Sumo Power
Sumo Power GT was an English motor racing team, which was active in the area of Gran Turismo and 2010 took part in the FIA GT1 World Championship until 2011. The team was part of the JR Motorsports Group ( JRM ).
- 2.1 FIA GT1 World Championship
History
The racing team Sumo Power GT was founded in 2010 by JR Motorsports Group in cooperation with Nismo, the motor sports division of the Japanese car manufacturer Nissan. The name of the team from the British since 2002 active tuning sales Sumo Power, who already in rally and drift racing was previously active and in 2009 merged with JRM received.
2010
In 2010, Sumo Power GT sat as well as the two Swiss Racing Team Nissan GT -R in the newly advertised FIA GT1 World Championship in. A driver line-up consisted of the former FIA GT champion Jamie Campbell -Walter, of a vehicle with the experienced British GT drivers Warren Hughes shared. The German driver Michael Krumm Nismo factory and the former DTM driver Peter Dumbreck together formed the other.
The greatest success of the team was the victory of Campbell -Walter and Hughes after the disqualification of the Aston Martin DBR9 of Tomas Enge and Darren Turner at the prestigious RAC Tourist Trophy at Silverstone. Krumm and Dumbreck won the qualifying race in Portugal, but also several other podium finishes both driver pairings were only enough for sixth place in the team standings. Nissan was also sixth, and thus Last, the Manufacturers' Championship.
2011
After the Swiss Racing Team Nissan switched to Lamborghini, sat four JRM Nissan GT -R in the FIA GT1 World Championship in, two under his own name, as two Sumo Power GT. Sumo Power GT began the season with the Brazilian duo of two former Formula 1 driver Enrique Bernoldi and Ricardo Zonta and Jamie Campbell -Walter and Le Mans winner David Brabham. Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck changed officially to the team JR Motorsports.
After Ricardo Zonta had left the team after the first third of the season, Warren Hughes took over for two events before Nick Catsburg drove for the rest of the year, together with Enrique Bernoldi. Only Campbell -Walter and Brabham reach podium, so that Sumo Power only ranked fifth among the team standings occupied while JR Motorsports team world title just wide and with Krumm and Lucas Luhr reached the drivers' title.
After changing the FIA GT1 World Championship on the rules of the group GT3 in 2012, were neither JRM still Sumo Power GT again.
Results
FIA GT1 World Championship
Gallery
A Nissan GT -R from Sumo power t GT Corvette C6.R of pursuing a Phoenix / Cars Port 2010
Front view of a Nissan GT -R from Sumo Power GT
Both Nissan GT -R from Sumo Power GT at Brno 2010
A Nissan GT -R from Sumo Power GT at Silverstone 2011