The long winter recess comes slowly to an end. Track activity resumes for the participantsof the International GT Open, as a number of teams head towards Jerez, in SouthernSpain, for the first stop of the 2014 Winter Series, tomorrow and Saturday. This event willbe solely devoted to private testing, with a total of eight one-hour sessions spread over thetwo days, in alternation with the cars of GT Sport’s single-seater series. Racing will onlyresume in the next two stops of the Winter Series, at Paul Ricard (28 February-1st March)and Catalunya-Barcelona (14-15 March).

Still, a number of teams will use the opportunity to test machines and drivers in Andalusia,for a total of a dozen cars. AF Corse will be present with four Ferraris F458 GT3 and hasannounced among its drivers for the occasion Michele Rugolo, Claudio Sdanewitsch, PaoloRuberti and new-comers Giorgio Roda (the son of Gianluca), Adrien de Leener and CédricSbirrazzuoli. Kessel Racing will also be present, with three cars.

Baporo Motorsport, the technical arm of SMP Racing Russian Bears, will be present withtwo cars, and at least six drivers, which include Russia’s Roman Mavlanov, Ivan Taranovand Vlacheslav and Mikhail Maleev, in addition to Daniel Zampieri and former GT Open starJosé Manuel Pérez-Aicart. On track also a Porsche 911 R of PRO GT by Alméras, withFranck Perera, Eric Dumont and Lucas Lasserre, and the Black Bull Swiss Racing with a F458GT3 for Joel Camathias-Mirko Venturi.

The timetable of the GT Open test is the following:Friday 14 & Saturday15 FebruaryTest 1 & 5 - 10.00-11.00Test 2 & 6 - 12.00-13.00Test 3 & 7 - 14.00-15.00Test 4 & 8 - 16.00-17.00