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(good poster imo)

TIMING (CET)
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/imag ... 202014.pdf

Start is at 4.30PM CET again to ensure that the finish doesn't clash with the finish of the Hungarian GP

LIVE TIMING
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/live#live-timing

STREAMS & TV COVERAGE (CET)
Official stream: http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/live
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gt1world
Nismo (Nissan world feed/garage/onboard + Radio Le Mans): http://www.youtube.com/user/NismoTv2013



Same coverage on Motors TV I suppose (bar the Superpole)

ENTRY LIST as of 22 July (61 cars)
http://vmail.vertouk.com/userfiles/sro/ ... 20July.pdf

Like last year, I'm going to put the biggest candidates (imo) for victory below. There's still a lot of shifting going around, with extremely good drivers being added (eg. Shane van Gisbergen to the #101 McLaren):

Pro
#1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT - Rene Rast/Laurens Vanthoor/Markus Winkelhock - Audi R8 LMS Ultra
#2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT - Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoit Tréluyer - Audi R8 LMS Ultra
#3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT - James Nash/Christopher Mies/Frank Stippler - Audi R8 LMS Ultra
#7 M-Sport Bentley - Andy Meyrick/Guy Smith/Steven Kane - Bentley Continental GT3
#8 M-Sport Bentley - Jérôme D'Ambrosio/Antoine Leclerc/Duncan Tappy - Bentley Continental GT3
#66 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS - Maxime Martin/Jorg Müller/Augusto Farfus - BMW Z4
#77 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS - Lucas Luhr/Markus Palttala/Dirk Werner - BMW Z4
#84 HTP Motorsport - Harold Primat/Nico Verdonck/Bernd Schneider - Mercedes SLS AMG GT3
#86 HTP Motorsport - Maximilian Buhk/Maximilian Götz/Jazz Jafaar - Mercedes SLS AMG GT3
#98 ART Grand Prix - Gregoire Demoustier/Nicolas Lapierre/Alvaro Parente - McLaren MP4-12C
#101 Von Ryan Racing - Rob Bell/Shane van Gisbergen/Tim Mullen - McLaren MP4-12C

Pro-Am
#4 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT - Vincent Radermecker/Christian Kelders/Jean-Luc Blanchemain/Fred Bouvy - Audi R8 LMS Ultra
#10 TDS Racing - Eric Clément/Benjamin Lariche/Nicolas Armindo/Olivier Pla - BMW Z4
#35 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN - Mark Shulzhitskiy/Miguel Faisca/Katsumasa Chiyo/TBA - Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3
#52 AF Corse - Steve Wyatt/Michele Rugolo/Craig Lowndes/Andrea Piccini - Ferrari 458 Italia (completed since yesterday)
#54 AF Corse - Niek Hommerson/Louis Machiels/Andrea Bertolini/Marco Cioci - Ferrari 458 Italia
#93 ProGT by Almeras - Eric Dermont/Franck Perera/Marco Bonanomi/Lucas Lasserre - Porsche 997 GT3 R
#107 Beechdean AMR - Andrew Howard/Daniel Lloyd/Jonathan Adam/Stefan Mücke - Aston Martin Vantage GT3
#150 Wochenspiegel Team Manthey - Georg Weiss/Oliver Kainz/Jochen Krumbach/Christian Menzel - Porsche 997 GT3 R
#188 Fachs Auto Tech - Otto Klohs/Martin Ragginger/Philipp Frommenwiler/Swen Dolec - Porsche 997 GT3 R

And here's a little taster from the test day, fabricated by my smartphone camera. I would definitely sign for having to spend my 24 hours at this apex.

Got my ticket today

Wish I was going

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Hope I won't be losing my keys inside the car again...

RAIN

Marc Basseng joining the #75 Audi of Salaquarda and Hamprecht. Another great driver added.

http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/bes/b ... or-spa-24/

+ Black Falcon shuffles their drivers around and consequently enters a third SLS in the Pro-Am class:

#18 Yelmer Buurman-Adam Christodoulou-Mike Parisy
#19 Abdulaziz Al Faisal-Andreas Simonen-Hubert Haupt
#XX Richard Muscat-Vladimir Lunkin-Turki Al Faisal-TBA

http://www.autosport.be/news/24h-spa-bl ... start.html

Lies

There's still time

Rob Bell joins Shane van Gisbergen on the #101 McLaren, and the third driver (TBA) is probably going to be a McLaren driver as well

http://turbomagazine.be/B1798-spa-24-ro ... -ryan.html

First post updated with a new entry list: http://vmail.vertouk.com/userfiles/sro/ ... 20July.pdf

Some forfeits, some additions = 61 cars, so a net bonus of 1 car. The third HTP Mercedes for last year's winners Buhk/Götz and the MRS McLaren for Alexei Vasiliev are great additions. In my opinion the #4 Audi can be a surprising frontrunner, with 4 veteran Spa-connaisseurs and ex-winners. Also former F1 star Giorgio Pantano has been added to the #15.

The BoP-changes have been announced as well:
R8 Ultra loses 10kg but have their restrictors enlarged by 0.3mm
BMW Z4 gains 15kg
Ferrari 458/Lamborghini/Porsche 997 GT3 R gain 10kg
Bentley gains 10kg and has adjusted turbo pressure
McLaren/Nissan gain 5kg and have adjusted turbo pressure

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/24h-sp ... rdi-matin/

Pics from today: http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/photo/ ... fs-stands/

Wow Audi bringing in the big guns .

No Ekström though.

so, any TBK-gang meetup? Minus Esben of course ( )

Don't know when i'll show up. At this time I get of work at 7.30. So that'll make it about 10pm when I arrive. If I try and switch shifts I could be there by 8. Other posibility is that I just leave sunday early in the morning.

If they predict a clear nightsky I might leave after work and first head to Botrange for the night to try and grab some pics of the night sky.

All in all, I have no clue when I'll get there.

I'm in for a meetup!

Looking at the KMI website it'll be an interesting race with this weather. Periods of sunshine, showers and perhaps even a thunderstorm throughout the entire weekend. Should be fun.

So a bit like last year then with the storm approaching the track at night

And everyone fleeing to their cars

That turned out okay no? I remember the wind suddenly picking up, and after I got to my car I saw some flashes and some rain, nothing more.

Ah, that glorious moment when the wind picked up. I thought I'd never cool down ever again! As far as I can remember, it never really rained more than a few drops. The ground was sufficiently dry the morning after, that lying down for a snooze on the outside of Stavelot wasn't an issue. Which, incidentally, is the best decision I've ever made in my entire life

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