Nissan to Enter GT-R in 2010 FIA GT Championship Series

Nissan has announced that the R35 Nissan GT-R will officially be participating in the 2010 FIA GT series. The vehicle will also hit the track as a non-championship entry in four races in the 2009 season to help develop the car and get a feel for its performance.


The CEO and managing director of Nissan Motors Australia, Dan Thompson, made the announcement to media at the 2009 Melbourne Auto Show.

For 2009, Gigawave MotorSport, a racing team based in Essex, England, that has been competing in the FIA GT since 2007, will be partnering with Nismo for the four non-championship races. The Nismo/Gigawave car is expected to be piloted by Nismo driver Michael Krumm and Gigawave's Darren Turner.
Nismo, Hasemi Motorsport, Team Impul and Kondo Racing will each be entering a car in the Super GT series, making a total of four participating GT-Rs in the GT500 class. Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer will be behind the wheel for Nismo, Ronnie Quintarelli and Hironobu Yasuda are the drivers for Hasemi Motorsport and Tsugio Matsuda and Sebastien Philippe will race the Impul Calsonic GT-R. João Paulo de Oliveira and Seiji Ara will hit the tarmac in the HIS Advan Kondo GT-R with Yokohama rubber.
The GT500-spec GT-R will have an improved air cooling system and a paddle-shift transmission. It will also have to conform to the new regulation changes that require a shorter vehicle overhang.

Details on the vehicle should emerge soon. Expect an astronomical power-to-weight ratio.
Write By : Mike Lysaght