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GTfusiOn Round 4                                                                             
  Il est  temps d'entamée la deuxième partie du GTfusiOn Gran Turismo World Team Championship 2020 avec un round 4 qui va rendre hommage , quasiment jour pour jour , un an après la toute première victoire d'Audi sur la plus grande course d'endurance du Japon à l'équipe belge WRT et son Audi R8 LMS GT3 N.25 pilotée par les Belges Fred Vervisch , Dries Vanthoor et le Sud-Africain Kelvin van der Linden qui ont remporté ce dimanche 25 Août 2019 les 10 Heures de Suzuka, quatrième des cinq épreuves de l'Intercontinental GT Challenge.
 
  Après un bon début de course de BMW,  l'Audi de l'équipe belge WRT a pris les commandes durant la troisième heure.Gardant en permanence une avance d'une trentaine de secondes sur ses plus proches concurrents, l'équipage n'a pas tremblé, malgré un souci de rétroviseur lors du dernier arrêt aux stands.
 
  Qui est W Racing Team ? Connue sous le nom de Team WRT, est une équipe de course automobile professionnelle, fondée en 2009 et basée à Baudour, en Belgique. L'équipe a été créée à l'initiative de l'ancien pilote automobile Vincent Vosse et de l'entrepreneur Yves Weerts. Aujourd'hui, l'équipe est dirigée par l'équipe Co-CEO Kathleen Schurmans et Vincent Vosse. Pascal Weerts est président du conseil d'administration de WRT. En 2020, l'équipe organise des programmes de course en GT World Challenge Europe, DTM, Intercontinental GT Challenge, ADAC GT Masters et autres.
Depuis que WRT est propriétaire d'AMP, il développe des arceaux de sécurité pour plusieurs des plus grands programmes de sport automobile au monde.
Au fil des ans, l'équipe a démontré sa polyvalence en remportant une multitude de courses et de titres dans divers championnats prestigieux de GT et de voitures de tourisme à travers le monde. À la fin de 2018, WRT a fièrement remporté 36 titres.
 
Le circuit de Suzuka est l'un des circuits les plus populaires de sports mécaniques. Situé à Suzuka soit à 50 km de Nagoya et 150 km d'Osaka,  il a été conçu par le designer néerlandais John Hugenholtz à la demande personnelle de Soichiro Honda comme piste d'essai pour la marque. Depuis son ouverture, il a accueilli de très nombreuses manifestations, tant moto qu'auto. Il est le cadre du Grand prix du Japon de Formule 1 depuis 1987 et quelques célèbres épisodes du championnat s'y sont produits.Ce circuit présente la particularité d'être en huit et non en boucle, un pont enjambant un secteur de piste.
By El-Loco                                 Sources : RTBF.be & W-Racingteam.com
 
GTfusiOn GTSport Team World Championship Round 4  
 
   It's time to start the second part of the GTfusiOn Gran Turismo World Team Championship 2020 with a round 4 that will pay tribute , almost to the day , one year after Audi's very first victory in Japan's biggest endurance race at the Belgian WRT team and its Audi R8 LMS GT3 N.25 driven by Belgians Fred Vervisch , Dries Vanthoor and the South-African Kelvin van der Linden who won this Sunday 25 August 2019 the 10 Hours of Suzuka, fourth of the five events of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.
 After a good start to the race from BMW, the Audi of the Belgian WRT team took control during the third hour. Maintaining a permanent lead of about 30 seconds over its closest competitors, the crew did not shake, despite a problem with the rear-view mirror during the last pit stop.
 
  Who is W Racing Team? Known as Team WRT, they are a professional racing team, founded in 2009 and based in Baudour, Belgium. The team was created on the initiative of former car driver Vincent Vosse and entrepreneur Yves Weerts. Today, the team is led by Co-CEO team Kathleen Schurmans and Vincent Vosse. Pascal Weerts is Chairman of the Board of Directors of WRT. In 2020, the team organizes racing programs in GT World Challenge Europe, DTM, Intercontinental GT Challenge, ADAC GT Masters and others.
 
  Since WRT became the owner of AMP, it has been developing safety rods for several of the world's largest motor sport programs.
Over the years, the team has demonstrated its versatility by winning a multitude of races and titles at various prestigious GT and touring car championships around the world. At the end of 2018, WRT proudly won 36 titles.
 
  The Suzuka circuit is one of the most popular motorsport Circuits. Located at Suzuka, 50 km from Nagoya and 150 km from Osaka, it was designed by Dutch designer John Hugenholtz at the personal request of Soichiro Honda as a test track for the brand. Since its opening, it has hosted numerous events for both motorbikes and cars. It has been the setting for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix since 1987, and some famous episodes of the championship have occurred there.This circuit has the particularity of being in eight and not in loop, a bridge spanning a track sector.                                                                     
  By El-Loco                         
Sources: RTBF.be & W-Racingteam.com   
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Our new combo puts the spotlight on Belgian driver Bertrand Baguette in the Super GT.
Like the inventor of GTfusiOn and a few staff, Bertrand is from Thimister in the province of Liège. Born in February 1986, he competed classes in Formula Renault climbing the success ladder year by year. Bertrand managed to shine in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2009 with a crowning champion with 5 victories, 10 podiums and 1 pole.
Accompanied by Plowman and Gonzalez, they won after 329 laps completed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2013 edition in LMP2 and in the process the title of FIA world endurance champion of the WEC category in LMP2.

2014, Bertrand Baguette became an official Honda brand driver and joined the prestigious Japanese Super GT championship at the wheel of the Honda NSX-GT in the Queen GT500 category. In 2017, he won the legendary 1000 Kilometer race at Suzuka.
Finally we find Bertrand for the 2019 season aboard the Honda NSX n ° 17 of Keihin Real Racing with the Japanese teammate Koudai Tsukakoshi.
We are in September 2019, it is Koudai Tsukakoshi who will sign the pole position in Q2, when to Bertrand, he signs the best time in Q1. The team under the checkered flag took second place 4 seconds behind the Lexus of Team SARD in Kovalainen and Nakayama, the precedents of a 300 km long race on the Autopolis International Racing Cours circuit.

Autopolis Racing Circuit is a 4674 m long track with a long straight line of 902 m, a vertical drop of 52 m and 18 turns. This track is located in the middle of a mountain range in Oita prefecture of Kyushu in Japan and was built under the impulse of the real estate developer and investor Tomonori Tsurumaki and is the property of Kawasaki. Autopolis is known for its difficult layout, although sector 1 is a simple high-speed section, complex consecutive turns of all speed ranges await drivers in sectors 2 and 3. One of the particularities of the route, a slope maximum upward from 7.2% to 10% down, there is a lot of ascent and descent on this track, and driving a full lap without error requires great concentration.

Gentlemen will you beat the time of 1'33,262 from pole position? Will you go faster than Bertrand 1'34''415?
The weight and power of the car are those supplied by Bertrand Baguette.

By El-loco
Sources : Wikipedia, RTBF, Vedia , SpeedActionTV, GT500 Qualifying offical result
Thrustmaster Thrustmaster e-Sports Bertrand Baguette, la page officielle (official page) ELIA PAROS

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