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    lundi 7 juillet 2014

    24H Spa : Un plateau relevé pour la plus grande course GT au monde !


    par Laurent Mercier (Endurance-Info.com)
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    Le plateau des Total 24 Heures de Spa prend forme petit à petit. Une fois de plus, on devrait être autour de 60 GT3 sur l’épreuve phare de la Blancpain Endurance Series. La liste diffusée n’est que provisoire mais elle fait déjà dans la qualité et la quantité.
    Quelques changements sont à noter en Pro-Cup avec l’arrivée d’une troisième Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 pour les Allemands de Black Falcon. On ne connaît pas encore l’équipage mais il se pourrait fortement que l’on trouve des pilotes proches de Mercedes. Chez Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, Markus Winkelhock fait son arrivée aux côtés de Laurens Vanthoor et René Rast. Le Marc VDS Racing Team vient d’opérer un changement avec la titularisation de Lucas Luhr à la place de Bas Leinders, ce dernier ayant un rôle de directeur d’équipe. La troisième Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 du HTP Motorsport attend encore un troisième pilote pour épauler le tandem Buhk/Götz. L’autre surprise est la présence d’une McLaren MP4-12C GT3 pour le Von Ryan Racing. Là aussi on attend de connaître le trio mais on sait déjà qu’on y retrouvera un ancien champion V8 Supercars.
    En Pro-Am Cup, Pedro Lamy fait son arrivée sur l’Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 du Leonard Motorsport AMR en compagnie notamment de Michael Meadows. On note la présence du SMP Racing Russian Bears avec un certain Daniel Zampieri à bord. Fort de deux victoires aux 24 Heures de Spa, le team Sofrev-ASP ne revient pas pour faire de la figuration dans les Ardennes belges mais bien pour briller. Il faudra surveiller de très près Ludo Badey, Tristan Vautier, Eric Debard et Fabien Barthez, la seconde Ferrari étant pour Pascal Gibon, Christophe Bourret, Jean-Philippe Belloc et Julien Canal.
    Audi et Ferrari ne seront plus seuls en Gentlemen Trophy avec l’arrivée d’une Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, d’une Porsche 911 GT3-R et d’une Mercedes SLS AMG GT3.
    Par rapport à la première liste présentée, on retient l’absence des deux Aston Martin du Brussels Racing AMR même si le team belge travaille à aligner une auto. Aucune trace du Reiter Engineering qui devait faire rouler une Lamborghini Gallardo FL2. Les Britanniques du United Autosports ont jeté l’éponge tout comme Speed Lover en Gentlemen Trophy.
    L’édition 2014 des Total 24 Heures de Spa s’annonce pour le moins ouverte. Dommage tout de même que Ferrari, Porsche et Aston Martin ne jouent pas le jeu en Pro-Cup afin d’avoir une affiche encore plus relevée.
    PRO-CUP
    1Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS ultraVanthoor-Rast-Winkelhock
    2Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS ultraFässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer
    3Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS ultraNash-Stippler-Mies
    7M-Sport BentleyBentley Continental GT3Meyrick-Kane-Smith
    8M-Sport-BentleyBentley Continental GT3Leclerc-D’Ambrosio-Tappy
    18Black FalconMercedes SLS AMG GT3TBA-TBA-TBA
    19Black FalconMercedes SLS AMG GT3Haupt-Simonsen-Al Faisal
    26Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraGuilvert-Ortelli-Sandström
    44Oman Racing TeamAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3Al Harthy-Caine-Jelley
    66Marc VDS Racing TeamBMW Z4 GT3Leinders-Martin-Farfus
    75ISRAudi R8 LMS ultraSalaquarda-Hamprecht-TBA
    77Marc VDS Racing TeamBMW Z4 GT3 Luhr-Palttala-Werner
    84HTP MotorsportMercedes SLS AMG GT3 Primat-Verdonck-Schneider
    85HTP MotorsportMercedes SLS AMG GT3Wolf-Afanasiev-Dusseldorp
    86HTP MotorsportMercedes SLS AMG GT3Buhk-Götz-TBA
    92Von Ryan RacingMcLaren MP4-12C GT3TBA-TBA-TBA
    98ART Grand PrixMcLaren MP4-12C GT3Demoustier-Parente-Lapierre
    99ART Grand PrixMcLaren MP4-12C GT3Korjus-Estre-Soucek
    PRO-AM CUP
    10TDS RacingBMW Z4 GT3Clément-Lariche-Armindo-Pla
    11Kessel RacingFerrari 458 Italia GT3Broniszewski-Bonacini-Petrobelli-TBA
    12TDS RacingBMW Z4 GT3Hassid-Catsburg-Klingmann-Thiriet
    14Emil Frey RacingEmil Frey JaguarBarth-Frey-Gardel-TBA
    15Boutsen Ginion RacingMcLaren MP4-12C GT3Vervisch-Grotz-Ojjeh-TBA
    16Boutsen Ginion RacingMcLaren MP4-12C GT3Sarkissian-Demirdjan-van der Drift-TBA
    17Insight Racing with FlexboxFerrari 458 Italia GT3Andersen-Jensen-Yeomans
    23Lago RacingLamborghini Gallardo LP600Lago-Russell-Richards-Owen
    29Duqueine EngineeringFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ayari-TBA-TBA-TBA
    32Leonard Motorsport AMRAston Martin V12 VantageWilson-Meadows-Lamy-Leonard
    35Nissan GT Academy RJNNissan GT-R Nismo GT3Faisca-Chiyo-Shultzhitskiy-Yanagida
    38MP Motorsport AMRAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3Abra-Poole-Osborne-Turner
    42Sport GarageFerrari 458 Italia GT3 Vannelet-Lémeret-Albert-TBA
    43ROAL MotorsportBMW Z4 GT3Cerruti-Comandini-Amos-Colombo
    50AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Danyliw-Sovinco-Knap-TBA
    52AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Rugolo-Wyatt-TBA-TBA
    53AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Machiels-Hommerson-TBA-TBA
    54AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Cameron-Griffin-TBA-TBA
    54AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Cameron-Griffin
    70Graff RacingPorsche 911 GT3-R Trouillet-Marroc-Martins-TBA
    79Ecurie EcosseBMW Z4 GT3Bryant-McCaig-Smith-Sims
    80Nissan GT Academy RJNNissan GT-R GT3Strauss-McMillen-Buncombe-TBA
    90Scuderia Villorba CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Castelacci-Gai-Rizzoli-TBA
    93Pro GT by AlmérasPorsche 911 GT3-RPerera-Dermont-Bonanomi-Lasserre
    100SMP Russian BearsFerrari 458 Italia GT3Zampieri-Aicart-Mavlanov-Maleev
    107Beechdean AMRAston Martin Vantage GT3Howard-Llyod-Adam-Mücke
    116Team Sofrev-ASPFerrari 458 Italia GT3Barthez-Debard-Vautier-Badey
    120Team Sofrev-ASPFerrari 458 Italia GT3Bourret-Gibon-Belloc-Canal
    188Fach Auto TechPorsche 911 GT3-RRagginger-Klohs-Dolenc-Frommenwiller
    333GT Corse by RinaldiFerrari 458 Italia GT3Kogay-Solikhov-Seefried-TBA
    888Wochenspiegel Team MantheyPorsche 911 GT3-R Weiss-Kainz-Menzel-Krumbach
    GENTLEMEN TROPHY
    4Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS ultraBlanchemain-Weerts-Kelders-Bouvy
    22Team Parker RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraLoggie-Westwood-Jones-TBA
    25Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraGosselin-Lagniez-Sourd-TBA
    41Sport GarageFerrari 458 Italia GT3Cabannes-Delhez-TBA-TBA
    49AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Blank-Bachelier-Mallegol-Perrodo
    51AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Mann-Barreiros-Guedes-TBA
    67GDL MotorsportMercedes SLS AMG GT3Perrin-Montant-Farmer-Li
    71PGF Kinfaun AMRAston Martin Vantage GT3 Gaw-Dryburgh-TBA-TBA
    111Kessel RacingFerrari 458 Italia GT3Earle-Perfetti-Kremer-TBA
    128Delahaye RacingPorsche 911 GT3-R Bordet-Viron-TBA-TBA
    350Duqueine EngineeringFerrari 458 Italia GT3Duqueine-TBA-TBA-TBA
    458GT Corse by Rinladi RacingFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ehret-Matschull-Smickler-TBA

    TRIUMPH SWAMP SCRAMBLER BY TTRNO


    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 9
    The Transportation Revolution New Orleans (TTRNO) is a motorcycle dealership and custom bike garage based in New Orleans that, like most things from The Big Easy, prides itself on doing things a little differently.
    When it came time to customise a Triumph the team chose a stock Bonneville SE and set to work building into a scrambler that could handle the worst that a Louisiana swamp could throw at it – alligators and all.
    The build started with a full tear down, the original wiring loom was removed and then rebuilt to make it simpler and allow all the electronics to be moved under the seat. Benjie from the famous Benjie’s Cafe Racers was then tasked with creating the custom exhaust and headlight, fitting the seat and setting up the oil cooler delete – the oil now runs through the frame tubes.
    Those almost obscenely knobbly tires are Continental Twinduro TKC80 Dual Sport Tires - they’re well-known for being surprisingly capable on the road, as well as being infallible on the dirt, mud and gravel – making them a perfect tire for a motorcycle like this.
    Once the fenders had been fabricated and installed and a pair of rear sets from a Triumph Scrambler had been fitted, the Triumph Swamp Scrambler was complete and ready for action. It’s one of the more extreme Scrambler customs we’ve seen and I have to say, I really like it.
    We’re seeing a surge in interest around scramblers, flat trackers and enduros – leading to some genuinely fascinating new motorcycles, all perfect for use now that the weather is warm and the sun is out.
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 1480x986 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 11 1480x980 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 10 1480x980 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 4 1480x1004 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 3 1480x1065 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 2 1480x1016 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
    Triumph Scrambler Motorcycle 1 1480x927 Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO
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    McLaren 650S GT3 launched at Goodwood Festival of Speed


    McLaren has used the Goodwood Festival of Speed to showcase its new racing car for the 2015 GT3 season…
    Following in the tyretracks of the successful 12C GT3, the 650S will be used by both factory and privateer teams in worldwide GT3 championships such as the Blancpain Endurance Series (which the existing car currently leads). Although the 12C has set a high standard in terms of competition results (three championships and 51 race victories in three years), the new car offers improvements across the board. It’s more aerodynamic, safer, easier to repair and has better cooling – all while also promising lower ownership costs after the £330,000 (ex. works, plus tax) initial outlay. No more than 15 examples will be produced, although existing 12C GT3 owners will be able to upgrade their cars to the 2015 specification.
    Photos: Joe Breeze/McLaren
    You can find numerous road and racing McLarens in the Classic Driver Market.

    bombe !!