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GT Academy Silverstone
Een paar bronnetjes waar mogelijk wat nieuws op te vinden is:
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Dit moet zo een top ervaring zijn voor die lui!
Well, as a last minute replacement and completely-baffled newbie amongst serious publications’ reporters (I count the Daily Star, Ireland Daily Star, Times, Mail, AutoWeek and the BBC, amongst others), I’m here at the GT Academy Boot Camp Media Day…
The day kicked off at Whittlebury Hall with a press conference for the 18 lucky (okay, skilled) drivers, with media in attendance, given by GT Academy judges Rob Barff, Johnny Herbert and Sabine Schmitz (yes, really). The concept of GT Academy, for those of us unaware of it – to take a driver from the virtual world and put him in a race car in the real world – was explained by Johnny before a short video from the 4th judge, none other than Eddie Irvine, and another short video from GT Academy winner Lucas Ordoñez.
The format was explained by Johnny – eviction-style boot camp fun, whittling the field down to just 3 drivers over 5 days, who would then receive 2 months of intensive training before the final prize is given – a seat in a Nissan 370Z GT4 class racer!
Rob explained the day’s activities before springing a surprise 10 minute written test on the drivers, after which the throng relocated to Silverstone.
At this point the GT Academy finalists were given a number of warm-up laps in a number of Nissan 370Zs on Silverstone’s Stowe Circuit, with an on-board instructor, before going for an individual “superpole lap†– the results of which are yet to be revealed… Then back to the Experience Centre for the ever-so-vital medical and fitness tests.
A brief break for lunch preceded the “media†being split into two groups and thrown into the same 370Zs the finalists drove – one guided lap, followed by a number of instructed laps – and then onto a head-to-head autocross course in Nissan’s R35 GT-Rs. As is typical, I was last to go and with no-one to go head-to-head with, who should step in but GT Academy champion Lucas Ordoñez! With a time of 37.93s on the final run, GTPlanet’s credentials were established as fastest publication (oh yes, you read that right).
As things stand at the moment, the drivers and the media (myself excepted – the excitement of the 370Z hurt my hand) are at Milton Keynes’s Daytona karting circuit for a spell of endurance karting. Coming later on this evening will be a driver press-conference, during which the drivers will be subjected to a barrage of questions to determine their presence under fire…
Watch this space for more news from the Boot Camp and hopefully some pictures, if the internet here permits!
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Vandaag wordt weer een spannende dag, waarna er maar liefst 10 deelnemers zullen afvallen.
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Benjamin Peron
op de GT Academy facebook staat nog een uitgebreid verslag van de eerste dag
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(ik weet niet wie de Belgische deelnemer is).
Stijn Wackenier (23) GT Academy Finale Belgie
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Benjamin Peron (popolinho13) is nu in zijn plaats mogen gaan.
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GT Academy 2010 LIVE at Silverstone
From millions of virtual racers we are down to 18 putting it all on the line for real.
Our competitors raced hundreds of laps each on the GT Academy Time Trial to prove their speed, they beat all comers at the National Championships and now putting their nerves, sweat and skills to the limit at Silverstone.
From Ireland to New Zealand and from Finland to Italy our 18 competitors have a chance to move from virtual champion to professional racing driver.
In front of them lies a 5-day test of skill, physical fitness and pure speed in front of our legendary judges of Eddie Jordan, Johnny Herbert and Sabine Schmitz where only the very fastest will achieve their dream.
Johnny Herbert, GT Academy 2010 Judge, said: "These next few days will be difficult, different and hard but the potential for the most rewarding prize ever.
"We are going to transform a guy from the virtual world and bring them to the reality of motor-sport. At Silverstone, they will work and race together but act for themselves. Its a chance they need to take with both hands."
One man has been more responsible for giving pure talent its big break, this man is F1 legend and discoverer of talent such Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher. This man is Head Judge Eddie Jordan.
Speaking to the competitors for the first time, he said: "I require big passion, big commitment to win and desire to win. You have to believe in yourself to win."
From a Marine inspired assault course, to 75mph karts to a race-ready Nissan 370Z and GT-R - each challenge will need the very best from our competitors to succeed and become the GT Academy 2010 Champion.
Kazinori Yamauchi had a dream of a Gran Turismo player becoming a real racing driver. Lucas Ordonez proved it can be done, one of these 18 competitors will be further prove that you can swap a sofa for a real race car and that the game is just the start to changing your life forever.
We will give you all the latest updates each day, right here at the PlayStation Blog. Don't miss a thing and show your support for our 18 competitors. They're all winners, but only one can be our champion.
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