GT Sport today released the entry list for the first 2013 Winter Series event that will take place this Friday and Saturday at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Southern France.
As anticipated, over 20 cars will participate in the testing sessions and the two 50-minute races scheduled at Le Castellet. Exactly 24 cars have been confirmed, with some late joiners still possible.
In the SuperGT category, the season will start under the sign of the traditional Ferrari- Porsche duel. The 458 GT2 of Talkanitsa sr&jr (AT Racing) and Cameron-Griffin (Mtech) will be challenged by 911 RSR of Drivex, with an interesting driver line-up still to be announced.
In the GTS category, the Ferrari delegation will be led by a strong Kessel Racing delegation (six cars, with four GT3 and 2 Challenge). Among line-ups, stick out Flor-Castellacci, and Zanuttini-Gattuso. AF Corse is present with three cars, for UK pair Dhillon-Scott, Ramindra- Sbirrazzuoli and Rugolo-Sdanewitsch (with the German making his come-back after the Spa accident last year). Bobbi-Palmer lead the Vita4One Italy entry, with SMP Russian Bears and Team Ukraine completing the Prancing Horse field.
Two Almras Porsche will represent Stuttgart in GTS, with the Reiter-prepared Lambo of Kox- Pronk and the Lechner Racing Mercedes SLS of Mario Plachutta also ready to fight for victory.
The Winter Series event at the Ricard (as the Jerez one on 1-2 March) include private testing on Friday, with four 55-minute sessions, while the two 50-minute races will take place on
Saturday after a fifth testing session and a qualifying session of 20 minutes per driver. The European F3 Open, as customary, partners the GT open in this Winter Series.
GT Open Winter Series Paul Ricard Timetable / Horario GT Open Winter Series Paul Ricard(All times local, CET / Hora local, CET)
Thursday 15 February 2013 / Jueves 15 Febrero 201310:00-10:55 Private Test12:00-12:55 Private Test15:00-15:55 Private Test17:00-17:55 Private Test
Friday 16 February 2013 / Viernes 16 Febrero 201310:10-11:10 Private Testing12:00-12:20 Qualifying Driver 112:25-12:45 Qualifying Driver 213:45-14:35 Race 1 (50 Rolling Start / Salida lanzada)16:00-16:50 Race 2 (50 Rolling Start / Salida lanzada)
Full entry list at http://www.gtopen.net/contenuti/files/Winter%2012-13/WS%20Ricard/13-03%20Ricard%20WS%20Entry%20List.pdf
