Spanish GT Preview – Jarama
The Spanish GT championship is back in action at the famous Jarama
track this weekend, for the second pair of races of the 2004 season.
Although
the ASM Porsche team is leading the championship, the Meycom Marcos
and Balfe Motorsport Mosler were the winners of the first two races
of the season. They will go to Jarama as possible favourites to
win again, although the Cor Euser Marcos and the Mello-Breyners’
Porsche are good bets for a result, as are the SEATs. This is the
Lois Racing Cupra GT (right)
Pedro and Manuel
Mello-Breyner were interested in returning to Le Mans this year,
but they delayed their project until 2005: they are considering
an LMP effort.
Shaun Balfe
is loving racing in Spain. “We definitely had some luck in
Albacete,” he said, “but, you need that in racing, especially
endurance and GT racing. We are aiming to be consistent throughout
the weekend and hopefully that will allow us to pick up a good points
haul.”
Balfe has an unusual record, winning at the opening round of every
championship he has contested for the last four seasons. The last
three were all at Donington Park, but he had to travel all the way
to Spain to continue the run.
Saturn Motorsport
will return with the Corvette C5, the car that is also running in
the Italian GT Championship. Team Elias is going to enter the second
SEAT Toledo GT this week, while it’s good news from the Yellow
Racing Team: Clay Regazzoni's team will enter a second Ferrari in
the championship. Ferrari will be represented by one more car, the
Darro Motor Sport 360 Modena GT. It has been repaired after the
Valencia FIA-GT round, when it suffered with a misfire misfire.
In the GTB Trophy, the
fight between the Spanish Ferraris and the ‘international’
Porsches has started. The Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge cars will
have a territorial advantage. Manel Cerqueda and the ex-Formula
1 driver, Luis Pérez Sala, will continue to defend their
2003 championship but after Albacete the favourite is Vicente Saez
Merino. Two new additions to the category: JVG Racing will enter
a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for a Portuguese line-up and Jacques Menard
will bring an FFSA GT Championship car to Spain.
In the GTC class, Miguel
Iacovacci won the two races at Albacete and he's a clear favourite
for the Madrid weekend. However, the GTC class will receive a new
car Angel Banús' Audi TT.
Sergio Fonseca
ENTRY
LIST
GTA
1- DARRO MOTOR RACING - G.Vivancos / J.Gene - SEAT TOLEDO GT
3- JESUS DIAZ VILLARROEL - J.D.Villarroel / V.Fernandez - PORSCHE
911 GT2
4- GALP ENERGY POSTLOG - M. Mello Breyner / P. Mello Breyner - PORSCHE
911 GT2
5- MEYCOM SPORT - Miguel De Castro / A.Burgueño - MARCOS
LM 600
6- MOTOR COMPETICION - L.Villalba / F.Gutierrez - PORSCHE 911 GT3
RS
7- SATURN MOTORSPORT - L.Llobet / V.Fernandez - CHEVROLET CORVETTE
C5
8- ASM TEAM - M.Amaral / P.Couceiro - PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS
9- DANIEL DESBRUERES - P.Brocard / D.Desbrueres - OPEL ASTRA SILHOUETE
10- MARCOS RACING INT - C.Euser / Van Dongen - MARCOS LM 600
11- SHAUN BALFE MOTORSPORT - S.Balfe / N.Taylor - MOSLER MT900R
12- LOIS RACING - JM.Valero / J.Aspar - SEAT CUPRA GT
14- YELLOW RACING TEAM - P.Névoa / TBA - FERRARI 360 MODENA
N-GT
15- TEAM ELIAS - L.Maurel / L.Reyes - SEAT TOLEDO GT
16- DARRO MOTOR RACING - L.Monzon / P.Villamil - FERRARI 360 MODENA
N-GT
17- NOEL DEL BELLO - J-M.Laribiere / TBA - PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS
18- YELLOW RACING TEAM - De Luigi / F.Venier - FERRARI 360 MODENA
N-GT
GTB
21- AUTOMOVIL CLUB DE ANDORRA - M.Cerqueda / L.P.Sala - FERRARI
360 MODENA
CHALLENGE
22- SERGIO BORRELL - S.Puig / J.Vinyes - FERRARI 360 MODENA CHALLENGE
23- COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA - V.Saenz Merino / TBA - FERRARI 360 MODENA
CHALLENGE
24- CLUB MOTOR JEREZ - S.Watson / S.Mollinedo - FERRARI 360 MODENA
CHALLENGE
25- MARCOS RACING INT - Saez Merino / C.Bastos - MARCOS MANTIS
27- ANTONIO CUTILLAS - A.Cutillas / R.Galiano - FERRARI 360 MODENA
CHALLENGE
28- ASM TEAM - P.Bastos / A.Paes - PORSCHE 996 GT3 CUP
29- ASM TEAM - J.Terenas / C.Peres - PORSCHE 996 GT3 CUP
30- JACQUES MEDARD - J-P.Pla / Jacques Medard - PORSCHE 996 GT3
CUP
31- JVG RACING - F.Gallego / P.Villar - PORSCHE 996 GT3 CUP
GTC
36- JORGE ENRIQUEZ - J.Enriquez / De la Cuerda - VENTURI 400 TROPHY
37- RIBES - F.Robert / J.Sosa - PORSCHE 996 CUP
38- MEYCOM SPORT - J.Macias / D.Izaguirre - VENTURI 400 TROPHY
39- ESCUDERIA MIL LAGOS - A.Escamez / J.Bergel - FERRARI 355 CHALLENGE
40- CLAUDIA FERNANDEZ - M.Iacovacci / TBA - VENTURI 400 TROPHY.
41- CLUB JARAMA RACE - Angel Banus / TBA - AUDI TT.
|