Nissan takes its team of talented gamers to the Nurburgring in Germany this weekend for the final round of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The result of this race will decide both the driver and team titles in the Pro-Am class of the 2013 Series. The Pro-Am team championship is a straight fight between Nissan and Ferrari, currently separated by just one point with Nissan having the upper hand. Lucas Ordonez leads the Pro-Am driver's championship, ahead of teammates Peter Pyzera and Alex Buncombe but with 33 points awarded to the race winner that title battle is still wide open. Nissan GT Academy Team RJN will field two cars for this event. The No.35 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 will be raced by Lucas Ordonez, Wolfgang Reip and Peter Pyzera, while the sister No.32 GT-R will be in the hands of Alex Buncombe, Mark Shulzhitskiy and Jann Mardenborough who will also be competing in the British F3 International Series at the Nurburgring this weekend. The final event of the Blancpain Endurance Series is a one-off 1000kms race so tactics and strategy will play a key part in the outcome. Lucas Ordonez is ready to get out there and fight for the championship. “It's a long race so anything can happen but I will be racing with the championship in my mind,” said Lucas. “It will be a tough track for us so we really need to nail the set up. I've not actually raced on the Grand Prix track before but I have done many driving events there. I won my class at the Nurburgring 24 Hours in 2012 though so it is a good place for me. This is a very important event for me, for Nissan and for GT Academy. It has been a very busy and very exciting year and I hope we can finish it with a championship in our hands.” Like Lucas, Peter Pyzera has never competed on the Grand Prix track but he knows it well from taking part in many track days there. “I really like the atmosphere at the Nurburgring and that fact that this is my home race makes a big difference to me,” said Peter. “It is only two hours from my home so I hope to get a lot of local support. I have a good feeling about this race. To be honest the only time I haven't had a good feeling before a race was at Ricard and that didn't go well at all! This is my first season as a racing driver and we are going to the last race leading the championship. I'm very proud to be part of this team and I hope we can hit our targets at the Nurburgring. It would be great to stay in front of Ferrari and maybe get a podium. To win the championship would be fantastic so like always I will give 100 percent and see what happens.” Nismo Exchange taking place when Nismo's Kazuki Hoshino jumps into the No.23 JRM Racing GT-R with Peter Dumbreck and Steven Kane. “Thank you very much to Nissan for giving me the chance to race in Blancpain, said Kazuki. “I am very interested in the series and I like the track so much. I have been there five times for the Nurburgring 24 Hours but not this year so I am pleased to go there again. It is good to be part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange. I was very surprised and impressed by the three drivers who have been over to Japan so far (Lucas, Alex and Jann). They only needed three laps to get used to driving at a new track before they were putting in very quick laps. I also really enjoyed racing with Lucas. He is a good guy with a great racing ability and I hope to race and share the same car with him again.” – SG
