Good news from the pessimism surrounding FIA GT1. One of the brands that came with the new championship, Nissan has confirmed its plans for 2011. NISMO, Nissan Motorsport will again have four units in the Championship, although this time the four will be under the structure of the British team Sumo power gt, directed by the engineer from McLaren and more known in the case of espionage, nigel stepney.
Four cars, two correran under the banner of Sumo power gt. These units will be entrusted by the newcomers Enrique Bernoldi and Ricardo Zonta, on the one hand and by the already known at Nissan, Warren Hughes and Jamie Campbell-Walter. The other two, until now in the hands of Swiss Racing Team will have the colors of JR Motorsports. The other two Nissan GT-R R35 command they will be on the one hand Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm while the second unit will be entrusted to Peter Dumbreck and Richard Westbrook.
Luhr and Westbrook with Bernoldi and Zonta are the four big signings of Nissan to try Championship. In terms of GT-R, there have been improvements in aerodynamics as well as a slimming cure, two major weaknesses of the Japanese model.