FIA GT3 European Championship
Rounds 5 & 6 – Jarama, Spain
19/20 June 2010
EVENT PREVIEW: GT3 Takes Centre Stage in Spain
After four races in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic supporting the FIA GT1 World Championship, the FIA GT3 European Championship heads to Spain to take centre stage for the first time this season. Rounds 5 & 6 of the 12-round Championship will be held on the 3.8 kilometre Jarama circuit, near the Spanish capital Madrid, the first time the series has visited the country.
With large grids representing 10 different marques, the FIA GT3 European Championship continues to provide action-packed racing on the top European race circuits. The visit to Jarama will be with the Superleague Formula which will provide the Spanish race fans the best of both worlds – top flight GT and single-seater racing action.
So far Corvette has been the dominant force in 2010, winning three of the first four races and filling five of the six podium places in Rounds 3 and 4 at Brno last month. The opening round of the 2010 season saw the Trackspeed Porsche 911 GT3 R of Jose Luis Cunill and Tim Bergmeister take the first win of the year but only after the Graff Racing Corvette of Mike Parisy and the Callaway Competition Corvette of Christian Hohenadel both suffered technical problems. In Round 2 the Callaway Competition team put the earlier race one problems behind them with Christian Hohenadel and Daniel Keilwitz claiming victory in the second 60-minute race of the weekend ahead of the Hexis AMR Aston Martin of Frederic Makowiecki and Manuel Rodrigues. Third place for Cunill and Bergmeister gave the Trackspeed Porsche pairing the championship lead as the Championship headed to the Czech Republic for Rounds 3 and 4 at Brno.
The Czech track was missing from the 2009 calendar and, as a firm favourite among the teams and drivers, it made a welcome return this season. Reigning French GT3 Champion Mike Parisy and his co driver Joakim Lambotte dominated the weekend in the Graff Racing Corvette with a double win which was a huge relief for the team after the disappointments at Silverstone. In Round 3 it was a Corvette 1-2-3 with Parisy taking the chequered flag ahead of Christian Hohanadel in the Callaway Competition car, with Dino Lunardi taking the second podium finish in three races for the Toni Seiler Racing Corvette.
The early pace setter of the second race of the Brno weekend was Diego Alessi in the Chad Racing Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Starting from pole position the Italian held a small lead to the chasing Corvettes, which he held until the pitstop, but a timing mistake led to Giacomo Petrobelli rejoining the race too early and the resulting stop and go penalty dropped the car out of the running and handed the lead and the second race victory of the weekend to Joakim Lambotte in the Graff Racing Corvette. Philip Geipel and Albert von Thurn und Taxis brought the Argo Racing Lamborghini Gallardo up the field from a lowly 14th to finish in second place, just ahead of the Callaway Corvette of Daniel Keilwitz. The German team suffered an early misfire dropping Hohenadel down to 17th from the front row. However the problem was sorted at the pitstop and Keilwitz forced his way back up the field to take the final podium position and the lead in the Drivers Championship after four races.
Who will be victorious in Spain? Can the Corvettes hold onto their dominant position or will one of the other marques join Corvette and Porsche as race winners in 2010? The GT Commission have made a Balance of Performance ruling and all Corvettes will have a smaller restrictor (50mm instead of 52mm) at Jarama. Success in GT3 means more weight. The nr16 Graff Racing car, thanks to the double victory, will have 40 kilos of success ballast, the nr101 Callaway Competition Corvette will run with 25kg of ballast, while the nr24 Argo Racing Lamborghini and the nr18 Toni Seiler Corvette will have 15 and 10 kilos respectively.
The event at Jarama begins on Saturday 19 June, with Free Practice and Qualifying, while both 60-minute races will take place on Sunday 20 June. For the latest information visit the championship website at GT3Europe.com.
EVENT TIMETABLE
Saturday 19 June
08:30-09:00 Superleague Formula Free practice 1
09:15-10:15 FIA GT3 European Championship Free practice 1
10:30-11:00 Superleague Formula Free practice 2
11.15-12.15 FIA GT3 European Championship Free practice 2
12.30-14.00 Superleague Formula Qualifying and Knockouts
16:00-16:50 FIA GT3 European Championship Qualifying
Sunday 20 June
09:15-10:15 FIA GT3 European Championship Race 1
11:00-11:45 Superleague Formula Race 1
12.30-13.15 Superleague Formula Race 2
13.30-13.45 Superleague Formula Race 3
16:00-17:00 FIA GT3 European Championship Race 2
News and photos used with permission from FIA GT3.
Search
Archives
-
▼
2010
(2523)
-
▼
June
(145)
- Megan Fox get Married
- Eclipse Movie
- Shooting M3 e46
- Rolls-Royce Phantom
- The Hot Car in 2010 - Chevrolet.
- Top Ten summer 2010 phones
- Nokia N8 vs i Phone 4G vs Nexus One
- New Racer 250LM
- mni car tuning
- Alpine Tuning
- Day One Hundred and Seventy Seven
- Jensen and Lewis build a McLaren
- High Velocity Falcon
- Nokia N8
- Toyota Prius
- toyota corolla
- New Slot It Porsche 956KH
- Toyota Celica Japanes Cars
- Toyot Supra Sports Cars
- New Audi Cars Wallpapers
- BMW X6 Frankfurt Auto Show
- FIA GT1-Paul Richard preview
- New Carrera websites
- New Sloting Plus parts
- cat tuning
- Shooting M3 e46
- Toyota test driver dies in accident in LFA on Auto...
- Special edition Racer Ford P68
- During the period 1960 to 2010 mini cars
- Womens beautiful hand bags
- Pioneer "Bullitt Assassins car" Dodge Charger spy ...
- 2010 HSV Sport Cars HSV 20 Years Of Clubsport Limi...
- 2010 Cadillac Sports Cars Concept SRV Concept Cars
- Toyota prius
- Mini cooper cars
- The Best Android phones
- Lemon IT 717
- Toy Story 3
- Covertte race car
- THE Scuderia...
- Low-Bid-Auction Mini cars
- Honda Jazz Airbrush Modification Extreme
- Supervision Car
- Modification extrem Honda Jazz 2010
- jazz modification
- HONDA JAZZ MODIF TOYOTA CROWN JDM
- Honda Jazz Extreme Modification
- mini-cooper-s-4
- CANON Mark 1 calculator
- Slot It Silk Cut Jag XJR12
- Mini Vs. Porsche?
- Audi S8
- Stage de Pilotage - Pont l\'Eveque
- 2010 FISKER KARMA
- 2010 10Best Cars
- New AutoArt releases for June
- Nissan GT-R SpecV
- Nissan Altima Coupe Wallpaper
- Chrysler Releases First TV Spot for 2011 Jeep Gran...
- Video: 2011 Subaru WRX STI laps Nurburgring in 7:55
- Gemballa Turbo GT 550 – Porsche 911 Turbo Tuned
- Flying Lizard LeMans blog link
- Mini brand new cars
- FIA GT3 Spain-preview
- 1999 Silvia Parts Front Side View
- 1999 Nissan Silvia Cars Spec-R Wallpaper Picture
- 2010 Porsche 911 Tequipment Aerokit Cup Picture
- 2010 Porsche 911 Tequipment Aerokit Cup
- Live LeMans link-Speed
- World cup opening ceremony
- Austin Mini images
- New Cartrix drivers
- Nico goes hybrid!
- Classic Porsche
- Live LeMans link
- accord super 2010 cars
- accent great cars
- 2008 AC Schnitzer ACS3 Sport Car
- 2008 Abt TT-R Roadster Sport Car
- 2001 Abflug Supra S900 - Fast Car
- 2004 A and L Racing S2000
- Fast Car - 2009 Audi R15 TDI
- Audi A4 Tuning
- Audi r8 Wallpaper Collection 2010 and 2012 Dealers...
- Top Audi R8 Pictures
- Audi R8 V10
- 2010 Audi R8 V10 FSI quattro
- top audi r8
- Audi r8 pictures
- Audi r8 Wallpaper Collection 2010 and 2012
- Restored Classic Car Images Long Beach Real Estate...
- classic cars for sale and ebay classic cars
- Cheap Used Cars Cheap Cars for Sale
- Best Used Cars Images gallery Reviews
- New and Nice Audi Car Images
- Audi Cars Pictures and Wallpaper Gallery
- New Audi Cars to Buy From Online Dealers
- Audi cars
- Audi cars Pictures and Images Gallery Reviews
- Old leather shoe steps out after 5,500 years
-
▼
June
(145)