FIA GT3 Bucharest – Entry List
There are quite a few changes since the first pair of races, as drivers and teams sort themselves out, each looking for the best option in a market where drivers seem to have the upper hand. At Tech 9, 17 year old Tom Haines joins Peter Snowdon in the #3 Porsche. Haines is a former Palmer Audi man who finished in the top five in the 2006 Championship, and has tested for Tech 9 twice anyway. “He’s close to Ferrier / Quaife pace,” says Piers Masarati. Still with Porsches (and Palmer Audi men), Chris Hyman and Paul Warren have made a switch to a Kessel Racing Ferrari for Bucharest (from a Trackspeed Porsche). The Ferrari 430 seems to be popular. The third RPM Viper was always going to have drivers sourced by Ruffier Racing from Bucharest onwards, and for this round that’s Rumanians Mihai Marinescu and David Claudiu. This car was raced by Richard Stanton and Ed Morris at Silverstone, but they’re now in a Damax Ascari (in place of James Brodie and Jon Barnes). At the moment even the fearsome (First Racing) Lamborghinis haven’t attracted full driver line-ups. Look a little further down the list and three teams have the same six drivers as at Silverstone: Martini Callaway Racing with its Corvettes, BMS Scuderia Italia and its DBRS9s and JMB and its Ferraris. The Morgans are subject to homologation, while the Jaguars will be testing before the next event at Monza. Entry 1 Tech 9 Motorsport GBR Tom Ferrier GBR Silver Phil Quaife GBR Silver Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MY06 2 Tech 9 Motorsport GBR Jonathan Lang GBR Silver Phil Keen GBR Silver Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MY06 3 Tech 9 Motorsport GBR Peter Snowdon GBR Silver TBA TBA TBA Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MY06 4 Trackspeed Racing GBR David Ashburn GBR Bronze Ryan Hooker GBR Silver Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MY06 5 Trackspeed Racing GBR Richard Williams GBR Silver James Pickford GBR Silver Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MY06 6 Trackspeed Racing GBR TBA TBA Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MY06 7 RPM GBR Gilles Duqueine FRA Bronze Alex Mortimer GBR Silver Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 8 RPM GBR Mikael Forsten NED Bronze Rob Wilson GBR Silver Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 9 RPM GBR Mihai Marinescu ROM TBA David Claudiu ROM TBA Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 10 First Racing FRA Nicolas Navarro FRA Silver Maxime Dubrulle FRA Silver Lamborghini Gallardo 11 First Racing FRA David Tuchbant FRA Bronze TBA Lamborghini Gallardo 12 First Racing FRA Pascal Ballay FRA Bronze TBA Lamborghini Gallardo 13 S-Berg Racing Team AUT Hans Knauss AUT Bronze Werner Grobl AUT Silver Lamborghini Gallardo 14 S-Berg Racing Team AUT Christopher Haase GER TBA Vadim Kuzminykh RUS Silver Lamborghini Gallardo 15 S-Berg Racing Team AUT Erik Janis CZE Silver Jaromir Jirik CZE Silver Lamborghini Gallardo 16 Martini Callaway Racing GER Uli Berberich-Martini GER Bronze Klaus Ludwig GER Gold Corvette Z06R GT3 17 Martini Callaway Racing GER Jiri Skula CZE Silver Martin Matzke CZE Silver Corvette Z06R GT3 18 Martini Callaway Racing GER Luca Pirri ITA Bronze Jürgen von Gartzen GER Gold Corvette Z06R GT3 19 Riverside FRA Arnaud Peyroles FRA Bronze James Ruffier FRA Gold Corvette Z06R GT3 20 Riverside FRA TBA Marc Sourd FRA Gold Corvette Z06R GT3 21 Riverside FRA Stephane Lacroix-Wasover FRA Bronze Philippe Charriol FRA Bronze Corvette Z06R GT3 22 BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Francesco Maggi ITA Bronze Gian Marino Zenere ITA Silver Aston Martin DBRS9 23 BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Diego Alessi ITA Silver Alex Frassinetti ITA Silver Aston Martin DBRS9 24 BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Toni Seiler SUI Silver Sandro Sardelli ITA Silver Aston Martin DBRS9 25 Hexis Racing FRA Clement Mateu FRA Silver Julien Rodrigues FRA Silver Aston Martin DBRS9 26 Hexis Racing FRA Jean-Claude Lagniez FRA Bronze Frederic Makowiecki FRA Gold Aston Martin DBRS9 27 Hexis Racing FRA Ron Marchal NED Bronze TBA Aston Martin DBRS9 28 Damax GBR Martin Rich GBR Bronze Andrew Thompson GBR Gold Ascari KZ1 GT3 29 Damax GBR Howard Spooner GBR Bronze Adrian Willmott GBR Silver Ascari KZ1 GT3 30 Damax GBR Richard Stanton GBR Silver Ed Morris GBR Silver Ascari KZ1 GT3 31 Team Berlanga GBR Eric Zwart GBR Silver Rory Bertram NED TBA Ascari KZ1 GT3 32 Team Berlanga GBR Daniel Gibson GBR Silver Michael Greenhalgh GBR Silver Ascari KZ1 GT3 33 Team Berlanga GBR Paul Gibson GBR Bronze Ben Collins GBR Silver Ascari KZ1 GT3 34 JMB Racing (Ferrari) MON Ian Khan GBR Bronze Stephane Daoudi FRA Gold Ferrari 430 35 JMB Racing (Ferrari) MON John Greasley GBR Bronze Philip Walker GBR Bronze Ferrari 430 36 JMB Racing (Ferrari) MON Nicolas Comar FRA Bronze Philippe Rambeaud FRA Bronze Ferrari 430 37 Kessel Racing SUI Freddy Kremer GER Silver Ronnie Kessel SUI Silver Ferrari 430 38 Kessel Racing SUI Gilles Vannelet FRA Silver Henri Moser SUI Silver Ferrari 430 39 Kessel Racing SUI Paul Warren GBR Bronze Chris Hyman GBR Bronze Ferrari 430 40 Spectrum Topspeed Racing GER Eric de Donker BEL Bronze TBA Ford Mustang 500C GT 41 Spectrum Topspeed Racing GER Kenneth Heyer GER Silver TBA Ford Mustang 500C GT 42 Spectrum Topspeed Racing GER TBA TBA Ford Mustang 500C GT 43 Matech Concepts SUI Martin Bartek SUI Bronze Thomas Mutsch GER Gold Ford GT 44 Matech Concepts SUI Romain Bera FRA Silver Stefan van Campenhoudt BEL Silver Ford GT 49 AutoGT Racing FRA Frederic O'Neill FRA Bronze Jacques Lafitte FRA Gold Morgan Aero 8 GT3* 50 AutoGT Racing FRA George Alexandre Sturdza SUI Bronze Jean-François Le Roch FRA Bronze Morgan Aero 8 GT3* 51 AutoGT Racing FRA TBA TBA Morgan Aero 8 GT3* * Subject to homologation of the car 45Matech Concepts SUI NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a Ford GT 46 APEX Motorsport GBR NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a Jaguar XKR* 47 APEX Motorsport GBR NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a Jaguar XKR*
48 APEX Motorsport GBR NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a NOT AT BUCHAREST n/a n/a Jaguar XKR* | 
