Day eight of our thee day trip to Yas Marina for the opening round of the World GT1 Championship. As all the FIA GT1 teams and associated personnel sat in the various hotels on Yas Island, stuck in Abu Dhabi because of the Icelandic volcano fall-out, there was time for reflection: at least until the beer ran out, as was rumoured to have happened in
It's Tuesday, three days after we should have left Abu Dhabi and started preparing for the next round of the FIA GT1 Championship at Silverstone in the UK, which is in less than two weeks' time. The Sumo Power team are ready for round two: they want to be given a level playing field to show just what the GT-R can do… The two cars are
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 1.46pm. The #22 Nissan GT-R driven by Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes sits queued in the pit-lane behind its sister #23, ready to go out for the final warm-up session before the day's racing starts.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 1.46pm. The #22 Nissan GT-R driven by Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes sits queued in the pit-lane behind its sister #23, ready to go out for the final warm-up session before the day's racing starts.
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 8.11pm on race-day at Abu Dhabi for the first round of the World GT1 Championshop, and the Sumo Power #23 Nissan GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck is fighting back after being tipped into a spin on the opening lap.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 8.11pm on race-day at Abu Dhabi for the first round of the World GT1 Championshop, and the Sumo Power #23 Nissan GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck is fighting back after being tipped into a spin on the opening lap.
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 4.54pm on Friday April 16 at Abu Dhabi, and the Sumo Power #23 Nissan GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck is out in the Pre-Qualifying session at Yas Marina circuit in preparation for night qualifying.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 4.54pm on Friday April 16 at Abu Dhabi, and the Sumo Power #23 Nissan GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck is out in the Pre-Qualifying session at Yas Marina circuit in preparation for night qualifying.
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 9.38am on the opening day of the new World GT1 Championship. The Sumo Power team have rolled out the #23 Nissan GT-R, to be driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck, ready for the Free Practice session – the first on-track action of the new series.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 9.38am on the opening day of the new World GT1 Championship. The Sumo Power team have rolled out the #23 Nissan GT-R, to be driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck, ready for the Free Practice session – the first on-track action of the new series.