{"id":1102,"date":"2013-07-18T13:22:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T12:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2013-07-18T13:22:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T12:22:50","slug":"andrea-piccini-at-paul-ricard-fot-the-blancpain-endurance-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/andrea-piccini-at-paul-ricard-fot-the-blancpain-endurance-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Piccini at Paul Ricard fot the Blancpain Endurance Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tThe Marc VDS Racing Team will arrive at the South of France with motivation to score good points after a disappointing start to the season. They will also do so with a slightly different driving up: #3 remains Maxime Martin, Yelmer Buurman and Bas Leinders but #4 sees Markus Palttala and Henri Moser team up with Andrea Piccini, as Nick Catsburg is unavailable due to injury. The Blancpain Endurance Series has proved a tough test in 2013 so far for Marc VDS, as the team have seen small issues, bad luck and on track incidents scupper their chances of podium results. However, at a track where consistency earned them a strong podium position in 2012, the team are eager to score a large points haul in France. They have the resources in place to do that , with a tight knit operation that will continue to prepare to the highest standard. However, the BMW Z4 GT3 is a car suited to sweeping turns and Paul Ricard has traditionally not suited the team thanks to a 1.2km straight. However, the Mistral is broken up by a chicane for this weekend&#39;s event, good news for Marc VDS. The car&#39;s cornering ability is fantastic, which means that the power balance on the car is harsh, leaving it a little breathless in a straightline. The team will have to overcome that to take a good result this weekend. The race starts at 15:00 local time on Sunday and runs for three hours. Andrea Piccini, #4 BMW Z4 GT3 &quot;<em>Obviously I&#39;m not happy to see Nick injured &#8211; I hope he&#39;ll be well soon. For me, though, it&#39;s a good opportunity to once more work with the team. At Nordschleife and in the testing I drove on VLN spec and tyres, which are a little different, but I&#39;m sure I can adapt. I am very happy to be back in this championship, and with this team as well. I know the condition of the car is more difficult in Blancpain Endurance Series at the moment but we will push for a good result. I know my team mates well, and I&#39;ve raced with Henri before &#8211; I&#39;m just excited to be back.<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marc VDS Racing Team will arrive at the South of France with motivation to score good points after a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[170],"tags":[204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1104,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapiccini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}