Baguette transferred to Nissan in GT500

The only French speaker entered in the Nissan Nismo armada in Super GT, Bertrand Baguette is the major recruit of the off-season in the Japanese championship.

The 35-year-old Belgian, who emigrated to the Land of the Rising Sun in 2014, had never changed brands until then, since he represented the colors of Honda until 2021 (3rd in 2020).

Delighted to tell you that I will take part in the 2022 @SUPERGT_JP under the colors of @NISMO_JP ! I'll join Kazuki Hiramine in the @IMPUL_official team. Such a great feeling to continue my career in Japan & start this new challenge with Nissan in their fight for the title! pic.twitter.com/2fJcfclTHA

— Bertrand Baguette (@BerBaguette) January 25, 2022

The winner of the Formula Renault 3.5 in 2009 will evolve on behalf of the Impul team in association with Kazuki Hiramine, 8th in 2021 in GT500. For the rest of the Nissan crews, no changes are to be noted, with four new Z GT500 models.

At We did not, the references will be stainless Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli ; Kondo Racing will count on Daiki Sasaki and Kohei Hirate and NDDP Racing will protect Katsamusa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi.

“This season we have assembled a driver line-up that can win at any time, said Nismo president Takao Katagiri. “We expect Bertrand Baguette, who joined Team Impul this season, to drive with the same level of involvement as the passion that fuels the team.

Additionally, Jiro Shimada and Takeshi Nakajima were named team principals of NDDP Racing and Nismo, respectively. Although they are new to their positions, we have full confidence in them due to their extensive knowledge and experience of racing. »