With thanks to DSC’s man in Asia we now have some more information on the Test Day last Monday (at Beijing Goldenport Circuit) for the forthcoming Chinese GT Championship.
We can confirm that at this stage thee were no more than a dozen cars running but Championship organisers say they have 9 teams committed for the season and are looking for a 10th team to complete the grid.
Not unusually for China details are tough to come by of some entries with the likelihood that several teams and drivers will commit at the last minute.
Confirmed Entries (that took part in the Test Day).
Spirit Z, Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 ,2013 British F3 National Class champion Sun Zheng and Dongfeng Honda CTCC driver Zou Si Rui. Believed to be an ex BMAX car with some technical support from Japan.
LRacing 300+ Audi R8 LMS (Cup spec). No drivers yet announced.
Leo 300+ Racing (same team as LRacing 300+ but they race under a different name), two Lamborghini Huracan Supertrofeo, Former Formula 2 driver David Zhu and his young brother Zhu Hu An (also did some single seater races in Europe) will drive together with Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and CTCC VW factory driver Zhang Zhen Dong.
(The team ran at the test day with Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeos and did not have a smooth day!).
Designed Motor Sport, one Porsche 997 GT3 Cup.
Team JR, Beijing based team with a fleet of 10+ Porsche Cup cars.
They will enter in the series under three different team names.
At the Test Day they had two Porsche 991 GT3 Cup running for Li Jia Qi and their star driver Zhang Da Sheng.
Aston Martin Racing China / China Equity Group, Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4.
Not present at Beijing test day but expected to race:
Spirit Z is planning to enter a locally made BMW M3 GT.
Team JR will enter a Porsche 911 GT3-R (2016 spec) a brand new car for Porsche Carrera Cup Asia regular and car owner Li Chao and his usual teammate Zhang Da Sheng.
Designed Motor Sport, one more Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (this one a type 997).
Shanghai’s TopSpeed will enter a Lamborghini Húracan Supertrofeo .
One Audi R8 LMS GT3 from FAW Audi.
Linky Racing’s Lamborghini Huracan Supertrofeo also expected .
Sporting Regulations seem hard to come by but are believed to include a pair of 50min races per weekend with a compulsory pit stop.
