Blancpain – Vincent Abril will aim for the double

Officialized at the end of last year within Team M-Sport, who leads the Bentley brand program in GT3, Vincent Abril had already seen his program confirmed for 2016 in Endurance Cup. But officially, the defense of his title obtained last year in the Sprint Series with the Bentley Continental GT3 from HTP Motorsport, who broke his ties with the British firm to return to the fold Mercedes, was not acquired.

The information was finally confirmed this Tuesday. « I'm going to meet up with Steven Kane (on the No. 7), which happened naturally, since we already ride together in the Endurance Cup, the Gardois told us on the phone this morning. We will try to create chemistry by riding together more often. »

Two Continental GT3s will be lined up from the weekend of April 9 and 10 at Misano in Italy for the opening of the GT Series Sprint Cup, the second crew being made up of Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet, in the No. 8.

Bentley has also confirmed the presence of Wolfgang Reip in the No. 3 Bentley Continental GT8 in the Endurance Cup with Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet. The Belgian, winner of the championship last year in the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 of Team RJN, was not renewed by the Japanese brand for this season. The No. 7 will be entrusted to the trio Abril – Kane – Smith.