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Blancpain Endurance Series - Circuit Paul Ricard (06/28/2014)




For those in the US who would like to watch this on June 28th, tune in here:
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/live
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12...language_sport

Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France will be host to the next stop on the Blancpain GT / Blancpain Endurance Series 2014 calendar.
While Watkin's Glen will host the IMSA USA Lamborghini Super Trofeo, their brethren in Europe will be at Paul Ricard running around in their Gallardo FL2 GT3 race cars


Bentley and their Continental features in this race as well. In fact the GBR M-Sport Bentley Continental GT won the last race, the 3 hours of Silverstone and it was this race success that promoted their entry the PWC of America as feature in the Pirelli World Challenge thread:








I've been putting the BMW entries in my threads so let's do that here too with BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil, ROAL Motorsport, Ecurie Ecosse, TDS Racing and Triple 888 Racing:

Here is the 515HP BMW Z4 GT3 of BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil:


and ROAL Motorsports' Eugenio Amos and Stefano Colombo will be driving this Z4 GT3
ROAL Motorsports also features Mr. Alex Zanardi in a specially modified car but will participate in the Blancpain Sprint Series which will run along with their Endurance counterparts on July 6th at Zandvoort Masters, Netherlands.
**Stay tuned for a feature on Zanardi, the CART and F1 driver who lost both of his legs in a race crash in 2001 and his modified BMW as well as his appointment to BMW Brand Ambassador**

Ecurie Ecosse:


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Notice the cross promotion with this? (http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=998792)


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Let's talk about how these races work:

DRIVERS:
All drivers must hold a racing license of at least International C grade. Drivers are categorised Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze according to their experience and successes

FORMAT:
3 hours or 1000km --- OR --- 24 hours race

PIT STOPS:
All three-hour races feature two mandatory pit stops where the teams must refuel, change all four tyres and the driver. Each driver must drive a maximum of one hour and 10 minutes in all categories, except if it is a two-driver line-up, where the bronze driver will have to drive one hour and fifty minutes. For the 1000km and 24 hours races there is a 65 minute maximum stint length

Points for 3 hour race: (Silverstone, Paul Ricard, Baku)
1st -25
2nd-18
3rd - 15
4th -12
5th -10
6th -8
7th - 6
8th - 4
9th -2
10th-1

1000km or 6-hour race: (Nurburgring 1000)
1st - 33
2nd - 24
3rd - 19
4th - 15
5th - 12
6th - 9
7th - 6
8th - 4
9th - 2
10 - 1

Points for 24 hour race: (24 of Spa)
--this is split to the marks of 6 hours/ 12 hours / 25 hours

1st - 12 / 12 / 25
2nd - 9 / 9 / 18
3rd - 7 / 7 / 15
4th - 6 / 6 / 12
5th - 5 / 5 / 10
6th - 4 / 4 / 8
7th - 3 / 3 / 6
8th - 2 / 2 / 4
9th - 1 / 1 / 2
10 - 0 / 0 / 1

The Blancpain Sprint Series is 2 races of 60 minutes each
and will consist of Zandvoort, Slovakiaring, Algarve, Zolder
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This is from the testing in March.

Race is this coming weekend!

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So let me ask this to the E90post world:
For the BES/BSS, which BMW team will you support?

1. BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil
2. Ecurie Ecosse
3. ROAL Motorsport
4. TDS Racing


My answer? ROAL Motorsport!!

http://www.roal-motorsport.com/en/index.html

Tom Coronel (WTCC), Chilton(WTCC), Alex Zanardi (BSS) are all part of this team and then of course Eugenio Amos Stefano Colombo both driving the Z4 GT3 in the BES.

It's a great organization to get behind.
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From Motorsport.com:

Saturday night fever at Paul Ricard

The race will start at 19.15 on Saturday June 28th and will run into the dark, with a finish at 22.15.



The third round of the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series will be held at the French track of Paul Ricard. The race will start at 19.15 on Saturday June 28th and will run into the dark, with a finish at 22.15. It is the last three-hour race of the season, with the remaining two races of the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series being the Total 24 Hours of Spa on July 26th-27th and the Nürburgring 1000 on September 21st.

It’s been a full month since the previous round of the Blancpain Endurance Series in Silverstone. The British race saw a historic win for the #7 M-Sport Bentley, but thanks to their second place the ART Grand Prix trio of Soucek-Estre-Korjus now lead the standings. Victory in Pro-Am went to the #80 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan, while in the Gentlemen Trophy the #458GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari took its second win in as many races.

With the #98 ART Grand Prix McLaren winning in Monza and the #7 M-Sport Bentley in Silverstone, both the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series races of 2014 have had different winners.


The differences between the cars and drivers are so small that we might well see a third different winner in the South of France. Keep an eye on championship leaders Kevin Korjus, Kevin Estre and Andy Soucek. After a third place in the opening round and a second in Silverstone, the drivers of the #99 ART Grand Prix McLaren would love to climb one more step on the rostrum, especially since the race at the Paul Ricard Circuit is the home race of the French ART Grand Prix squad. For the occasion ART can count on the services of Nicolas Lapierre. The Frenchman, third in the most recent edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours, will share the #98 car with Alvaro Parente and Grégoire Demoustier, replacing Alexandre Prémat.

Le Castellet is a home race for Saintéloc Racing as well. The French Audi team has had a wonderful start to the season, finishing second in Monza, and just missing out on the podium in the British round. A good result in Le Castellet would certainly add to their title chances, Saintéloc Racing being third in the current Pro team-standings, behind ART Grand Prix and M-Sport Bentley.


Pro-Am Cup – Can Boutsen Ginion repeat last year’s win?

Last year the Paul Ricard round of the Blancpain Endurance Series saw a magnificent performance from the Boutsen Ginion duo Frederic Vervisch-David Dermont in the Pro-Am Cup. A repeat performance on the eve of the Total 24 Hours of Spa would be a great boost for the Belgian team. From Le Castellet onwards Boutsen Ginion will be joined by Kiwi single seater ace Chris van der Drift, who will be sharing the #16 McLaren with Lebanese drivers Alex Demirdjian and Shahan Sarkissian. Series Pro-Am Cup leader ROAL Motorsport will be looking for a third podium finish in a row, with Nissan GT Academy Team RJN and Scuderia Villorba Corse – second and third in the standings – aiming for their third top-5 finishes of the season.





Gentlemen Trophy – Will newcomers stop GT Corse by Rinaldi domination?

With two wins in two races the #458 GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari-trio Pierre Ehret, Alexander Mattschull and Frank Schmikler will start as the big favourites in the Gentlemen Trophy. However, the Germans will have to deal with a strong French delegation however. There will be three more entries at Le Castellet, bringing the Gentlemen Trophy grid total to 11. The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT fields a second R8 LMS ultra, which will be driven by French trio Stephane Pourquie, Harry Teneketzian and Grégoire Chaix. The new Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari has the French duo Cedric Mezard and François Perrodo at the wheel, while French team Duqueine Engineering enters a Ferrari for the all-French line-up Gorini-Lanchere-Duqueine. In total, no fewer than 17 of the 32 Gentlemen Trophy drivers represent France.

The action at Le Castellet starts on Friday morning, with the Bronze Test at 9 am. Friday sees the Free Practice and Pre Qualifying Practice sessions as well, with the Qualifying session for the three-hour race taking place on Saturday morning at 11.20 am. Spectators will also be able to enjoy two races of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo. After the race a Rooftop Party ends the Blancpain Endurance Series weekend at the Circuit Paul Ricard in style. In partnership with Radio Vitamine, DJ’s Kristof Tigran & Alan Master T will put the roof on fire, starting at 20h30 on Saturday evening.

Guy Smith (#7 M-Sport Bentley): “After the race at Silverstone we're all hungry for another success. We've continued our intensive training programme since the last round, and we're ready to race. Paul Ricard is a circuit where traction out of the slower corners is vital, and the Continental GT3 has really strong grip while also looking after its tyres, so we've got high hopes that we can be on the podium again.”

Frédéric Vervisch (#15 Boutsen Ginion McLaren): “There is no denying that we had a difficult start to the season, but a recent test session allowed us to make a lot of progress. I do not want to get my hopes up, but I am sure that the speed of our McLaren is back. We certainly have a lot of confidence in the car right now. Since I adore driving on the track of Le Castellet – the setting is quite unique – I think we might get among the frontrunners this time.”

Harry Teneketzian (#2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi): “We’re a bunch of friends out to have fun on the race track. That doesn’t mean that we don’t have any ambitions at the start of this race. We have all quite some racing experience and since our Audi is strong and very reliable we are aiming at a top-5 position. Or a podium finish, why not?”




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We already have, of course the Endurance Series and the Lambo Super Trofeo this weekend. Just announced: In between races will be the SRO Motorsports Supercar Rally.

THE INSPIRATION

From 2001 to 2004, SRO was the promoter of a high-profile Supercar Rally, which brought together exclusive car manufacturers, designers and Supercar owners. Throughout the four editions, which mainly ran from Paris to Monaco, this ‘Automotive Art in Motion’ as it was heralded, attracted substantial attention from the media and left the participants with long-lasting memories.

Nevertheless, the bad press generated by some other increasingly controversial road rallies led SRO to stop an activity which could have been misinterpreted by the media and by the FIA.

Ten years later, a unique group of enthusiasts and friends has been brought together by the Blancpain Endurance Series, who all have the opportunity to express themselves on the track, and who are mature enough to enjoy the most amazing supercars, which many of them have the privilege to own, whilst strictly abiding to the highway codes.

Imagine the effect of forty or so Supercars, such as Bugatti, Ferrari or manufacturer prototypes, passing through the most remote villages of France…



THE CONCEPT

The purpose of this rally is to recreate this exclusive social event and to give you the opportunity to discover some of the most beautiful roads in France, originally selected by multiple French rally winner Jean Vinatier.

The event is by invitation only, exclusively reserved to the SRO racing series competitors, team owners, partners, our friends and your friends, and is presented as a corporate relations event.

No entry fees are charged, and participants will only need to cover their share of the cost of the dinners and parties which will be organised along the way. Each participant will make his or her own hotel booking; we will provide a list of recommended hotels in suitable locations"

These are some of the SRO members















Proven formula for ensuring a level playing field in the series, the Balance of Performance system ensures close racing and a fair system of technical control.




•All cars conform to the last FIA GT3 homologation requirements.


•Drivers are categorised Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze according to their experience and success. Gentlemen Trophy: the class is restricted to Bronze drivers over 30 years of age only (one Silver driver authorised for the Total 24 Hours of Spa only).


•All three-hour races feature two mandatory pit stops where the teams must refuel, change all four tyres and the driver. Each driver must drive a maximum of one hour and 10 minutes in all categories, except if it is a two-driver line-up, where the bronze driver will have to drive one hour and fifty minutes. For the 1000km and 24 hours races there is a 65 minute maximum stint length.


•Official tyre supplier for the series is Pirelli. Teams allocated 5 sets of tyres at first race and then 4 for each subsequent three-hour race.


•Controlled fuel supplied by Elf.


•12 manufacturers expected to race in 2014.


•Blancpain Endurance Series is part of the Blancpain GT Series, the world’s best supported GT competition.


http://www.youtube.com/user/gt1world/featured
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TDS Racing drive Henry Hassid topped the Bronze Test at Paul Ricard. He shares the BMW Z4 with Nick Catsburg.

31 cars took part in the Bronze Test, with the Emil Frey Racing Jaguar not delivering a timed lap. Besides the usual number of spins made by the amateur drivers learning the circuit, there were no notable incidents.

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The race is under way..about 45 minutes in! It's on TV tomorrow but live streams are up online as well today. Monza and Silverstone Blancpain races are on CBS Sports today

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Bentley is unstoppable!

They took their second victory at Circuit Paul Ricard, having just claimed victory at Silverstone a few weeks ago.


1. M-Sport Bentley
2. ART Grand Prix McLaren #99 - #98 had to retire for suspension damage
3. HTP Mercedes SLS
4. HTP Mercedes SLS
5. Sainteloc Racing Audi R8
6. TDS Racing BMW


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