Excitement building up: this week’s Hankook 24H BARCELONA could already see first champions crowned

MONTMELÓ (August 29, 2016) – Following a well-deserved summer break, teams and drivers from the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook return to action for this week’s Hankook 24H BARCELONA (September 2-4, 2016). A total of 65 teams with 35 nationalities represented on the grid is to take part in the sixth and penultimate round of this year’s 24H SERIES powered by Hankook. Like last year, the race at Barcelona could already see the first champions of this year’s series crowned. “Barcelona has always been a very popular fixture on our calendar and once again, we are looking forward to an exciting and spectacular event,” says Daphne Gengler on behalf of CREVENTIC. The Dutch agency is the promoter and organiser of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook in co-operation with the Dutch National Racing Team (DNRT).

With 18 cars, the A6 class, mainly for GT3 machinery, will have the largest entry at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya. With Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche, many famous sports car brands are represented in this category, that will be split up into an A6-Am and an A6-Pro class. The 991 class for Porsche Cup machinery has nine cars, while the SP2 and SP3 classes have a good entry with seven and nine cars respectively. The SP classes have plenty of variety, too, with Porsche, the MARC Focus V8 and GC Automobiles silhouette cars and Chevrolet Corvette racing in SP2 and BMW, Honda, KTM, Lotus, Porsche and Saker in SP3. The TCR class has an entry of five SEAT Leon Cup Racers while the A3 class provides a mix of BMW, Honda, Peugeot and SEAT. French brands have the biggest representation in the A2 class with two Peugeots and two Renaults up against one Honda. The field includes some famous names like 13 times’ women’s trial world champion Laia Sanz, former professional football player Jerzy Dudek and Carlos Tavares, chairman of the board of the PSA group that includes Citroën, DS and Peugeot.

In Catalunya, the first champions of this year’s 24H SERIES powered by Hankook could already seal their titles. In the A6 class, for instance, Hofor Racing only needs a top seven finish to secure the teams’ title. In the 991 class, the battle is between HRT and MSG. German team Leipert Motorsport can wrap it up in the SPX class when it finishes first or second at Barcelona. Speedlover and Porsche Lorient Racing are the main contenders in the SP2 class. The SP3 class has both JR Motorsport cars jointly in the lead with an equal number of points. DUWO Racing are favourites for CUP1 class honours while defending overall teams’ champions Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing are leading the TCR class, their main opposition coming from Red Camel-Jordans.nl. In A3, French Team Altran Peugeot has both its cars competing for the title while Team K-Rejser and presenza.eu Racing Team Clio are the favourites for success in class A2.

The title sponsor and exclusive tyre partner, Hankook is providing the tyres for all cars in the race. BRM is the official time keeping partner and will provide the trophies for the prize-giving ceremony. LED Displays from SPAA05 will be installed in every car to indicate the position in the race. TM Performance, Showtrax, Stand21, BRM and Speedcom will have sales and service booths in the paddock, Crave Global Catering will be selling freshly squeezed orange juice.

After private test sessions on Thursday (Sept. 1) throughout the day and Friday morning, official track action gets underway on Friday (Sept. 2) with free practice from 16.30 till 17.30 hrs, qualifying from 18.00 till 19.45 hrs and night practice from 20.45 till 22.15 hrs. On Saturday, there is a pit walk from 10.30 hrs. The race start at noon and finishes on Sunday at the same time.

As usual, the race at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya will have commentary by Radiolemans.com and will be broadcast on Motors TV, on Saturday (Sept. 3) from 11.30 till 20.15 hrs and on Sunday (Sept. 4) from 2.45 till 12.30 hrs. Live streaming of the full race in HD quality will be available at and the series’ Youtube channel. This will also include footage from the six on-board cameras that were available for this race and were taken up by B2F Compétition (#35 Porsche, class 991), Sportec Motorsport (#58 Lamborghini Huracán GT3, class A6), Red Camel-Jordans.nl (#303 SEAT Leon Cup Racer, class TCR), MJC Furlonger (#32 Ferrari F458GT, class A6), Spirit of Race (#53 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, class A6) and Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing (#1 SEAT Leon Cup Racer, class TCR). Regular updates will be provided on Twitter (@24HSeries), Facebook (24H Series) and Instagram (24H Series). Further information about the Hankook 24H BARCELONA can be found at

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