“Following the heavy crash a fortnight ago, only one ProSpeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S will be at the start in FIA GT3, in the hands of Geoffroy Horion and Niki Lanik.”

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English: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_05_13_preview_Adria_EN.pdf
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Français: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_05_13_preview_Adria_FR.pdf

“MOTOR RACING:”

“NIKI Lanik made his European FIA GT Championship debut at Silverstone. The double UK Clio  Winter Champion has decided to move up from tin-top racing into GTs and secured a drive with the Porsche-supported Prospeed team alongside Belgian Bart Couwberghs. The 22-year-old was invited to the Algarve at the end of April by the boss, Rudi Penders, to test the brand new Porsche Cup S-spec racing car. The test was very successful and Lanik committed himself to the season which will take in races across Europe. Friday’s free practice did not go too well for Ashurst Wood’s Lanik but they qualified 18th from the 36-strong field. They finished 14th in the first race but were not classified in the second.”

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“Young Austrian talent Niki Lanik drove a great stint in the #11 ProSpeed Porsche 911 Cup S and on his race debut managed to get into twelfth place, before handing over the car to Bart Couwberghs. Eventually Bart Couwberghs finished the race in fourteenth place.”

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Français: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_05_03_Review_Silverstone_FR.pdf

“ProSpeed Competition is also entering two cars in the FIA GT3, namely the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S bearing start number #11 for the young Austrian Niki Lanik (22), up until now mainly competing in the British Clio Cup, and the Belgian old-hand and Belgian GT champion 2007 Bart Couwberghs (43). The car with start number #12 is in the hands of the former Belgian Porsche Supercup driver Geoffroy Horion (35) and in-house driver David Loix (35), who will also be competing in the 24 Hours of Spa and Zolder with ProSpeed Competition.”

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Français: http://prospeed.be/communiques/2009_04_30_preview_3_fr.pdf

Niki comments: “It was not looking good at all for my 2009 racing career. It was beginning of April and I was starting to worry whether I will even be racing this season. In February and March I had several options to compete in British GT and a few other GT series in other countries, but none of these were really what I wanted to do. Most championships in England and in Europe had started between mid-March and mid-April, and I was still at home not sure what was going to happen.”

“Towards the end of March I signed a contract with Justin Keen - he is now my official and exlusive driver manager and driver coach. He raced for Lister Storm in the GT1 and LMP1 class for several years. He called me up on a Saturday and told me that we need to be in Portugal the following Wednesday to test a Porsche 997 Cup S with a Beglian-based race team. I did not receive more information about the test, and we simply booked some flights and made our ways to Faro in soutern Portugal.”

“I met the team on Tuesday the 15th April at the brand new Algarve race circuit. I got a quick tour of the Porsche 997 Cup S and the team, and I was soon out on wets on a drying circuit. The car had 460hp and weighed around 1,170Kg … it was quick. I certainly did not expect it to nearly pull 3-Gs in teh fast corners once the track dried and I had full slicks all around.”

“The team runs several GT3 and GT2 Porsches in the FIA GT Championship, and are extremely professional and had the cars set-up spot on.”

“Justin and I will be visiting them in Liege next week, and we will see how we progress from there.”

“CLIO CUP ACE NIKKI [Niki] LANIK SHINES AT COMBE”

“Making the transition from a Clio to a SEAT is never going to be too easy, the driving style is really quite different but maybe primed by his recent test in an Aston Martin N24 GT4 car Nikki [Niki] Lanik seemed to seamlessly slip into the SEAT Leon Supercopa and from an observers point of view seemed very much at the sharp end of things at the end of last month.”

“Young stars like Nikki [Niki] would be a welcome addition to the grid in 2009 so we hope that he was sufficiently enticed by the Leon to seriously consider a registration this year. Maybe the prize fund will tempt him and some of his fellow Touring Car aspirants to make the change.”

Read more on http://www.seatsupercopa.co.uk/8.html

“Austrian racer Niki Lanik has completed a day of testing with the Beechdean Motorsport team as he evaluates his possible options for the 2009 season.”

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http://www.crash.net/British+GT/News/143436/1/lanik_completes_beechdean_test.html
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27022009/23/beechdean-test-lanik.html

“RENAULT CLIO frontrunner Niki Lanik is evaluating a move into sportscars after testing a Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin N24 GT4 at Brands Hatch on Monday. ‘The financial situation means I’m still looking at what I can race this year, but British GT4 is a very serious options,’ said the 21-year-old.”

http://www.autosport.com

“Lanik hits top gear in Aston”

“NIKI Lanik tested a GT4-spec N24 Aston Martin Vantage [at] Brands Hatch this week having decided to move into national and international GT racing.”

“A triple [double] champion in the UK Clio Cup and Witner series, the 21-year-old set the fastest time on the day on the Indy circuit in 51.10 seconds.” (more…)

“… at Snetterton last week alongside Clio regular Niki Lanik, who is also evaluating a switch to the team. Team RSA boss Robin Austin said he is aiming to run two cars in both the English and Belgian Clio Cups this year.”

http://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/