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2017 International GT Open Season
The 2017 International GT Open season was the twelfth season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 29 April at Autódromo do Estoril and finished on 29 October, at Barcelona after seven double-header meetings. Entry list Race calendar A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 4 October 2016. The Hungaroring round will be co-headlined by the TCR International Series. Bold indicates overall winner. Standings Drivers' Championship Teams' Championship Reference: - GT Sport Notes References External links * {{Int ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International GT Open
The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It was a spin-off of the now-defunct Spanish GT Championship, but is now a distinct series featuring FIA GT3-spec cars modified from production road cars. Format The series consists of events in various European countries which feature two races over a weekend. In its first year, the races had an identical format to the Spanish GT Championship, with two 200 km races, the first held on Saturday and the second the following Sunday. Three of the six rounds were joint events for the Open and the Spanish GT Championship. In 2007, the first race, known as ''Pro-Am'', covers approximately 200 km distance, while the second race is 150 km and known as ''GT Open''. The only exception is the Open GT Barcelona, which is a single 300 km race. In early seasons, a few races have been a part of the World Touring Car Championship support package. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AF Corse
AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 1995 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Challenge Europe, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, DTM, and International GT Open, and are four-time champions of the GT2 class of the former FIA GT Championship. The team has also entered cars under Advanced Engineering, AT Racing, Pecom Racing, Spirit of Race, Formula Racing, 8Star Motorsports and MR Racing, and in association with Michael Waltrip Racing (AF Waltrip). History In 1995, Amato Ferrari (no relation to the family of Enzo Ferrari and his Ferrari car company) retired from driving and chose to concentrate on team management, initially entering the Italian Superturismo Championship. Following the series' demise in 1999, Ferrari launched a new team known as AF Corse, named for his initials. The team turned to spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jäger
Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver. Career Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Eurocup, Renault Spider Trophy in 1997.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/407/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He began competing in the German Formula Three Championship in 1998, where he finished third behind Christijan Albers and Marcel Fässler (racing driver), Marcel Fässler in 1999. Jäger then raced in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, DTM for Mercedes-Benz between 2000 and 2003. He took two podiums and a best championship finish of seventh, in 2001. Jäger was signed by Hotfiel Sport for their World Touring Car Championship campaign in 2005, although Jäger left after four rounds. Jäger won the German Mini Challenge in 2006, and moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2007, which he won in 2009. In 2010 he began working as coordinator for Mercedes-AMG, AMG Customer Sports. Jäger won the 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Lechner Racing
Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a subcontractor of Porsche AG. History Sports car racing Walter Lechner Racing competed in the Interserie in the 1990s and developed their own car in conjunction with Reynard Motorsport, the Lechner Spyder SC91. Since then, the team has actively competed in the Porsche Supercup series since 2003. They won their first Teams' Championship title in 2005 and two more followed in 2007 and 2008. In 2005, the team won both trophies as Alessandro Zampedri collected the Drivers' Championship with a win at the Circuit de Catalunya. Drivers such as Richard Westbrook, Damien Faulkner, Danny Watts and Patrick Huisman have also driven for the team over the years and were successful, winning many races. In 2009 the team failed to win a race, although Štef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gonda
Richard Gonda (born 14 March 1994, in Banská Bystrica) is a professional racing driver from Slovakia. Career Karting Gonda began karting in 2003 and raced primarily in his native Slovakia for the majority of his career, working his way up from the junior ranks with the seven national titles. CEZ Championship E2-2000 and Formula Renault In 2010, Gonda graduated to single-seaters, racing in the Central European Zone Championship E2-2000 series. He finished sixth with 37 points. He also completed in three rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup FR-2000 Class with Sophidea team and in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 round at Silverstone Circuit with Krenek Motorsport. Gonda expanded his Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 campaign in 2011, staying with Krenek Motorsport. He finished all but one races, without scoring a point. He also contested in three rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series. And continued in the NEC series in the next year. FIA Formula Two Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMW M6
The BMW M6 is a high-performance version of the 6 Series marketed under the BMW M sub-brand from 1983 to 2018 (with a break from 1990 to 2004). Introduced in the coupe body style, the M6 was also built in convertible and fastback sedan ('Gran Coupe') body styles for later generations. An M6 model was built for each of the first three generations of the 6 Series. Production of the M6 ended in 2018 and it was replaced by the BMW M8 (F91/F92/F93) in 2019. E24 M635CSi/M6 (1983–1989) The M6 lineage began in 1983 with the ''M635CSi'' model of the E24 6 Series range, which was powered by the M88/3 DOHC straight-six engine (which was a modified version of the engine used in the BMW M1 supercar). In most countries, the model was badged the M635CSi, however the equivalent model in North America and Japan was simply badged in "M6". The European-specification M635CSi used the M88/3 engine (without a catalytic converter), which generated at 6,500 rpm and at 4,500 rpm. The M6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allam Khodair
Allam Khodair (born May 15, 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver, currently driving in Stock Car Brasil. His mother is Japanese Brazilian and his father is Lebanese. Career Karting * 1999: Win the Brazilian karting championship; Win the Seletiva de Kart Petrobras race (the 12 best Brazilian drivers); Win the São Paulo Championship * 1998: Brazilian championship; Win the La Filliere selective race * 1997: Win the Brazilian championship; Win the São Paulo Championship; Win the Parilla Between 2000 and 2001, Khodair dedicate to his studies on the University of administration of Companies in FAAP with a dedication in the textile industry. Formulas In 2002, he return to motorsport in Formula Renault 2.0L in the Brazilian championship that he win the next season, in 2003.Trajectoria ''allamkhodair.com.br'' The same year, Khodair ran als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drivex
Drivex is an auto racing team and school based in Spain. The team was founded by Pedro de la Rosa and Miguel Ángel de Castro in 2005 as a racing school. The racing team is run by Miguel Ángel de Castro. History Single-seaters Since 2009, Drivex have been contesting the Euroformula Open Championship, with the likes of Celso Míguez, Ferdinand Habsburg and Nikita Troitskiy achieving top three finishes in the drivers' championships. In November 2018, Drivex announced it would expand into the Formula Renault Eurocup championship for 2019, in collaboration with Fernando Alonso's FA Racing outfit. Current series results Euroformula Open Championship † Shared results with other teams F4 Spanish Championship † Azman raced with MP Motorsport MP Motorsport (previously Marcel Peters Motorsport) is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team has also participated in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Balbiani
José Manuel Balbiani (born January 6, 1978) is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in FIA GT Championship. He was born in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South .... External links Official website Argentine racing drivers FIA GT Championship drivers TC 2000 Championship drivers Racing drivers from Buenos Aires British GT Championship drivers Living people 1978 births Blancpain Endurance Series drivers {{Argentina-autoracing-bio-stub Team Lazarus drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers 24H Series drivers GT4 European Series drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonô Figueiredo
Flávio Pagano "Nonô" Figueiredo (born May 13, 1971, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He is better known as "Nonô"" Figueiredo and drives in the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Series. He started racing in Karting in 1984, winning several championship titles. In 1989 and 1990 he raced in some North American Formula Ford races. In 1993 he drove in the Italian formula 3 Championship, followed by Formula Fiat drives back in Brazil in 1995 and 1996, with six race wins in two years. He raced in Great Britain in 1997, driving for TJ Motorsport in the Vauxhall Vectra Challenge with four race wins. In 1998 he achieved more success, with another four wins that year. This earned him a drive for two races in the British Touring Car Championship for the works Vauxhall team, replacing the injured John Cleland for the rounds at Thruxton. Since 2000 he has raced back in Brazil, in the V8 Stock cars (until 2014) and Brasileiro de Marcas (2015). Racing record Complete British Touring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-AMG GT
The Mercedes-AMG GT (C190 / R190) is a grand tourer produced in coupé and roadster bodystyles by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-AMG. The car was introduced on and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show. After the SLS AMG, it is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. The Mercedes-AMG GT went on sale in two variants (GT and GT S) in March 2015, while a GT3 racing variant of the car was introduced in 2015. A high performance variant called the GT R was introduced in 2016. A GT4 racing variant, targeted at semi-professional drivers and based on the GT R variant, was introduced in 2017. Recently, a new variant called the AMG GT Black series has been released. All variants are assembled at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. On 28 October 2021, Mercedes-Benz announced the new Mercedes-AMG R232 SL-Class as the direct successor for the roadster version. History The interior of the Mercedes- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Ling
Kang Ling (凌康 born 14 March 1997) is a Chinese racing driver. Career Karting Ling began karting in 2010 and raced in Asia for the majority of his career, winning 2012 Asian Karting Championship x30 Senior class. Other highlights in his karting career include; a 4th-place finish in the 2010 KF3 Asia-Pacific Championship and 28th position in 2012 KF1 CIK-FIA World Karting Championship, scoring 6 points. He ended his karting career in 2012 and moved into single-seaters in 2013. French F4 Championship Ling made the step up into single-seaters in 2013, participating in the 2013 French F4 Championship season, 2013 French F4 Championship, he scored 4 points, all of which came at the third round in Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa. Formula Renault 2.0 Alps In 2014, Ling signed for the Koiranen GP team to race in the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season, 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, but left mid-season after scoring no points. GP3 Series Ling joined the Trident tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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