Blancpain – A beautiful show once again in sight at Paul Ricard

The fight in the south of France promises to be most remarkable. For the third meeting of the season, the Blancpain Endurance Series are once again full with nearly 62 GT3s at the start!

Among the Pros, we will be particularly watching the French teams who will be keen to shine at home. After a more complicated start to the season than expected, Hexis Racing hopes to continue the progress seen during the previous round at Silverstone. “Our goal is to be on the podium at Paul Ricard, then to go on and win the 24 Hours of Spa”, hopes Philippe Dumas, the boss of the Gard team. “Maybe our expectations are a little too high, but we are a great team with great drivers, and our McLaren MP4-12C becomes more reliable and even more competitive. We must fight for victory and nothing else! ». A goal that Alvaro Parente, Alexander Sims and Stef Dusseldorp will be keen to achieve.

With a second place at Monza during the inaugural round, victim of a very complicated round at Silverstone, the ART Grand Prix team, which is also entering a McLaren MP4-12C, will be able to count on its trio Andy Soucek, Antoine Leclec and Mike Parisy, who has just been made official, pour revenir au plus haut niveau. Seule équipe 100% franco-française, le SMG Challenge, qui engage une Porsche 997 GT3R pilotée par Eric Clément, Olivier Pla et Nicolas Armindo, s?apparente comme une sérieuse cliente pour un podium très convoité.

However, far from it, we should not forget the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT and Kessel Racing. The first, reigning champion of the discipline, enters three Audi R8 LMS ultra and is still looking for a first success this year. The second city, who won in the opening round at Monza, will seek to consolidate its provisional first place at the top of the championship.