21 cars have been placed on the provisional entry list for the inaugural GT4 International Cup in Bahrain at the end of the month, representing 10 manufacturers.
The event, which will run as part of the Bapco Bahrain GT Festival (the season-ending event) has drawn entrants from across the globe.
On the entry are cars entered in the Pro-Am, Silver Cup and Am classes for the two qualifying races and 60-minute finale.
The CMR squad will field two of its Alpine A110 GT4 machines in Bahrain. The French outfit has enjoyed domestic and international success this season, winning races in the GT4 European Series and Championnat de France FFSA GT – GT4 France. Drivers for the Alpines will be announced in the coming weeks.
Generation AMR SuperRacing will launch an all-British assault on the International Cup. The Banbury-based effort, which has campaigned GT4 machinery at home and abroad in recent years, will field James Holder and Matthew George in a Pro-Am effort.
A pair of championship-winning teams will run Audi R8 LMS GT4s in Bahrain. Phoenix Racing’s GT4 European Series drivers’ title holders Milan Dontje and Nicolaj Møller Madsen will reunite for the event in the Gulf, while Gosia Rdest will be joined by a final Phoenix driver in the sister machine.
The other team racing Audi GT4s is Sainteloc Racing, the team confirming that an all-French line-up will lead its two-car entry, with both aiming for Pro-Am honours. In the #41 R8 LMS GT4 Michael Blanchemain will pair up with Steven Palette, while the #42 machine will see Championnat de France FFSA GT – GT4 France champions Fabien Michal and Gregory Guilvert compete together.
A quartet of BMW M4 GT4 entries will compete in Bahrain. Two will carry the colours of 3Y Technology, which competed extensively in France and Europe throughout 2018.
The third will see Daren E. Jorgensen and Brett Strom pair up for an assault on the Am class. This all-American effort will run under the RHC Jorgensen/Strom by MarcCars banner. Add finally, BMW Team France by Ekris Motorsport will field its own EKRIS M4 GT4 in the Silver Cup category, with European regulars Julien Piguet and Ricardo van der Ende sharing driving duties.
Primus Racing will field its Ginetta G55 GT4 for Johan Rosen and Peter Larsen. The same combination of team, car and drivers made a one-off appearance in the GT4 European Series this term, tackling the event that ran as part of Spa Speedweek. The Scandinavian duo will compete for Am honours.
The Las Moras Racing squad will also be targeting Am class success with its McLaren 570S GT4.The car will be driven by husband and wife duo Luc and Liesette Braams, both familiar competitors in the GT4 European Series.
Academy Motorsport will also run with a McLaren. GT4 European Series front-runner Finlay Hutchison will pair with fellow British racer Matt Nicoll-Jones to compete for Silver Cup honours.
The distinctive KTM X-Bow will take tackle the Bahrain International circuit thanks to Razoon – More Than Racing. The Austrian squad will run a Pro-Am effort for compatriots Constantin Scholl and Reinhard Kofler. Silver-graded Kofler closed the 2018 GT4 European Series with a pair of podium finishes to his name.
Scuderia Villorba Corse will take its Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 to the Gulf venue. The Italian squad will field father-son duo Piotr and Antoni Chodzen, whose GT4 experience includes the European Series and Central European Cup.
A trio of squads will place their trust in the Mercedes-AMG GT4. European regular Bullitt Racing will field its established crew of Stephen Pattrick and Andy Meyrick, who will contend for Pro-Am honours. Just Racing will be targeting success in the Am category, with Mats Ek Tidstrand and Erik Behrens piloting the Swedish squad’s effort.
The final member of the Mercedes-AMG camp is accomplished French outfit AKKA ASP, which will field a Silver Cup entry for Tomas Drouet and a second to-be-confirmed driver.
The 21-car field is completed by a brace of Porsche Cayman GT4 CS MR entries. The Policaro/SportsCarBoutique squad will ensure that, like its neighbour to the south, Canada is represented at the GT4 International Cup.
On the driver front the experienced Andrew Danyliw, a veteran of the Blancpain GT Series and Pirelli World Challenge, will be joined by Ethan Simioni, who is contesting his first season in cars after graduating from karting at the end of 2017.
Finally, French outfit TFT SO24 will run a Porsche Caymen GT4 for Niki Leutwiler, continuing a successful partnership that saw the Swiss capture the GT4 European Series Am title in 2018. He will be joined by Jan Kasperlik.
Further driver announcements will be made in the coming weeks as teams reveal their full line-ups for the Bahrain event.
The event will take place at the Bahrain International Circuit from 30 November to 1 December.
