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 R-EX topping the time sheets, beating the competition by over a second. During the warmer afternoon session once the cloud cover broke, air temperature swiftly got past the 18C lap times went up as well. The #11 Kessel Racing Ferrari did manage to improve however, finishing a largely incident-free day in second, behind the Lamborghini.
Lap times were not the priority during this first day of testing however. Most teams, drivers and fans were eager to see some of the new GT3 cars for the 2015 season in action. The cars that took the largest part of that attention were the new Lamborghini Huracan of Grasser Racing Team and the McLaren 650S of Von Ryan Racing, both making a first time appearance in an official Blancpain GT session. There was a pleasant surprise in the form of the unannounced and new Audi R8 LMS ultra. The striking white machine will participate in its first Blancpain GT Series race during the course of the season.
Tomorrow is the second and final day of the official test days for the Blancpain GT Series, with a couple of drivers and teams who did not come into action today. The session starts at 09:00AM.
Test Results:
[IMG]http://ift.tt/1NLt2fI[/IMG]
2015 Blancpain GT Series most competitive yet
A brief look at the entry list of the 2015 Blancpain GT Series leads to a clear conclusion: the best GT series on the motorsports planet just got even better. With an unprecedented number of professional drivers and teams taking part, the twelve events on the 2015 Blancpain GT Series calendar promise to be exciting from start to finish.
129 days. Thats how long its been since the final chequered flag of the 2014 Blancpain GT Series was waved, on the streets of Baku. After a well-deserved but short recess, the best teams and drivers in GT racing have started preparing for the 2015 season, to be ready for the Official Test Days that will take place over the coming days. Not only have the Blancpain GT Series regulars put a lot of elbow grease into their winter build-up, but a number of new teams have decided to join the biggest GT series as well. All these hard efforts have led to an impressive entry list for 2015.
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