05/02/2010: New Brand Identity for FIA GT1 World, FIA GT2 and FIA GT3

SRO Motorsports Group (SRO) have launched a new 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship brand identity. Having been awarded world championship status by the FIA World Motor Sport Council, this year’s FIA GT1 World Championship will visit 10 countries in four continents, supported with a new logo and identity.  This year, the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship, GT2 and GT3 European Championships, will be split into three new distinct and easily identifiable championships.

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04/02/2010: Deletraz to race in GT1 World with Hexis AMR After a year of transition in GT3, working on the development of the Audi R8 LMS, Jean-Denis Deletraz is happy to announce his participation in the FIA GT1 World Championship. After four years with Phoenix Racing Deletraz is joining Hexis AMR, the team which won the 2009 FIA GT3 European Teams Championship.   read more

02/02/2010: Moser to Partner Wendlinger at Swiss Racing Team Swiss driver Henri Moser (23) has already made a name for himself in motorsports. Swiss Racing Team officially announced that the 2007 FIA GT3 European Champion and successful 2009 ADAC GT-Masters pilot will be sharing the cockpit of the Nissan GT-R with Austrian top driver Karl Wendlinger in the FIA GT1 World Championship.   read more

01/02/2010: Mücke To Partner Nygaard at Young Drivers AMR German Stefan Mücke from Berlin is going to start in the new FIA GT1 World Championship the coming season.  The 28 year old is Aston Martin factory driver the third year in a row.  Last year he completed with his greatest success so far when he won the Le Mans Series (LMS).  The former DTM driver will start in an Aston Martin DBR9 for the team Young Driver AMR (Paderborn).    read more

27/01/2010: The FIA Announce Official Entry List The Official Entry List for the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship has been announced by the FIA today.  Twelve teams, with two cars each, representing six brands will compete in the inaugural season of the FIA GT1 World Championship.   read more

27/01/2010: Darren Turner signs for Young Drivers AMR

Darren Turner has been announced as one of the drivers for the ‘Young Driver AMR’ team in the FIA GT1 World Championship. This move will see the British sportscar ace reunited with the car that took him to successive Le Mans 24 Hours victories in 2007 and 2008: the Aston Martin DBR9.
With Aston Martin Racing focussing its factory programme on the new LMP1 regulations that come into force in 2011, Darren has the opportunity to return to the GT1 class for 2010.

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26/01/2010: Wendlinger to Race for Swiss Racing in GT1 World On January 27, 2010 the Swiss racing team around Othmar Welti and Erich Kolb will introduce their two NISSAN GT-R racing cars and the first pilot to the public during a media presentation at the team’s location in Inwil (CH). Former F1 pilot Karl Wendlinger from Austria will be the first named pilot for one of the NISSAN GT-R’s. Negotiations with the second driver beside Karl Wendlinger are almost finished.   read more

26/01/2010: FIA GT Racer Secures F1 Seat

Former FIA GT driver Jose Maria Lopez will step up to compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship after signing to drive for the new US F1 team.  The 26-year-old, Argentinean, who drove a DAMS Lamborghini Murcielago FIA GT in 2004 and an ACA Argentina Ferrari 550 Maranello in the 2008 season, was confirmed in his new Formula One role with an announcement in Buenos Aires by Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and US F1 Executive Vice President Peter Windsor on Monday 25 January.

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17/01/2010: 12 Teams Have Applied for Entry to the FIA GT1 World Championship

Entries for the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship closed on Friday December 15th, at midnight.   Six brands will be represented, with 12 teams each with two cars, making a total of 24 cars on the grid.

To the best of our knowledge, the following teams have confirmed their intention to take part in the new Championship, sending in their candidature to the FIA.

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15/01/2010: Latest News from the FIA GT1 World Championship

Here is the latest news update from the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship.

- Date change for Abu Dhabi - 16/17 April
- Closing Date for Entries on Friday 15 January
- Logos and Partnerships
- Media Delegate Appointed for the FIA GT1 World Championship

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14/01/2010: NISMO signs partnership agreements

In a press release issued on Thursday January 14th, Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Minami-Ooi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuichi Sanada; henceforth “NISMO”) announced that NISMO just signed the official partnership agreements for the FIA GT1 World Championship with Sumo Power GT (UK) and Swiss Racing Team (CH). Both teams will run two NISSAN GT-Rs respectively in the inaugural World Championship. NISMO will provide technical support to its new racing partners. Other details including driver line-up will be announced at the later date.

Entries close on Friday January 15th and are subject to confirmation by the FIA

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