New season!
GT-MES Season 5 starts in Germany, Nurburgring that has become regular in the series.
Series has been joined by lot of rookies this season, so there is lot of question marks going in to first race.
This season is expected to be last with Gr2-Gr3 -classes for while, and both classes has seen big weight cut, and early comments have told cars being quite different.
Gr2 class should be as exciting as it was last season.
Honda won again both drivers and manufacturers titles last season, and has kept same driver-line up.
Gr2-title holder
sota59 from Finland is now 4-time champion. Again he was not the fastest driver, but took the wins he needed, most importantly win from Le Mans.
He starts season again looking for important win, to get good start for title-defense.
Completing all finnish line-up for Honda is
jonirune91. He was very important part in his teams success last season, his win in Saint Croux was huge for Honda in manufacturer points, and then his 2nd place in Le Mans secured drivers title to his teammate. This season he needs to show more his speed we saw at times last season, especially start of the season, otherwise he will fall to support role again for his teammate.
Nissan was close to both titles last season, and have made big addition to their team.
Last seasons runner up
VitmnG stays in Nissan for another season. He was most of the time fastest guys in the class, but could not get result needed in final Le Mans round. He will be again one of the fastest guys and will take wins, he missed opener last season, so early lead in championship could bring good luck.
Huge addition to Nissan team is 2-time Gr3 champion
xZePhyR96x. He dominated the Gr3-class last season, but 3 missed rounds kept door open to rivals, and his title was under threat going to Le Mans. But he kept his head cool, and took win, and secured the title. Now he makes jump to Nissan Gr2 team next to his former S2 rival VitmnG, who is more experienced in Gr2-cars. His expected missed races and lack of experience will put him to back foot, so he needs to start season on strong result.
Lexus is still looking for that first win after seasons of hard luck.
Rookie
Axel could change that. He has shown speed in other series, but lacks experience, unlike his rivals. If he keeps pressing during the season, he can take wins, and be there in the end for title.
Lexus is looking for teammate for him, to help challenge for manufacturer title.
Gr3 has former champion againts new rookies for title.
Mazda returns to series, and has good line up for titles.
Gr4 champion from S2,
Nils has made jump to Mazda. German just lost the Gr3 title in Le Mans last season, but hopes change of car will be key factor in road to title in this season. He has won last 3 season openers in his homerace Nurburgring, and is veteran of the series, so he starts as favorite for win this Friday. He could miss races later in the season, leaving door open for others...
His teammate will be fellow German, rookie
farin79. He has great benchmark in his teammate, and gain experience as season moves along.
Audi was car to be in last season, and they have two exciting rookies on the wheel.
road2fury is rookie from Australia. Like most of rookies, we dont know yet what he is made from, but we shall find out as season moves along.
His teammate
ACZalex_gaming is also rookie. He will miss 3 first races, but we are excited for his debut.
Ferrari makes its debut in GT-MES.
A Keyboard from USA is set for his first full season in GT-MES, but he has experience from previous seasons. He needs to use his experience to get early lead on his rookie rivals.
Teammate of his is another rookie
lavillegr from Australia, whose season we follow tightly.
Another exciting line-up can be found in
BMW.
Rookie
doc-shipman could be black horse this season, but so could be his friend, and teammate
thunderpigeon, who also is rookie!
We will know lot more after first couple races.
If interested to join, PM me or Nilsemann.
