Remember the spy photos we ran of appeared to be a GT3-spec R35 GT-R? Well that car, the Nssan GT-R GT3 jointly developed between NISMO and JR Motorsports, has just completed a 440km race distance over three hours. The JRM team used the fourth round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Magny-Cours in France to rack up mileage on the race car, where it finished 8th overall. So far, the NISMO GT-R GT3 has covered 1700km without any issues, making this a very successful debut. - Charles Kha Photos supplied...

Wrapping up our FIA GT coverage from Silverstone, I thought you guys might like a couple of desktops of the Sumo Power & JRM GT-R GT1s. As to be expected from both teams, they put on a strong showing at the fifth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship. Although things may not have gone their way in many respects, they still held their heads high and kept fighting all weekend. Their focus and determination paid off on the Sunday evening with a win in the GT1 championship race, overcoming...

 

Yesterday's Silverstone GT1 race served witness to one of the strangest racing accidents in the history of GT Racing. It seems like Aston Martin driver Stefan Mücke, saw a deep form of the colour red after being spun out by JRM driver Richard Westbrook and decided to take justice into his own hands.

Watch the video and you'll see him pull (what appears to be) a flying run at the GT-R, taking off a wheel off the Nissan, but then losing control and severely wrecking his own Aston Martin. The impact was so extreme that the engine was dislodged from the chassis! Someone has a bit of a temper issue perhaps?

I'm hearing that Mücke is under threat of having his race license revoked over the incident. Do you agree with this?

 

BTW you've heard us raving about just how good the FIA GT3 European Championship is, and this clip proves it... Press play to check out some of the heated GT3 battles that raged at Silverstone this past weekend.... all in good spirit mind you!

:Rod

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You hear them coming. You know it's them. It's the noise of thunder and lightning. The GT1 Nissan GT-Rs have a unique engine note that means you don't even have to look up to know one is coming. However, standing on the grid waiting for the 18 cars to slot into position it's always best to keep your eyes open. There's no place for bravado: last year at Silverstone I witnessed a driver knocked over by a car cruising into its start place – so when you're mostly looking...

The #22 JRM Nissan GT-R driven by Richard Westbrook and Peter Dumbreck took a fine second place this evening in the opening round of the 2011 GT1 World Championship here in Abu Dhabi. Under the floodlights, Westbrook chased down the leading Aston Martin but just couldn't quite catch it by the time the chequer was waved. The JRM/Sumo Power GT team have risen to the challenge of running four GT-Rs in this year's series, and only bad luck meant they didn't match their great Qualifying Race...

Sometimes you have good days. And then there are great days. Having taken in the impressive JR Motosport/Sumo Power factory in Rye, Rod and I had one more treat in store courtesy of Sumo Power boss Andy Barnes. We drove out to JRM's separate storage facility in my car; starting up my Alfa GTV, Andy asked if it was a diesel... rather embarrassed I had to say: "uh, no it's a 3L V6..." Okay. I think I need to get a service. Or a new car. When we arrived, I started unpacking my gear...