Selleslagh Racing Team
The Selleslagh Racing Team short SRT, is a Belgian Motorsport team, which is active in the area of Gran Turismo and 2010 (as part of Mad- Croc Racing ) and 2011 (as Exim Bank Team China ) participated in the FIA GT1 World Championship. The team is known for its use of racing versions of the Chevrolet Corvette.
- 2.1 Gran Turismo
- 2.2 FIA GT1 World Championship
History
Gran Turismo
Patrick Selleslagh the end of 2003 was the first private buyer of a Corvette C5 -R according to the specification of the group GT1. In 2004, the team of Selleslagh was active in the Belgian GT Championship, but failed to reach a victory. In 2005, SRT won five times and won with Marc Goossens the title of the Belcar GT Cup. Among the victories in the Belgian Championships also scored the winning the 24 - hour race at Zolder. At the 24 -hour race in Spa- Francorchamps, which belonged to the FIA GT Championship, SRT finished eighth.
For the 2006 season SRT purchased an additional Corvette C5 -R and put both cars in the French GT Championship in. At the 24 - hour race at Spa -Francorchamps in the same year appeared as SRT Renstal Excelsior, but only reached the 41st place and was therefore not considered.
In 2007, remained a Corvette in the French GT Championship, while the other moved in the FIA GT Championship. There, Tom Cloet won three times the rating of the Citation Cup for amateurs. At the 24 -hour race in Spa -Francorchamps, the quartet of drivers Marc Duez, Damien Coens, Maxime Soulet and Steve Van Bellingen reached the tenth place in the overall standings.
2008 SRT brought for the first time a Corvette C6.R at the start. The team took part in the FIA GT Championship and scored a win with Christophe Bouchut and Xavier Maassen. For the 24 -hour race in Spa -Francorchamps supplemented Maxime Soulet and Christophe Pillon regular driver Bouchut and Maassen. The Corvette of SRT resigned as first car and finished the race again on the 41st. For the season finale of the FIA GT Championship in Argentina, the riders were exchanged, so that Maxime Soulet, Armand Fumal and Christian Ledesma for SRT achieved a third place.
SRT drove in 2009 not only in the FIA GT Championship, but also again in the French championship. Bert Longin and GT3 European Champion James Ruffier achieved in the FIA GT Championship third place in the drivers' standings. The same place was also the team. At the 24 - hour race at Spa -Francorchamps extended Maxime Soulet and Corvette factory driver Oliver Gavin the team that was ranked in 15th place.
At the 24 - hour race at Le Mans In 2010, his SRT Corvette one under the designation of " Luc Alphand Aventures ". Stéphan Grégoire, Jérôme Policand and David Hart finished the race as a whole Fifteenth and second in the GT1 category.
FIA GT1 World Championship
For the newly advertised FIA GT1 World Championship SRT cooperated with the Luxembourg team DKR Engineering in order to make the regulations requiring two vehicles per team can. In 2010, both teams each had a Corvette C6.R GT1 category, and wrote under the naming Mad- Croc Racing in the championship one.
Before the 2011 season, Mad- Croc Racing was dissolved. In the FIA GT World Championship SRT now came under Chinese naming as Exim Bank Team China Corvette C6.R with a. The Dutch duo Mike Hezemans and Nicky Catsburg started the season, which was coined later by many driver changes. The most successful driver pairings were Mike Hezemans and Andreas Zuber, the Silverstone in both runs were third, and Buurman and Francesco Pastorelli Yelmer who decided as a new entrant in both races at the final week end in itself.
For the events in China and Argentina in the Corvette from DKR Engineering was officially added to the team, but is still caring for the Luxembourg team.
The finale of the FIA GT1 World Championship 2011 was also for the foreseeable future, the last race of SRT - so at least there was team manager Patrick Selleslagh to.
Results
Gran Turismo
2005
- Winner of the drivers' standings of the Belcar GT Cup with Marc Goossens (5 wins ).
- Victory in the 24 - hour race at Zolder ( with Marc Goossens, David Hart Jan Heylen and Guy Verheyen ).
2006
- Victory in the 24 - hour race at Zolder ( with Tom Cloet, Marc Duez, David Hart and Maxime Soulet ).
2007
2008
- 5 of the team standings of the FIA GT Championship ( 1 win ).
2009
- 3 of the team standings of the FIA GT Championship ( 1 win ).
2010
- Disqualified in the team standings of the FIA GT1 World Championship as Mad- Croc Racing.
2011
- Disqualified in the team standings of the FIA GT1 World Championship as Exim Bank Team China.