International GT OPEN 2013

[GTKers]

International GT Open calendar:
28 April FRA Paul Ricard
19 May PRT Algarve
02 June DEU Nurburgring*/**
16 June HUN Hungaroring*
14 July GBR Silverstone*/**
08 September BEL Spa-Francorchamps
06 October ITA Monza
10 October ESP Catalunya

Teams confirmed/heard:

Porsche:
- Autorlando Gt2? Gt3
- imsa GtE
- drivex GtE
Rumors of 2 more GtE but not manthey, and Tandy back on business

Ferrari
- Kessel Ferrari GT2/Gt3
- Af
- Ram ?
- Mtech Gt2
- ??? new italian Team
- DSC wrote about another UK team with Erdos
- At racing
- Jmb ?
- Aabar Villorba corse
- Black team ?

Aston Martin:
- Villois GtE /Sgt two cars
- GPR Gt3 2 cars

Corvette:
- V8Racing GTE + old mod Gt1 + Gt3

Audi:
Rumors of a German team
Novadriver ?

BMW:
- Schubert
- Roal BWM team italy ??

Lamborghini:
- Reiter Kox Pronk ???

Mercedes:
- GDL
- seyffarth
- Sport&you ?

I got also the 2013 presentation with TV ect but I do not know how upload her here!
Who knows more?

[BertMk2]

Silverstone I enjoyed watching this lot at Brands the last couple of years - won't be watching it this year Silverstone is a **** circuit for spectating.

[snowen250]

I'm also very disappointed they wont be coming back to Brands, GtOpen was one of the highlights of my year!

Such a shame

Simon

[GregoryDG]

Where did you get the information that GPR will enter two cars?

Grtz

[urdragon]

It is missing few Mclarens, (Part time) from Blancpain for example, and like in Ratels sprint champ Some GTR's and a confirmation of any Lambo, but a interesting grid anyway, let's see what about the drivers.

[GTKers]

Originally Posted by GregoryDG

Where did you get the information that GPR will enter two cars?

Grtz

Rumors during Barcelona 2012

McLaren
- Lapidus Racing will continue?

[AndrewF31]

Black team went bankrupt early in the season and Rafaele Giammaria and Miguel Ramos found a home with V8 racing so I don't think we'll see black team back.

[GTKers]

Actually Black Team has not gone bankrupt, the have won with Palma the GT Sprint ( competing alone ) in 2012

[KingKenny04]

Originally Posted by GTKers

Corvette:
- V8Racing GTE + old mod Gt1 + Gt3

Slightly confused by this. Do you mean one car built from all three of these? Or running all three specs of car? Or one of those three?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by KingKenny04

Slightly confused by this. Do you mean one car built from all three of these? Or running all three specs of car? Or one of those three?

Old GT1 car with some GTE aero hacks and a GT3 engine.

[MitchZ06]

Bit sad they ditched the 7.0L V8

[KingKenny04]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

Old GT1 car with some GTE aero hacks and a GT3 engine.

...why not just run a GT3? There's still a few of those Callaway-built cars laying around, aren't there?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by KingKenny04

...why not just run a GT3? There's still a few of those Callaway-built cars laying around, aren't there?

It's run by a Dutch team, so... don't ask. They run it in the Dutch Supercar Challenge too as far as I'm aware, and the rules and performance balancing there are very different.

[KingKenny04]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

It's run by a Dutch team, so... don't ask. They run it in the Dutch Supercar Challenge too as far as I'm aware, and the rules and performance balancing there are very different.

Gah, I wish Pratt & Miller would just develop a GT3 customer program already and simplify this for me. I have a strange obsession with the statuses and histories of the various Corvette race chassis floating around the world.

[AndrewF31]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

It's run by a Dutch team, so... don't ask. They run it in the Dutch Supercar Challenge too as far as I'm aware, and the rules and performance balancing there are very different.

It's true. When I was in Barcelona for the last race of the season I met the guy who was there representing Pratt & Miller providing tech support. He told me both cars were former GT1s coming from Dutch Supercars and the yellow one driven by Moncini actually raced and won (not totally sure about this last part) at Le Mans.