Raffaele Marciello was quickest overall during practice for the opening round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup season at Zolder, but three Audi’s filled the top five places in both Friday sessions.
The Checkered Flag looks ahead to the opening round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, which gets underway this weekend at Zolder.
An increased presence in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup for Emil Frey Lexus Racing and a renewed sense of confidence sees the team head to Zolder with the top ten in their sights.
The British racer admits he has never been as excited for a season to start as he has for the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup campaign… only one week to go Josh!
Alex Fontana, Mikael Grenier and Adrian Zaugg all had track time as Emil Frey Jaguar Racing prepared for the new Blancpain GT Series with tests in Italy and Spain.
Christian Klien will partner Albert Costa in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup for Emil Frey Racing, while Marco Seefried will join the duo for the Endurance Cup events.
Robin Frijns will race for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT alongside Stuart Leonard in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, with the duo being joined by Sheldon van der Linde for the Endurance Cup.
Fabian Barthez will switch from LMP2 machinery in the European Le Mans Series to GT3 machinery in the Blancpain GT Series in 2018.
Team Parker Racing set the fastest time over the two days at Circuit Paul Ricard for the Blancpain GT Series test.
German racer Marvin Kirchhöfer will race alongside Maxime Martin and Alex Brundle for R-Motorsport in 2018.
Turkish racer Salih Yoluc will race in both the World Endurance Championship and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2018.
The British racer will join Struan Moore and Ricardo Sanchez at RJN Motorsports for the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
The British racer will line up alongside Alex Buncombe and Lucas Ordonez in the #23 Nissan in 2018.
2017 Blancpain GT Series and GT Series Sprint Cup Pro-Am winners set to focus on Endurance Cup in 2018.
Attempto Racing will team up with Audi Customer Racing to enter two Audi R8 LMS in the Pro Category in the Blancpain GT Series.
SRO Motorsports Group, series organisers of the Blancpain GT Endurance Series, has revealed the Pro line-up for the 2018 season, which honours a commitment to cap the amount of the entries at 26 in order to restore the balance of the Pro-Am and Am categories.
Team Parker Racing set to take on Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup with Bentley Continental GT3
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Josh Caygill and Árón Taylor-Smith team up with Team Parker Racing in the first-generation Bentley Continental GT3 for an assault on the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
