Team AKKA ASP are the latest squad to confirm an entry for the full 2016 Blancpain GT Series with three drivers squads today revealed for a Sprint Cuo effort from Jerome Policand’s growing team.
Racing in the Pro and Pro-Am categories, the six drivers will be driving the new A Mercedes-AMG GT3 as the team transition from their previous Ferrari machinery.
Jerome Policand: “We are entering three cars in Sprint with three top-level crews, two in the Pro-Am category and one in Pro. The Pro-Am drivers are regulars who have been racing for the team for a number of years, and who have won a number of titles with us. Morgan Moullin Traffort will race with Jean-Luc Beaubelique while Jean-Philippe Belloc will once again be sharing a car with Christophe Bourret. These two pairs of drivers know each other particularly well and share the same aims. Up against the strong field, they should ensure a good show, as well as some great fights.”
“However, the new element will be our PRO crew, which will bring together two top drivers. Tristan Vautier, well-known to the team as he has raced with us in the Blancpain on a few occasions, will be joined by the reigning FIA European Formula 3 Champion, Felix Rosenqvist. These two drivers, both with brilliant single-seater careers, will face a heavy challenge up against the GT specialists. Tristan Vautier, an Indy Lights Champion and an IndyCar driver, has never hid his pleasure at racing in GT, and is already delighted to pick up this new challenge. His team-mate, Felix Rosenqvist, has an impressive single-seater career record at the age of just 24. He is the only driver to have won the major F3 events, namely the Macau Grand Prix (twice), the F3 Masters in Zandvoort (twice) and the Pau Grand Prix. These two young wolves should have great potential together.”
“We are aware that the level of this series is very high, and that we have everything to learn in Sprint, but as always we are fully motivated to fight and, if possible, to be at the front. The season will get underway very soon, so we will have to make the most of our test sessions.”
