Racing Accident Spoils Sebring Debut for GT Academy Champion Jordan Tresson

Motorsport March 18th, 2012 by Jordan

2010 GT Academy champion Jordan Tresson was all set to make his FIA World Endurance Championship debut in the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, behind the wheel of Signatech Nissan’s new LMP2 car. Alas, it was not meant to be.

After qualifying fourth-in-class, the team’s first two drivers, Franck Mailleux and Olivier Lombard fought their way up to second.

The race was going well for the French team, until Olivier spun the car after hitting a fresh oil spill on the track. A following GT-class Ferrari was also caught off-guard by the hazardous conditions and collided with the Nissan, causing severe damage and ending their race.

Unfortunately, the accident occurred before Tresson’s driving stints, which means he will have to wait until the next round of the FIA WEC (May 5, at Spa Francorchamps) to go racing. Fortunately, he still got a fair amount of time behind the wheel during practice sessions, and Signatech boss Philippe Sinault was impressed with his performance.

“After all of the testing and training I was really looking forward to my first stint in the race,” said Tresson. “But a race incident changed all that and spoiled the party. I was not doing too badly, and was able to work with the team for the whole week. Even if the race is over for us, we are already thinking of the next race, studying our rivals’ strategy until the end.”

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  1. March 21st, 2012 at 6:52 pm - #
    MuriloMotta1992

    PLEASE, POST SOME IMPORTANT NEWS, FROM GT5!!! What about new DLC???

    • March 21st, 2012 at 8:48 pm - #
      Jordan

      …and how do you expect me to do that when there isn’t any “important news, from GT5″?

    • March 21st, 2012 at 8:55 pm - #
      MuriloMotta1992

      So sad… Just waiting for some. Sick of GT Academy stuff.

    • March 21st, 2012 at 10:43 pm - #
      Dr.Frogg

      It is not his fault. He is just informing you.

    • March 22nd, 2012 at 10:48 pm - #
      Amac500

      Yeah don’t blame Jordan, yell at PD

    • March 22nd, 2012 at 11:09 pm - #
      SZRT Ice

      Hilarious, & Jordan…, I love your cool dude. Great representative of GTP to represent the GT community.

    • March 23rd, 2012 at 4:33 pm - #
      kekke2000

      I second SZRT’s comment. GTP is like a link between the game developers and the gamers. Even Kaz himself is greatful for this wonderful site! :)

  2. March 21st, 2012 at 12:58 pm - #
    lancashire lad

    So he had a crash,why did’nt he just bounce off like the simulation GT5?

    • April 11th, 2012 at 3:22 pm - #
      Quakebass

      Reality hits you hard, bro.

  3. March 21st, 2012 at 12:25 pm - #
    researchALLwars

    so…… oils slicks in GT6?

    (couldn’t help it) : )

  4. March 21st, 2012 at 5:06 am - #
    Rushton1996

    There’s nothing to do on GT5 at the moment. Thats why they need to add an expansive aspec pack for free to keep us entertained until GT6. If not for free, at least very cheaply. Eg $1 for the Aspec pack. They will still get over 1million downloads and thats over a $million profit. Easy.
    PD need to add a car pack with lots of new and classic cars, some premium upgrades, better car customization, make maximum driving lvl 60 and take off the 20mil credit limit. The list goes on but those fixes in one big update will give GT5 another 1 year of entertainment for me. And then we will not have to wait for GT6 which will be even better from launch.

    • March 21st, 2012 at 8:20 am - #
      TokoTurismo

      +1

    • March 21st, 2012 at 11:31 am - #
      Toyota2jz

      +1

    • March 21st, 2012 at 11:38 am - #
      Toyota2jz

      I agree with you. If they can update some of the standard cars to premium, just a few. I’d be more than happy…

    • March 21st, 2012 at 12:18 pm - #
      Dr.Frogg

      Hey Toyota guy, you do know they turned the Jaguar XJR-9 from standard to premium right?

    • March 21st, 2012 at 3:29 pm - #
      Amac500

      Cool Frogg, so I can pay more money to get a standard car upgraded to premium. That ain’t a hot deal if you ask me, but that’s just me. As for the original comment here, might be asking to much of them. They should add more premium cars or real tracks or improve the track editor so we an actually design tracks (then we wouldn’t complain about tracks as much because we can make what we want) or livery editor or livery chips or something. Allowing some kind of feature that let’s us customize our game more would be ideal, and for free. But what I dont understand is why I am paying for all these DLC, me who bought the game when it first came out, while people just buying now are getting, like, 3 free DLC’s. Thank us for our dedication or something PD!

    • March 21st, 2012 at 3:40 pm - #
      Kratos_Q8

      +1

    • March 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm - #
      Dr.Frogg

      It’s okay. I don’t think $10 dollars will hurt that much.

  5. March 20th, 2012 at 11:18 pm - #
    tpark103

    Where is Jordan from?

    • March 21st, 2012 at 12:26 pm - #
      researchALLwars

      the Green Forest.

    • March 21st, 2012 at 8:49 pm - #
      Jordan

      Jordan Tresson is from France.

    • March 21st, 2012 at 9:33 pm - #
      researchALLwars

      yes but you, Jordan, are from the Green Forest. Don’t front..

  6. March 20th, 2012 at 3:43 pm - #
    foefke

    News News News My go crazy crazy crazy

  7. March 20th, 2012 at 2:00 pm - #
    Szuper

    This Nissan for GT5 ? very nice car :P

    • March 20th, 2012 at 2:01 pm - #
      Szuper

      and more LM cars! Prototypes?

    • March 20th, 2012 at 3:31 pm - #
      Amac500

      Like I’ve been saying, of they put so many Nissians in the game then what if one time they don’t add another GT-R and add the Nissian Signetech Oreca LMP2 car. Yes, yes, yes, more premium prototypes and how about some Le Mans GT cars. And if it is upgrading a premium car to standard how about not having us pay for it. But it would be great if to honor the 80th anniversary of Le Mans they added, FOR FREE, the winning Audi R18 from last year and the second place Peugeot 908, from the closest finish in the history of Le Mans! And the other class winners to. If adding the class winners for free became a standard I would be pleased!

    • March 20th, 2012 at 5:59 pm - #
      Szuper

      the same words!

  8. March 20th, 2012 at 8:20 am - #
    Teejay143

    so unlucky to all them, but wouldnt it be great to see the synatech nissan seen included in a DLC pack for in game play ?

  9. March 20th, 2012 at 4:05 am - #
    SZRT Ice

    Rough stuff. Glad everyone is ok. Kinda hurts seeing these real life GT races. Constant reminder of what we don’t have for the trade off of a higher poly count. “Less is more”, I’m starting to get a grasp of the concept.

  10. March 20th, 2012 at 12:44 am - #
    SaintSaiya

    so car damage exists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. March 19th, 2012 at 6:50 pm - #
    Vin1021

    Ouch! That was an abrupt stop to say the least!
    Sorry,I know it’s off-topic But you guys see the number 7 car in 8th place? Dyson racing? I’m friends with the crew chief,Randy Kelsey. Well,I grew up with his brother and got to go to a few events at Limerock and hang with the family/crew in their super-rich luxury tent. You guys should see the way these guys relax when they are at an event. A dining tent like you’ve never seen. People walking around playing violin, flat screens everywhere. All in a giant tent mind you. Even the race trailer is more luxurious than my house. It was quite an experiance.Those guys (Rob Dyson) are billionaires. Literally. You’ve got to be loaded to race in these ranks. The Dyson’s ranch is about 20minutes away from my house. It’s huge. When you drive by it takes several minutes to actually pass all the property.But to be honest,Rob Dyson the owner is a really nice guy. They don’t drive fancy cars (I think his son Chris,one of the drivers,has an Impreza. The parents have a BMW last I heard) they have a mantion but they don’t flash the cash like rock stars. Very nice people.I spoke with Rob Dyson for like an hour about my drag car. He seemed facinated just as I was with the P2 car.

    • March 19th, 2012 at 10:23 pm - #
      tpark103

      Nice I met Jeremy Mafeilds(former NASCAR) folks at a Super Bowl event when we stayed next to each other. They were the same, extremely wealthy and unbelievably generous. Had to be one of the most fond memeries of my life.

    • March 22nd, 2012 at 8:54 pm - #
      onebadVr4

      That’s sweet. A lot of those guys are good guys. I like Dyson racing too.

  12. March 19th, 2012 at 6:39 pm - #
    Foxiol

    Still no news…i come here everyday hoping to see any news about DLC…PD should say something this week. I don´t even care if we are not going to get more DLC but the wait is so (stup**) stressing…
    Addictive hobby…

    • March 19th, 2012 at 6:50 pm - #
      BIOHAZARD9519

      Now I know I am not the only one lol

      and about the accident, i am glad everyone walked out in good condition. That is one thing racing sims will not be able to simulate, an actual crash.

  13. March 19th, 2012 at 5:25 pm - #
    james6653

    we need silverstone and i timer for all tracks so we can set the room up as either laps or a timer for series races and stuff

  14. March 19th, 2012 at 3:34 pm - #
    Amac500

    WE WANT SEBRING! It’s the next track they need, so historic and unique. On a separate note, I thought th article heading was funny. Like we need to say “Racing Accident”. It could have been worded so many better ways. Could have just put “Crash” or anything more comfortable and shorter, just saying, lol

  15. March 19th, 2012 at 11:40 am - #
    slick1ru2

    Yeah, I saw that real time, nasty. Ironic that I have to watch ESPN3 on the XBOX. The PS3 has some catching up to do with video apps like ESPN and Epix. Crackle looks better on the XBOX too.

    • March 19th, 2012 at 12:25 pm - #
      aronh17

      PS3 has catching up to do? You have to pay 60 bucks to use Crackle. A free service LOL! I think I’ll stick with lower quality without paying for gold. Anyways I feel bad for him wrecking.

  16. March 19th, 2012 at 11:17 am - #
    sumbrownkid

    It wasn’t the Ferrari’s fault the Oreca got smashed. Six other cars flew off that corner also due to that oil spill. Just a case of wrong place at the wrong time.

  17. March 19th, 2012 at 10:25 am - #
    Grayghost001

    PD see that damage…hint hint.. how cool would it be to have that level of damage in GT.

    • March 19th, 2012 at 11:54 am - #
      Uppmas

      And there won’t be any licensing problems hurr durr.

    • March 19th, 2012 at 3:36 pm - #
      Amac500

      What licensing problems? Companies are fine with the level of damage in arcade games, same difference. They SHOULD have that legit damage.

  18. March 19th, 2012 at 9:44 am - #
    ROFFATI

    oh god, when i see tracks like that, i realise how much i miss tracks like Motegi or Ifineon Raceway on GT5.
    Please PD bring those tracks back. I am bored by fake tracks like trail mountain or deep forest.
    I want real cars on real tracks.

    who finds a spelling error can keep it, ;)

  19. March 19th, 2012 at 9:35 am - #
    BHalpen

    Wish they would add Sebring circuit to GT5! All those bumps and changing track surfaces, as well as having the sun eventually directly in your eyes. Sure would make for some unique racing.

  20. March 19th, 2012 at 9:07 am - #
    daics69

    he wasn’t prepared for it…no oil slicks in gt5 8D

    • March 19th, 2012 at 3:44 pm - #
      Amac500

      That’s what PD should do. Mechanical failures, oil on the track, stuff like that! Or at least let me get a tire puncture, lol

    • March 19th, 2012 at 8:56 pm - #
      daics69

      agreed amac500. it would definitely make it more of a simulation

    • March 20th, 2012 at 3:47 am - #
      SZRT Ice

      Some tarmac, mud, sand, gravel, dirt, and puddle/water variations on rally wouldn’t hurt either. Give us some cliffs, wooded areas, and tight windy roads and we’ll be money.