The entry list for the Suzuka 1000 km

Since the beginning of the season, theIGTC has already set up camp in three countries, and is now preparing to embark on a race on a new continent. After Australia with the Bathurst 12 Hours, Germany with the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and Belgium, hosting the Spa 24 Hours, Japan is making its return to the discipline's calendar.

Absent for six years, the 1000 km stage of Suzuka will take place from September 12 to 14 on the circuit hosting in particular the Formula 1In total, 33 cars will take part in the race, in which four French cars will participate.

Among them, Kévin Estre will pilot the Porsche #7 entered by Absolute Racing, and will be aligned alongside Laurens Vanthoor, and the other Frenchman, Patrick Pilet. Having only participated in one IGTC event until now, at the Nürburgring, the Porsche driver also entered in WEC had finished in second position.

Also competing at the wheel of a Porsche 911, Dorian Boccolacci will start with the No. 23 Phantom Global Racing crew. He will be joined by Austrian Klaus Bachler and Swiss Patric Niederhauser. Thomas Neubauer, the fourth Frenchman in the competition, will be at the wheel of a Classic Ferrari for sale 296, decorated with no. 555.

Among the favorites, the championship's leading trio, led by BMW, will be there. Augusto Farfus, Kelvin van der Linde, and Raffaele Marciello, separated by only seven points, will continue to battle it out on Japanese soil.

Moreover, the Japanese Kamui Kobayashi will also be there, as part of a 100% Japanese crew, piloting a Classic Mercedes for sale-AMG GT3 EVO, as at Spa at the beginning of summer. The driver ofIndycar Scott McLaughlin will be driving a Chevrolet Corvette for his debut in the competition.

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