SUZUKA, Japan – The Blancpain GT Series Asia heads to Suzuka this weekend for the first two scheduled Japanese races on the 2018 championship schedule.
The KCMG team will welcome a new driver to their two-car Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 2018 lineup with Tsugio Matsuda unable to compete due to a scheduling conflict with Super GT.
Swiss-born, Shanghai-based racer Alexandre Imperatori joins the team for the remaining rounds to drive the No. 18 Nissan GT-R NISMO with Yuke Taniguchi. The No. 18 GT-R finished sixth and fourth overall in the most recent round in Thailand with Taniguchi currently sitting third in the Pro-Am points standings.
Former Bathurst 12-hour winner Florian Strauss continues with Edoardo Liberati in the Silver class. The duo finished eighth and third overall in Thailand, taking the team's first overall podium of the season at the last round.
This weekend's Blancpain GT Series Asia round will again be live streamed on both NISMO.tv on YouTube and NISMO.com.
Saturday's 60-minute race is scheduled for 2:20 pm local time with Sunday set for 10:50 am.
📺 Ready for some race action this weekend. https://t.co/qXzRxwwxNT has both @SUPERGT_JP and @BlancpainGTA. Find out when to catch the #OMGTR live action at: https://t.co/6oXreznoMM pic.twitter.com/rIn9g3j3kk
— Nissan NISMO (@NISMO) June 27, 2018
🇯🇵 We not only have @SUPERGT_JP live on https://t.co/qXzRxwwxNT this weekend we also have all the action from @BlancpainGTA where the @KCMotorgroup @Nissan #OMGTR squad heads to @suzuka_event.
— Nissan NISMO (@NISMO) June 27, 2018
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NISMO Calendar
June 30-July 1
Super GT, Chang International Circuit, Thailand
Blancpain GT Series Asia, Suzuka, Japan
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Watkins Glen, NY, USA
July 3
Spa 24 Hour test day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
July 7-8
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, ON, Canada
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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