FIA GT1 World Championship Reveals 20 Car Entry

The now traditional last minute frenzy of wheeling and dealing ahead of the announcement of the entry for the FIA GT1 World Championship is still underway with the announcement that four Corvettes are now expected on the grid.

New team Exim Bank Team China have been announced as entering a pair of Corvettes together with a second pair from DKR Engineering.

  3  Hexis AMR - Aston Martin DB9
  4  Hexis AMR - Aston Martin DB9
  5  Swiss Racing Team - Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV
  6  Swiss Racing Team - Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV
  7  Young Driver AMR - Aston Martin DB9
  8  Young Driver AMR - Aston Martin DB9
  9  Belgian Racing - Ford GT Matech
10  Belgian Racing - Ford GT Matech
11  Exim Bank Team China - Corvette Z06
12  Exim Bank Team China - Corvette Z06
20  Sumo Power GT - Nissan GT-R
21  Sumo Power GT - Nissan GT-R
22  JR Motorsports - Nissan GT-R
23  JR Motorsports - Nissan GT-R
37  All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport - Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV
38  All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport - Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV
40  Marc VDS Racing Team - Ford GT Matech
41  Marc VDS Racing Team - Ford GT Matech
47  DKR Engineering - Corvette Z06
48  DKR Engineering - Corvette Z06

That presents a real enigma – Just exactly where do you find an available Corvette?  They certainly aren’t cars sourced via Pratt & Miller, so that leaves the six cars (of eight built) in Europe, by no means all of which are raceable or in an appropriate spec.

We’ll find out in a week’s time when the cars are scrutineered in Abu Dhabi ahead of the opening round of the Championship.

Neither Corvette team has yet announced its driver line-up but reports suggest that one of the cars will be driven in Abu Dhabi by Mike Hezemans and Nick Catsburg with Hezemans sharing the same car at Zolder with Anthony Kumpen. Alexander Negrao is set to race one of the other Vettes in Abu Dhabi.