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GT1: Aston, Ford, Porsche join the grid

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Khatir Soltani
SRO Press release

The entry list for the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship has been revealed with 18 cars representing nine brands on the grid for the first race in France (Nogaro) on 6-9 April.

Besides the six teams that have already announced their participation – AF Corse (Ferrari), All-Inkl Münnich Motorsport (Mercedes), Hexis (McLaren), Reiter Engineering (Lamborghini), Vita4One (BMW), WRT (Audi), the SRO Motorsports Group has engineered the entry of three additional teams to promote the championship in key markets.

China GT1 Team, which campaigned Corvettes as Exim Bank Team China in 2011, will run a pair of Porsches with renowned Belgian team Mühlner Motorsport.

GT Porsche 911 GT3-R
Porsche 911 GT3-R. (Photo: Muhlner Motorsport)

Valmon Racing Team Russia, has entered two Aston Martins and trusted 2011 FIA GT3 European team LMP Motorsport to run the cars in partnership with Aston Martin Racing.

The third team will run Ford GTs, possibly under an Indian license with the technical backing of Spain’s Sunred Engineering.


Khatir Soltani
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