Selleslagh Racing Team

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Selleslagh Racing Team
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Seat Merchtem , Belgium
management Patrick Selleslagh
Number of employees 5 (as of 2011)
Branch Motorsport
Website Selleslagh Racing Team

The Selleslagh Racing Team , SRT for short , is a Belgian motorsport team that is active in the Gran Turismo sector and took part in the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010 (as part of Mad-Croc Racing ) and 2011 (as Exim Bank Team China ) . The team is known for using racing versions of the Chevrolet Corvette .

history

The Corvette C6.R from SRT at the Hungaroring 2009
The Corvette C6.R in the colors of Mac-Croc Racing in the pit lane in Brno 2010
The Corvette C6.R from SRT in the colors of Exim Bank China at Sachsenring 2011
Andreas Zuber and Mike Hezemans' Corvette C6.R at Silverstone 2011

Gran Turismo

At the end of 2003, Patrick Selleslagh was the first private buyer of a Corvette C5-R according to the specification of the GT1 group . In 2004 the Selleslagh team was active in the Belgian GT championship, but could not achieve a victory. In 2005 SRT won five times and won the Belcar GT Cup title with Marc Goossens . The victories in the Belgian championship also included winning the 24-hour race in Zolder . In the 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps , which was part of the FIA GT championship , SRT took eighth place.

For the 2006 season, SRT acquired another Corvette C5-R and used both vehicles in the French GT championship. At the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in the same year, SRT competed as Renstal Excelsior , but only achieved 41st place and was therefore not classified.

In 2007, one Corvette stayed in the French GT Championship while the other moved to the FIA ​​GT Championship. There Tom Cloet won the Citation Cup for amateurs three times. At the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps, the quartet of drivers Marc Duez, Damien Coens, Maxime Soulet and Steve Van Bellingen achieved tenth place in the overall classification.

In 2008, SRT launched a Corvette C6.R for the first time . The team took part in the FIA ​​GT Championship and scored a victory with Christophe Bouchut and Xavier Maassen . For the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps, Maxime Soulet and Christophe Pillon complemented the regular drivers Bouchut and Maassen. The SRT Corvette was the first vehicle to retire and finished the race again in 41st place. For the season finale of the FIA ​​GT Championship in Argentina , the drivers were swapped so that Maxime Soulet, Armand Fumal and Christian Ledesma achieved third place for SRT.

In 2009 SRT not only competed in the FIA ​​GT championship, but also again in the French championship. Bert Longin and GT3 European Champion James Ruffier achieved third place in the drivers' championship in the FIA ​​GT Championship. The team also took the same place. At the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps, Maxime Soulet and Corvette works driver Oliver Gavin expanded the team that was classified in 15th place.

At the 2010 Le Mans 24-hour race , SRT entered its Corvette with the mention of "Luc Alphand Aventures". Stéphan Grégoire , Jérôme Policand and David Hart finished the race in fifteenth and second place overall in the GT1 category.

FIA GT1 World Championship

For the newly announced FIA GT1 World Championship, SRT cooperated with the Luxembourg team DKR Engineering in order to be able to provide the two vehicles per team required by the regulations. In 2010 , both teams presented a Corvette C6.R of the GT1 category and entered the championship under the name Mad-Croc Racing .

Before the 2011 season , Mad-Croc Racing was dissolved again. In the FIA ​​GT World Championship, SRT competed with the Chinese as Exim Bank Team China with a Corvette C6.R. The Dutch duo Mike Hezemans and Nicky Catsburg began the season that was later marked by many driver changes. The most successful driver pairings were Mike Hezemans and Andreas Zuber , who finished third in both races at Silverstone , as well as Yelmer Buurman and Francesco Pastorelli, who won both races on the final weekend as newcomers.

For the events in China and Argentina, the Corvette from DKR Engineering was officially integrated into the team, but was still looked after by the Luxembourg team.

The final of the FIA ​​GT1 World Championship 2011 was SRT's last race for the foreseeable future - at least that's what team boss Patrick Selleslagh said.

Results

Gran Turismo

2005

  • Winner of the drivers' classification of the Belcar GT Cup with Marc Goosens (5 victories).
  • Victory in the Zolder 24-hour race (with Marc Goossens, David Hart, Jan Heylen and Guy Verheyen).

2006

  • Victory in the Zolder 24-hour race (with Tom Cloet, Marc Duez, David Hart and Maxime Soulet).

2007

2008

  • 5th in the team classification of the FIA ​​GT Championship (1 victory).

2009

  • 3. the team classification of the FIA ​​GT Championship (1 victory).

2010

2011

  • Disqualified in the team classification of the FIA ​​GT1 World Championship as Exim Bank Team China .

FIA GT1 World Championship

year Team name Make No.
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th Total Item
2010 BelgiumBelgium  Mad-Croc Racing Corvette 11 14th 10 12 11 5 15th 4th 6th 1 Ret 18th 18th 7th 14th 19th 20th DNA DNA - -
12 Ret 15th 13 14th 19th 12 19th 19th 18th 17th 15th 23 17th 16 15th Ret 18th 19th DNS DNS
2011 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Exim Bank Team China Corvette 11 7th 10 2 5 9 9 Ret 6th 3 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 14th 11 1 1 - -
12 15th 16 8th 5 11 Ret
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings
  1. ↑ SRT only used the vehicle with starting number 12. The other vehicle was used by DKR Engineering.
  2. ↑ Mad-Croc Racing was excluded from the team ranking because it only took part in the FIA ​​GT1 World Championship with one vehicle at the season finale.
  3. ↑ The Corvette from DKR Engineering with the start number 12 was only used on the last three race weekends with the name of Exim Bank Team China.
  4. ↑ The Exim Bank Team China team was excluded from the team classification because it only took part in the FIA ​​GT1 World Championship with one vehicle at the beginning of the season.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contact ( EN ) In: selleslaghracing.com . Selleslagh Racing Team. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Team ( EN ) In: selleslaghracing.com . Selleslagh Racing Team. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ Belcar. 12 Championships detailed by winners ( EN , PDF; 32 kB) Retrieved on February 18, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / motorsportsresults.com
  4. ^ Henning Stubbe: SRT - prospects . In: gt-eins.at , gt-eins.at, October 12, 2006. Accessed on February 18, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Points Chart: Citation Cup ( EN ) In: fiagt.com . SRO Group . Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ Photos of Chassis C6R-002 ( EN ) In: racingsportscars.com . racingsportscars.com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ Manuel Schulz: FIA GT: News from Selleslagh Racing . In: motorsport-server.de , Speed-Magazin.de, February 28, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Pictures from 24h Le Mans ( EN ) In: selleslaghracing.com . Selleslagh Racing Team. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ Ralf Kieven: Ordos: Full house in China . In: sportscar-info.de , sportscar-info.de, 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved on December 28, 2012. 
  10. ^ Laurent Mercier: Patrick Selleslagh et SRT tirent leur révérence (FR) . In: endurance-info.com , endurance-info.com, November 14, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2013. 

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