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That race was so epic earlier. Loeb is a boss.
 
I started keeping up with FIA GT1 and Blancpain series last year, but this year I plan on following it more closely and more currently now that I know youtube has all the races commercial free. Plus the fact we have a youtube app on the Ps3 makes it that much more better imo. I didn't read all the posts yet in fear I might hear a spoiler but I'm about to take down Nogaro Main now that I finished the qualifying race. Report back tomorrow after a entertaining night of racing! :sly:👍
 
NISSAN GT-R SHOWS GREAT PACE AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SPEED

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The YouTube-liveried No.35 GT-R came home sixth in the Pro-Am class at Monza after dramatically taking the lead in the early stages of the race. The No.32 GT-R, raced by three GT Academy winners who only graduated last August, finished eighth in class.

This was the first race at Monza for Lucas Ordonez and the four most recent winners of Nissan PlayStation GT Academy – Wolfgang Reip, Mark Shulzhitskiy, Peter Pyzera and Steve Doherty. Alex Buncombe has raced at the home of the Italian Grand Prix before and it was his performance today that shone as bright as the Italian sunshine.

Alex took the start in the YouTube GT-R after qualifying in a very strong fourth position. By the end of lap one he was up to second place and hounding the McLaren that had grabbed the lead at the start. It wasn’t long before the GT-R got the better of the McLaren and he sailed into the outright lead.
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After Alex’s blazing start it was Lucas who was next up in the YouTube GT-R and after the pit stop he was fifth overall and first in the Pro-Am class.

He said: “The GT-R has been great here all weekend so it has been a lot of fun for us to race at Monza. When I jumped into the car everything felt great and I could push hard for the first half of my stint. After that I started to struggle a little with tyre pressures and I struggled thoughout my run with very heavy traffic. I think I learned more in this race than I have learned in any race, fighting with the top GT drivers. Unfortunately I ‘did a Hamilton’ when I pitted, stopping a couple of garages short so we lost a bit of time. It has been a pleasure to race the GT-R here. It felt great to take it through the famous Monza corners and I will take away some great memories.”

The Nissan GT Academy Team RJN moves swiftly on now to Zolder in Belgium for the next round of the FIA GT Championship.


JANN MARDENBOROUGH CONTINUES TO MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
Jann Mardenborough, winner of the 2011 Nissan PlayStation GT Academy, continued his education in racing downforce cars at Silverstone this weekend. Racing in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship after completing just one season in British GT racing, Jann is on one of the steepest learning curves in motorsport. The young driver is working hard to prepare for racing a Le Mans car this June.

He pulled together everything he has learned so far to qualify in an impressive 12th for the final race of the weekend and then raced his heart out to take eighth place against the cream of the crop of single-seater racers, scoring his first points of the season in just his second race.
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I am so in love with these series.... Last year, I was thinking to myself during the 24hrs of Spa ; wow what an incredible field !!! And that was with 'only' 56 cars.....

Will see some of the cars in action this weekend, as it is 'Zolder' time, will put the link to my photo's here next week to.
 
Mr Ratel, look at Blancpain as an example of how GT racing should be. TV deals, 60 car grids, and proper full length events. None of your "We must have X manufacturers and they can only have X cars from X teams" nonsense.

Full credit to Blancpain, They have made GT racing big again. 👍
 
Furinkazen
Mr Ratel, look at Blancpain as an example of how GT racing should be. TV deals, 60 car grids, and proper full length events. None of your "We must have X manufacturers and they can only have X cars from X teams" nonsense.

Full credit to Blancpain, They have made GT racing big again. 👍
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I love the idea of a pro-am class too. It gives up and coming drivers a chance to show what they have.
 
Furinkazen
Mr Ratel, look at Blancpain as an example of how GT racing should be. TV deals, 60 car grids, and proper full length events. None of your "We must have X manufacturers and they can only have X cars from X teams" nonsense.

Full credit to Blancpain, They have made GT racing big again. 👍
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I think you are not really aware of the fact that this championship is founded and organised by STEPHANE RATEL himself :) Better apologize now ;)

http://www.blancpain-endurance-series.com/pages/blancpain-endurance-series

See the picture on the site, you will see Stephane himself doing announcements of the Blancpain Series, Blancpain is just the sponsor.

SRO = Stephane Ratel Organisation
 
Racingworld68
I think you are not really aware of the fact that this championship is founded and organised by STEPHANE RATEL himself :) Better apologize now ;)

http://www.blancpain-endurance-series.com/pages/blancpain-endurance-series

See the picture on the site, you will see Stephane himself doing announcements of the Blancpain Series, Blancpain is just the sponsor.

SRO = Stephane Ratel Organisation
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I stand corrected then, but I still believe Blancpain is the way GT racing should be 👍
 
Here's the entire race, anyone can view this one. Skip to 1:46:40 to see the start of the race. Enjoy :)



That start was epic, wow 👍 I love Sportscar/GT racing.
 
They're all blocked for the USA.

Apparently we should be able to watch it online at speed2.com, but it hasn't worked for me yet and they rarely have the races even listed.
 
Something available in Canada not available in the USA? That's a first.. except free health care :lol:
 

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