Title: European FIA GT3
Location: OSCHERSLEBEN, GERMANY
Description: Practice, Qualifying, Round 5 & 6 of the European FIA GT3 Championship.
Start Date: 2009-06-19
Start Time: 09:00
End Date: 2009-06-21
End Time: 18:00
“In FIA GT3 the Greek Dimitris Deverikos will be heading up the Belgian team. In the past Deverikos has claimed a few podium places with Porsche in FIA GT3 and will be out on the prowl with Niki Lanik to win a first podium place for ProSpeed Competition in FIA GT3.”
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Niki Lanik is turning more than a few heads as he switches to international racing this season.
The double Winter UK Clio Cup champion believes he is where he needs to be to develop his racing portfolio and prove he has what it takes to be one of the best. At just 22 he has bucketloads of experience under his belt, but securing a drive with the Liege-based ProSpeed Competition team in the demanding GT3 Championship is a make or break move for him. (more…)
NIKI’S LAP GUIDE TO MAGNY-COURS IN A PORSCHE 997 GT3 CUP S:
“You are in 5th gear coming up to the first corner, Grande Courbe. This is a very committing corner and you have to tap the brakes and let the car go fast in and slide to the edge of the track - letting the aero push the car to the floor. Once you straighten the wheel the road drops away and you are braking hard and shifting down to 4th gear as you are turning into Estoril. This is a very long dipped right hander. You have to get on the throttle very early there as the straight after this is very long.” (more…)
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Der 22-jährige Niki Lanik ist gebürtiger Österreicher und lebt jetzt in Sussex, England.
Seine Liebe gehört dem Rennsport. Und dort hat er sich jetzt eine erfolgversprechende neue Ausgangsbasis geschaffen, indem er Rennen fährt in der Europäischen FIA GT3 Meisterschaft mit der Firma Prospeed Competition (www.prospeed.be). Niki gewann 2006 und 2007 die Clio Cup Winter Meisterschaft und war ein Spitzenrenner im Clio Cup 2008.
“Da Niki aussieht wie ein Surfer, könnte man meinen, er sollte mit seinen Sachen eher an einem Strand entlang stolzieren als in den englischen Fahranlagen herumzuwandern, aber glücklicherweise liegt sein Talent im Autofahren - was er bereits unter Beweis gestellt hat mit seinem zweiten Sieg in der Winter Serie, welche ihn zum ersten Fahrer machen, der zwei Winter Serien hintereinander gewonnen hat.” - Nat Lewis
Niki Lanik tested at Magny-Cours, this is what he had to say:
“I flew out to Paris Tuesday evening with my manager and we made our way down to Magny-Cours, the French Grand Prix track. I got there very late, had a short sleep, and was up early for breakfast this morning - around 7:30am.”
“I hadn’t yet been to Magny-Cours and this was only my third visit to a European track this season. I have heard many things about Magny-Cours, and of course once you drive your first lap it’s totally differnent to what everyone had told you. I did ten to fifteen laps around the circuit to get used to car and the track. This specific Grand Prix track is the best I have driven. It has fantastic corners, fast and slow, and cambered both ways - the kerbs are great to use as well.” (more…)
New photos are up from Round 3 & 4 of 2009 FIA GT3 Championship. See links below to see more:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=114247&id=530444501&l=275b5444e8
http://www.nikilanik.com/photo-gallery/
http://www.prospeed.be/index.php?page=gallery057
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Niki Lanik, österreichischer Autorennfahrer, machte sein GT Debüt, am Samstag, dem 2. Mai 2009, beim Silverstone GP Autodrom (Northamptonshire).
Der doppelte UK Clio Winter Champion hat sich dafür entschieden, vom Blechdach Rennen zu den GTs aufzusteigen.
2009 fährt Niki mit einer in Belgien ansässigen und offiziell von Porsche unterstützten Rennmannschaft - Prospeed Competition. Der 22-Jährige wurde Ende April nach Algarve (Portugal) eingeladen von dem Team-Chef, Rudi Penders, um den brandneuen Porsche Cup S-spec Rennwagen zu testen. Der Test war sehr erfolgreich, und innerhalb von 10 Tagen nach der Reise verpflichtete sich Lanik dem Prospeed Competition’s European FIA GT3 Programm. (more…)
NIKI LANIK HAS WASTED NO TIME AFTER STEPPING ON TO THE EUROPEAN STAGE.
The 22-year-old Austrian from Ashurst Wood has bypassed the British championship after switching to GT racing.
Lanik, the double UK Clio Cup winter champion, is competing in the European FIA GT3 Championship after signing up to race a Porsche 997 with the Belgium-based Prospeed Competition team.
“As the result of an accident at Silverstone, only one Prospeed Competition Porsche was entered in FIA GT3, but Niki Lanik and Geoffroy Horion kept the honour of the Liege based Porsche team high.”
“During the second race both ProSpeed drivers did a brilliant job of working their way up through the pack to finally finish sixth, as such scoring points twice on the Italian circuit.”
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