By Johan Laubscher
The entry lists for the opening rounds of the Blancpain GT Series were
released on Thursday. Multiple Audi Sport customer racing teams will be
fielding Audi R8 LMS ultra cars in both the Blancpain Endurance Series and the
Blancpain Sprint Series.
The new Blancpain GT Series is a combination of the Blancpain Endurance
Series and the Blancpain Sprint Series, for teams who are able to commit to
both individual series.
Forty-four entries have committed to the Endurance Series and
twenty-two for the Sprint Series.
Blancpain Endurance Series:
Seven Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will be taking part in the Blancpain Endurance Series season opener at Monza from 11-13 April.
Seven Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will be taking part in the Blancpain Endurance Series season opener at Monza from 11-13 April.
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT will be fielding two R8 LMS ultra cars in
the Pro Cup and one in the Gentlemen Trophy.
Sainteloc Racing will be entering one Pro Cup Audi R8 LMS ultra entry
and another in the Gentlemen Trophy.
Team Parker Racing will be debuting their Audi R8 LMS ultra in the Gentlemen
Trophy.
The seventh Audi entry is from the Chinese Brothers Racing Team (BRT), who is entering one Audi R8 LMS ultra in the Pro-Am Cup.
Blancpain Sprint Series:
Seven Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will also be present in the Blancpain Sprint Series, which gets underway at Nogaro from 19-21 April.
Four Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will be coming from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, one of which is entered under the G Drive Racing banner. One of the three Belgian Audi Club Team WRT banner cars will be in the Silver Cup.
Four Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will be coming from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, one of which is entered under the G Drive Racing banner. One of the three Belgian Audi Club Team WRT banner cars will be in the Silver Cup.
Phoenix Racing will be entering two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars, along with
a single R8 LMS ultra from Team Novadriver.
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