City Challenge Baku 2012

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From October, 26 to October, 28 in Baku streets will take place street races "City Challenge" with GT3 cars. Racers should overcome 14 turns, in "ring", near the Baku Boulevard. After completion organizers will organize a disco. Night Baku will be illuminated by the fascinating laser show. The following cars will participate in races:
Aston Martin DBRS9
Aston Martin Vantage N-24 GT3
Audi R8 LMS Ultra, BMW Z4 GT3
Chevrolet Camaro GT
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3,
Ford GT3
Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Porsche 911 GT3 R, McLaren MP4-12C GT3

 

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Baku-based driver Mark J. Thomas looking forward to home event with local backing

During the upcoming City Challenge event on a street circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan, October 26th till 28th, there will be at least one driver on the grid who can rightfully the City Challenge his home race. Mark J. Thomas is living in Baku and has signed up to compete in the City Challenge Baku GT race with well-known outfit Mühlner Motorsport. He will be sharing a Porsche 911 GT3 R run by the team, based in Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, with Porsche stalwart Nick Tandy. For the Baku event, the team will be backed by SAZZ Internet, the company that has been providing Baku and the surrounding areas with high-speed wireless internet access by means of WiMAX 4G technologies.

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Cars underway to Baku for this weekend’s City Challenge

HAHN/BAKU – October 22nd, 2012 – Yesterday evening, two cargo airplanes are leaving from Hahn Airport in the cente of Germany, carrying all the cars and equipment for this weekend’s inaugural City Challenge in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Two Silkway-Boeing 747-400 F cargo airplanes are carrying a total of 24 GT3 cars, two so-called ‘race-taxis’, 15 historic Formula 1 cars and eight drift cars plus approximately 100 tons of equipment for the teams.
Plenty of race trailers could be seen on Germany’s motorways in the past few days, partly from last weekend’s DTM finale at Hockenheim and partly to deliver cars and equipment at Hahn Airport for air transport to Baku for the City Challenge event. The
first plane is scheduled to arrive in Baku early tomorrow morning (local time), while the second plane is expected a few hours later. At Baku airport, the cars and equipment will be unloaded and once all the formalities have been cleared, everything will be transported to the paddock, which is located in front of the famous
Government House near the Caspian seaside. On Thursday, October 25th, there will be a parade of race cars through the city of Baku, with a reception and public presentation at the Kempinski Hotel Badamdar, the event’s official Hospitality Partner. Track action starts on Friday, October 26th, with free practice sessions for the City Challenge GT, Classic Grand Prix and Gymkhana City Drift from 10.15 till 17.00 h. On Saturday, October 27th, there are qualifying sessions and sprint races from 9.30 till 17.40 h. Sunday, October 28th, is the main race day, with warm-up sessions for all categories from 9.15 h, followed by a GT drivers’ parade at 12.00 h and races from 12.50 h till 17.15 h. TV broadcasts are planned on more than 120 stations worldwide. All information including live-timing and streaming can be found on the website: City Challenge

greetings from your City Challenge Team! (gm)

 

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The Gymkhana Drift Cup presents the drifting competition during the City Challenge event in Baku. Eight heroes driving a BMW, Nissan or Audi will battle against each other, trying to take the crown home. The art is to perform perfect drifts around the two-kilometre track.

Gymkhana, pronounced Jimkäinah, is the Greek word for “athletic skills competition”. And this is what Gymkhana is all about: the drivers’ skills. Complete control over the vehicle is the key to success.

The scoring zone begins at the start-finish line and ends at the Marriott Hotel. In qualifying, judges carefully note how the drifter enters the scoring zone and in what style and angle the drift is performed.

On Sunday, the eight drivers compete in a “shootout” race. The best driver in qualifying battles against number eight, the runner-up against number seven, etc. The two rivals drive simultaneously and run the course twice. Three judges award points to the drivers, with a maximum of ten points per judge. The driver with the highest points score wins the battle and continues in
the knock-out competition until the big final when the two best drivers drift towards gold and silver.(gm)

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