Racing Partners
Cirtek Motorsport
Founded in 1995, Cirtek Motorsport gained early success
by winning three British GT titles during its first five years. Under
the guidance
of Rob
Schirle, the team has built solid relationships with established
manufacturers such as Ferrari and Porsche, as well as Marcos and Lister.
2005 saw the team’s most ambitious season to date,
with a Ferrari 550 Maranello entered in the Le Mans Endurance Series
and the FIA GT Championship, as well as a Ferrari 360 Modena and
a Courage C65 Judd entered in prestigious international endurance
racing series.
For further information go to www.cirtekgt.com
 Russian
Age Racing: The first team ever registered
on a Russian licence to take part in some of the most prestigious international
racing series
in the world. Alexey Vasiliev and
Nikolay Fomenko, who were part of the N-GT Championship winning team
in 2004, step up to the GT1 class for the first time with Ferrari.
2005 was their fifth successive season in the FIA GT Championship
as part of a programme that embodies the progress of Russian motor
sport. Cirtek will once again be linked with Russian Age Racing at
the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, running a Ferrari 550 under the RAR banner.
For further information go to www.rargt.com
 Larbre
Compétition
Larbre Competition was founded in 1998 by Jack Leconte,
a passionate fan of motorsport in general and the Porsche marque in
particular. A great sportscar enthusiast and former Moto-Cross Champion,
Jack was able to build and develop the team while at the same time
overseeing the success of his transport and logistics company.
Since 2000 Jack has devoted his time 100% to motorsport
in order to consolidate the position of Larbre Competition as a major
player in the Grand Touring category.
In 2000, the team won the N-GT category of the FIA GT series and
in 2001 and 2002 it went on to win the GT Drivers' and Teams' titles,
all with a Chrysler Viper.
In its first year of competition with the
Ferrari 550, Larbre raced in the GTS class of the Le Mans Endurance
Series, winning every round and taking more points than any other
team. In 2005 Larbre returned to the FIA GT Championship, winning it
after an intensive battle with the factory-backed Maseratis, and also
ran (in conjunction with Jerome Policand's Team ASP) a Maranello in
the FFSA French GT Championship. Policand and his team mate, Gabriel
Balthazard,
had a great year and ended the season as Vice Champions.
Larbre return to Le Mans in 2006 with the FIA GT Championship
winning Ferrari.
For further information go to: www.larbre-competition.com
Team MENX
Team MENX was founded in 2000 for entry into the
Czech touring car championship, with driver Robert Pergl taking 2nd
place in the series. Both team and driver wanted to gain more experience
and expanded the
programme
to the well-known
Ferrari
Challenge
series. The team competed in
the Challenge for the next two years and also took part in some
endurance races, the biggest successes being first place in the 6
Hours of Vallelunga
in 2001 and first place for Robert Pergl in the 2002 German Ferrari
Challenge.
The young but ambitious team decided to go a step higher and entered
the FIA GT Championship with a Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT in 2003. Team
MENX did a great job during their debut season, with the
biggest success being third place in the N-GT class in the most
demanding race of the season – the Spa 24 Hours.
MENX focused on the European and Italian Ferrari Challenges
in 2004 but there was hard work behind the scenes because the team
had a strong
vision
for its future plans. Robert Pergl was fourth overall in the Challenge,
while his second position in the Spa LMES race with Tomáš Enge
and Patrice Goueslard was an indication of what was to come for 2005.
A
Team MENX Ferrari 550 has been at every round of Le
Mans Endurance Series and the team took their maiden GTS win at Silverstone
in August. Their 3rd place in the 2005 series was enough to encourage
them to return for 2006 with the very experienced Peter Kox guiding
Pergl and Alexey Vasiliev.
For further information go to www.menx.cz
MENX will be partnered in their 2006 racing programmes by:
 Conversbank
Financial Group:
The Conversbank Financial Group includes Conversbank,
Conversbank-Moscow and Snoras Bank, Lithuania’s largest bank.
The group provides an entire range of banking services for both private
individuals
and large and medium-sized businesses
For further informatino go to www.conversbank.com
Hitotsuyama
Hitotsuyama Racing, a well established, privately
owned racing team, is owned by brothers Mikio Hitotsuyama and Yasushi
Hitotsuyama of the Yamaichi Express company. The brothers have been
an important part of the Japanese GT racing scene for 17 years and
most recently the team has been running a McLaren F1 GTR and a BMW
M3 GTR. Yamaichi Express is a freight company with 150 trucks and bond
warehouses, mainly handling pulps for big paper companies and domestic
parcels. In 2006, Hitotsuyama will be running the Ferrari in the new
Japan Le Mans Challenge series.
For further information go to: www.hitotsuyama-racing.com
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