Blancpain GT Asia @ FSW Part 3: Porsche Grid Walk

We participated in the "Blancpain GT Series ASIA Races 7-8 (Blancpain GT Series Asia Round 7 & Round 8)" grid walk ~

Just 10 minutes before the final race following the pit tour? To the extent, I participated in a grid walk, that is, where the cars were already preparing to run and were lined up on the course, and I was able to walk closer and take a tour.

The entrance will exit from the Porsche team's pit as well as the place to visit the pit.

The staff who came out of the pit just before we entered. It was cool because it appeared like Armageddon ... I wanted you to have a helmet on your side ... Oh, I'm sorry for the strange impression (laughs). ↓

By the way, we visitors come into the pit by mistake with the staff. It's all about ...

Go through the pit lane and walk out to the straight course at once. Almost no cars have arrived yet (* The second day was a grid walk after the cars were lined up).

Now, the cars are coming in, and the Porsche support team is still flocking to the Porsche team's Excellence Bright!

Everyone was excited to see the Excellence Bright, which will be racing in the next few minutes. I took a lot of pictures.

There was also a driver, the Yamano brothers, from the middle. In the 7th round of Blancpain GT Asia on the first day, his younger brother Naoya Yamano ran as the first driver, and in the 8th round on the second day, his brother Tetsuya Yamano ran as the first driver. ..

For the time being, an introduction to the car. Silver in the class means that both drivers are pro racers, and if this is "Pro / Am" it means a mixed pair of professionals and amateurs, and if it is "Am / Am" it means an amateur pair. is.

By the way, it was said that the vehicle of the professional driver pair (silver) is weighted "25 kg" more than the vehicle that the amateur driver enters. Weight handicap by weight.

By the way, I wonder if some of you have already noticed ... Yes! Here is a group photo (laughs)! Of course, I took both days.

There are a lot of tire scraps on the side of the course. I remember seeing this when I first walked the grid on the circuit a long time ago and was impressed.

When I see something like this, I get the feeling that it's a race, and I'm really excited. ← So weird people can't stop (laughs).

Then, from here, I would like to introduce the cars that I took a fluttering shot in the hot weather, though not all the cars. I'm really sorry for the techie feeling because I took a quick shot while walking. I didn't choose a vehicle either.

It was so hot that I couldn't think of anything at the end (laughs).

And the last one on the grid on the second day was the "GT4 Pole Position" seat, here! !!

Tomohiko Sunako ~. The support for this person was very hot, and everyone was really doing their best to support us! Looking at it, I thought that the unity and unity was kind of nice. Everyone who supported BMW was wonderful!

By the way, with all the cars like this, the race has finally started.

On the grid, I wasn't interested in the cars at all (?), And there were many people who were nailed to the older sisters (laughs).

I think it's nice to see beautiful older sisters, even if I'm the same sex, but personally, I'm wearing only half of the racing suit (the upper half is taken off and the lower half is laid out). I like it. What's the story (laughs)?

A view of the grid walk from above. This is a picture of a considerable number of people since they started to leave, so you can see that there were quite a few people.

It was a great experience to see the race car in front of me!

Continue to watch the race ...

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).