GT Academy Winners’ Driving Training Continues as Jordan Tresson Endures Fuji
Just two weeks after the 6 hours of Bahrain FIA WEC race, Jordan Tresson and the Signatech Nissan team took to the track again, this time at the Fuji International Speedway for the 6 hours of Fuji.
After a successful Bahrain race where they achieved a class podium, the team were hoping to continue their good form and Olivier Lombard started well for them. However, when he pitted to swap with Franck Mailleux, the car refused to start again and the team lost eight minutes to what turned out to be a faulty starter motor. Jordan ran the anchor leg and brought the car home ninth in class (seventh in the teams’ LMP2 championship). The team face another short rest period before the season-ending 6 hours of Shanghai in two weeks.
Meanwhile, the newest graduates found themselves facing a very stiff test indeed – a 24 hour kart endurance race at Daytona, albeit the Daytona outdoor karting centre at Milton Keynes, UK.
As one of 43 teams entered for the 2012 Daytona 24 Hours, the GT Academy winners faced one of the toughest endurance races in the world. With average lap speeds approaching 73mph in these karts, the challenge is nothing to be sniffed at – a challenge made much harder when the power failed at the circuit twice in the night.
The four man team of Wolfgang Reip, Mark Shulzhitskiy and the two unnamed Academy winners from Germany and the USA managed to turn their 18th place qualification into an 8th place finish, 25 hours and 994 laps later – the clock having been extended for an hour following the second power cut.
Images courtesy of GT Academy.
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October 17th, 2012 at 11:13 am - #AnTiheLT
24H in a kart wow that much be fun and a special thing to do :)
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October 17th, 2012 at 5:29 am - #flink racquet
Good drive! Now can you please give us the Fuji track as DLC, GT5 not GT6 please!!!!!!
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October 17th, 2012 at 7:21 am - #LERK84
Fuji is on GT5 already you must mean a different track.
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October 17th, 2012 at 1:59 am - #BWX
Maybe they should change the name of this website to gtacademyplanet?
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October 17th, 2012 at 10:24 am - #Pit Crew
Personally I have no issues with any of the GT related news here on GTP including GTAcademy news. I always have the choice to bypass any news thread I dont want to comment in.
Seeing as how Kaz has been silent about upcoming GT5 DLC (if any are being considered ) or GT6 progress, other than a snipet here or there, the staff is doing their best to relay any GT news they can find and share it with us, still attempting to incite heated debates amongst the GTP masses.
Bravo and keep up the good work :tup
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October 17th, 2012 at 1:53 pm - #BWX
Actually I was referring to the state of GT5.. being dead, not complaining about news here. On top of that I wasn’t actually trying to suggest you guys should actually change the name. I mean.. really?
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October 17th, 2012 at 11:22 pm - #Turkey :D
I know that feel. Everytime I see a new headline I hope it’s a patch or new DLC for GT5…
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October 16th, 2012 at 10:33 pm - #Shoe67
Wow, I want to watch 24h karts. Who needs Le mans when you have something like that!?
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October 16th, 2012 at 8:17 pm - #SaintSaiya
I dont know what to say anymore…I…I dont care anymore (cries)
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October 16th, 2012 at 7:00 pm - #MadmuppGT
If it wasnt for the academy GT would have new news at all :(
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October 16th, 2012 at 10:07 pm - #TokoTurismo
I must say I agree. :(
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October 17th, 2012 at 12:05 am - #MockngBrd
Told ya
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October 17th, 2012 at 3:12 am - #Bfc_1882
They only news I’m after I’d when the hell are the servers going to get sorted out, at least have an ounce of respect for us (the game users) and give us some information on the problem. Even if it’s just to say yes we’re aware of the problem and are trying our best to resolve the issue, just taking down the comment that it’s been sorted just isn’t good enough.
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October 16th, 2012 at 6:55 pm - #ed24
I actually met Jordan Tresson and got a photo with him at the Paris Motor Show on the 4th October – he seemed like a very nice guy!
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October 16th, 2012 at 5:37 pm - #Mac K
Think you mean 9th overall Famine, not in class. A 24 hour kart race would be nuts…
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October 16th, 2012 at 5:46 pm - #gamerdog6482
The article does say a 24 hours kart race…
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October 16th, 2012 at 4:03 pm - #Swagger897
First, and congrats… poor audi with the drive through penalty after the hood replacement… as if that didnt take long enough as is….
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Are you serious!!! They have 24 hours in a go kart? It would be cool if they put that in the game!!!