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RaceDepartment present live coverage of the second race of the 2017 International GT Open weekend at the Estoril GT circuit in Portugal.
With a packed 22 car grid of GT machines headlining the International GT Open series and featuring a number of big name GT, Touring Car and Formula One drivers, teams and manufacturers, the International GT Open series is a developing endurance racing championship for GT3 specification cars running under BOP regulations. Notable for the inclusion of the rarely seen in Europe Lexus RC-F GT3 car alongside other notable machines from marques such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes and Bentley, the International GT Open 2017 season is an exotic mix of some of the best cars and drivers within the world of GT3 specification endurance racing.
Featuring a mixed PRO/AM field with mandatory driver swap, this season will see the likes of former Formula One driver Tonio Liuzzi taking the challenge to drivers of the class of Thomas Biaggi (2x FIA GT1 World Champion), Tiago Monteiro (Honda WTCC driver), Tom Onslow-Cole (former BTCC race winner), Antonio Felix da Costa (Red Bull Junior driver) and a whole field full of established motorsport names, the new season looks likely to produce some of the closest GT racing of the year ahead.
With the opening round held at the superb Estoril circuit in Portugal, the opening event of the year proved to be a lively affair and a fitting race to celebrate the first round of the new racing season. With the opening battle having taken part on Saturday afternoon, you can catch the full race reply below as preparations begin for race 2 on Sunday 31st April at 13:00 BST / GMT+1.
Round 1 Race Reply
Round 2 - LIVE 13:05 BST Sunday 30th April 2017
The Entry List
- Solaris Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Mauro Calamia, Francesco Sini
- Imperiale Racing - Lamborghini Huracán GT3 - Thomas Biagi, Giovanni Venturini, Andrea Fontana, Vito Postiglione
- SF Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Andrea Caldarelli, Fu Songyang
- AF Corse - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Marco Cioci, Piergiuseppe Perazzini
- Jordan Racing - Bentley Continental GT3 - Chris Stockton, Jordan Witt
- Ratón Racing - Lamborghini Huracán GT3 - Edoardo Liberati, Kang Ling
- Sports and You - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - Marcio Basso, Nonô Figueiredo, António Coimbra, Luis Silva
- António Nogueira - Porsche 997 GT3-R - António Nogueira
- Drivex School - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - Marcelo Hahn, Allam Khodair
- SPS Automotive Performance - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - Tom Onslow-Cole, Valentin Pierburg
- Balfe Motorsport - McLaren 650S GT3 - Shaun Balfe, Robert Bell
- Garage59 - McLaren 650S GT3 - Michael Benham, Duncan Tappy, Côme Ledogar, Alexander West
- FF Corse - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Ivor Dunbar, Johnny Mowlem
- BMW Team Teo Martín - BMW M6 GT3 - Lourenço Beirāo, António Félix da Costa, Tiago Monteiro, Filipe Barreiros, Francisco Guedes, Victor Bouveng, Fran Rueda
- Emil Frey Lexus Racing - Lexus RC-F GT3 - Albert Costa, Philipp Frommenwiler
- Farnbacher Racing - Lexus RC-F GT3 - Dominik Farnbacher, Mario Farnbacher
- MS Racing - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - Alexander Hrachowina, Martin Konrad
- Spirit of Race - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Mikkel Mac, Miguel Ramos
- FFF Racing Team by ACM - Lamborghini Huracán GT3 - Hiroshi Hamaguchi, Vitantonio Liuzzi
The Cars
- Aston Martin Vantage GT3
- Lamborghini Huracán GT3
- Ferrari 488 GT3
- Bentley Continental GT3
- Mercedes-AMG GT3
- Porsche 997 GT3-R
- McLaren 650S GT3
- BMW M6 GT3
- Lexus RC-F GT3
The Calendar
29th & 30th April - Autódromo do Estoril
27th & 28th May - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
10th & 11th June - Circuit Paul Ricard
1st & 2nd July - Hungaroring
2nd & 3rd September - Silverstone Circuit
30th September & 1st October - Autodromo Nazionale Monza
28th & 29th October - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
The Drivers Championship (after 1 of 14 races)
- Albert Costa - ESP, Philipp Frommenwiler - CHE - 15
- Rob Bell - GBR, Shaun Balfe - GBR - 12
- Alexander West - SWE, Côme Ledogar - FRA - 10
- Dominik Farnbacher - DEU, Mario Farnbacher - DEU - 8
- Giovanni Venturini - ITA, Thomas Biagi - ITA - 6
- Vitantonio Liuzzi - ITA, Hiroshi Hamaguchi - JPN - 5
- António Félix da Costa - PRT, Lourenço Beirão da Veiga - PRT - 4
- Miguel Ramos - PRT, Mikkel Mac - DNK - 3
- Piergiuseppe Perazzini - ITA, Marco Cioci - ITA - 2
- Michael Benham - GBR, Duncan Tappy - GBR - 1
You can catch all the racing here at RaceDepartment from 13:05 BST on Sunday 30th April live on your very own RaceDepartment.com
Keep an eye out at RaceDepartment during 2017 as we look to stream more live racing than ever before. It's going to be a great event and a great year ahead!
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