Makowiecki takes on the GT500 with Nissan

At 38, Frédéric Makowiecki is launching a new challenge. The Frenchman will complete the entire 2019 Super GT season in the GT500 category for a Nissan GT-R Nismo from the Nddp Racing with B-Max team, which he will share with Kohei Hirate, double champion of the category in 2013 and 2016. 

our 2019 @SUPERGT_JP lineup:
23: @R_Quintarelli / @TsugioMatsuda
3: @Koheihirate / @FredMako1
12: @daikiwolf23 / @Rossiterracing
24: @TAKAX32 / @Jannthaman #NISMOnation
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- Nissan NISMO (@NISMO) 9th February 2019

It will be Frédéric Makowiecki's first full-time commitment to Super GT since 2013, where the driver from Arras (Pas-de-Calais) finished just off the podium with the Dome team and a Honda HSV-010 GT, while winning the prestigious Suzuka 1 Km. 

“It is a great pride to be part of the Nissan family, rejoiced the person concerned. I fought against the Nissans in 2013 and 2014 (8th after half a season. Editor’s note), From now on I will try to make this brand win. We have a good package and I can't wait for the season to start (in Okayama on April 13 and 14). »

Until then, the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 will be improved in terms of aerodynamic balance, weight distribution and optimization of the power curve. The engine will also be more efficient. 

In total, qfour models will be entered. Team Nismo will trust Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli, Team Impul will trust Daiki Sasaki and James Rossiter, while Mitsunori Takaboshi and Jann Mardenborough will defend the colors of Kondo Racing.