Camaro GT3: An American in MonzaEugenio Amos joins ROAL Motorsport regulars
GT Academy winners defend 2013 Pro-Am team title in the Blancpain Endurance Series
Nissan Motorsport has announced that Japanese racer Katsumasa Chiyo will join the line-up on the Nissan GT Academy Team RJN GT-R NISMO GT3 in the Blancpain Endurance Series. It is the first time that the 26-year-old former Japanese Formula 3 champion will compete in a championship outside his own country.
Chiyo will join the 2013 GT Academy winners Miguel Faisca (Portugal), Stanislav Aksenov (Russia), Nick McMillen (USA) and Florian Strauss (Germany). The ‘gamers-turned-racers’ are eager to follow the footsteps of their predecessors Wolfgang Reip, Mark Shulzhitskiy, and Peter Pyzera who last year conquered the Blancpain Endurance Series Pro-Am team title in their rookie year. The exact line-ups tasked with defending Nissan’s Pro-Am team title will be announced soon.
Camaro GT3: An American in Monza
Reiter Engineering has confirmed that it will bring its Chevrolet Camaro GT3 to the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series in Monza. The car will have the experienced trio of Peter Kox, Tomas Enge and Albert von Thurn und Taxis at the wheel.
American Muscle and German Engineering, that was the philosophy of Bavarian Lamborghini specialist Reiter Engineering when it created its SaReNi division to develop a GT3-version of the Chevrolet Camaro. The American beast, which sports a massive 7.9 litre V8 engine, has been thoroughly tested by the team’s regular squad of drivers: Peter Kox, Tomas Enge, Albert von Thurn und Taxis and Stefan Rosina. General Motors works driver Oliver Gavin also had a go in the machine, to further advance its competitiveness. For the moment, the team has only entered the car in the Italian round of the Blancpain Endurance Series, but further participations are certainly among the possibilities.
Hans Reiter (team principal): “The Camaro is something of a rebel. It relies on the massive power of the V8 engine to be among the frontrunners. At the same time, it is one of the most cost-effective cars on the starting grid, which is why it represents the ideal solution for cost-conscious teams and drivers to get involved in the Blancpain GT Series.”
Eugenio Amos joins ROAL Motorsport regulars for 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
The Italian squad of ROAL Motorsport has announced its driver line-up for the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series. Michela Cerruti and Stefano Comandini, both regular ROAL drivers, will be joined by Eugenio Amos, the winner of the 2010 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo in Pro-Am. The 28-year-old Italian also finished third in the 2012 in Pro-Am Cup of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The three Italians will be at the wheel of a BMW Z4 GT3.
ROAL Motorsport had previously confirmed its entry in the Blancpain Sprint Series, where Roberto Ravaglia’s squad will enter a specially modified 2014-spec BMW Z4 GT3 for former ChampCar-champion and Olympic Gold medallist Alex Zanardi.
Eugenio Amos (driver): “To race for ROAL Motorsport BMW Team and Roberto Ravaglia is a new challenge for me. This is a fantastic opportunity. It will be my third full-time season in the Blancpain Endurance Series. I like the endurance races, I think they are the sexiest races that exist! I have no experience with the BMW Z4 GT3 yet, but I saw the car in action during the last two seasons and my impression was that this is a great racing car.”
