BOP Test Date Moves
The initial timetable for the Test Days for the Blancpain Endurance Series in 10 days time has been amended with the Balance of Performance testing initially due for Wednesday 11 March now brought forward to 10 March with the gates closed to public and media.
Debuts For AMG GT and Cadillac GT3s
Debuts of different sorts for a pair of GT3 cars in the next week.
Mercedes Benz will show off their new and aggressively styled AMG GT3 at the Geneva Motor Show where we could also find out where the car will make its racing debut later this year ahead of customer cars being made available for 2016.
Over in the USA meanwhile Cadillac’s new ATS-V.R will make its racing debut next weekend as the Pirelli World Challenge enters what could be a breakthrough 2015 season.
Dyson For Dyson
Bentley Team Dyson Racing meanwhile return to World Challenge after a part season in 2014.
Chris Dyson is confirmed as a full season driver aboard the #16 Continental GT3 with Butch Leitzinger returning for his 21st season with Dyson Racing.
Catsburg For Reiter In PWC
Nick Catsburg meanwhile will race for the Blancpain Reiter team in PWC for the full season in a Lamborghini Gallardo – DSC believe its likely that the team will start the season with a current spec Gallardo before entering the new R-EX version on the Gallardo later in the season.
Hitotsuyama And WRT Join Forces
The Super GT Championship will see long-time contenders Hitotsuyama Racing supported in their GT300 campaign by Belgian Team WRT as Richard Lyons and Tomonobu Fujii undertake a full season with Stephane Ortelli joining the effort for both the Fuji 500 km and the Suzuka 1000 km.
Lexus GT3 For LM Corsa
The LM Corsa team rolled out the New Lexus RCF GT3 that they will campaign and develop in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2015 with Akira Iida and Hiroki Yoshimoto.
The car is one of three set to be built for 2015, at least one of which is bound for Europe with programmes in ADAC GT Masters and/ or VLN under consideration but as yet unconfirmed with more than one team waiting on a final decision from Lexus.
