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The first teams confirm participation in Maxi Endurance 32 hour race

The field for the longest endurance race in the world is taking shape.

Edited: Oct 8, 2014, 4:38 PM

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Start: #66 Dörr Motorsport McLaren MP4-12C: Kevin Estre, Peter Cox, Tim Mullen, Sascha Bert leads the field

Start: #25 Marc VDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3: Maxime Martin, Jörg Müller, Uwe Alzen, Marco Wittmann and #14 Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3: Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Hubert Haupt, Adam Christodoulou, Yelmer Buurman

The start

Formation lap start

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Fernando Alonso gives the start: #46 Thiriet By TDS Racing Ligier JS P2 - Nissan: Pierre Thiriet, Ludovic Badey, Tristan Gommendy and #38 Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN - Nissan: Simon Dolan, Harry Tincknell, Oliver Turvey

Night pit action

#3 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra: Marc Basseng, Marcel Fässler, Frank Stippler, Laurens Vanthoor

ADAC 24h-Classic Nurburgring

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In southern Europe, during the month of December and under ideal weather conditions for the practice of motorsports, new endurance world records will be set.

During the first edition of MAXIENDURANCE 32, new world records of duration and reliability will be established at the Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve from 12th to 14th of December.

MAXIENDURANCE 32 teams and drivers will take part in a new challenge in the specialty of endurance, a discipline that has hardly changed for the last 100 years in terms of maximum duration of the races.

Be a part of history

Participating in the first edition of the world's longest race is a unique opportunity to make history. In this race the teams and bravest drivers in the world, who want to be pioneers in establishing new records in this specialty , will be shape a new era.

In the coming weeks the race will be officially presented to the media both in Spain and Portugal. The presidents of both federations, D. Carlos Gracia, form the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation and D. Manuel de Mello, from the Portuguese Automobile Federation, will assit to these official presentations.

Both institutions have supported this race initiative from the beginning.

János Wimpffen, Sports Car Racing Research Associates, is helping to coordinate between North American drivers wishing to participate in the Maxi 32 and the European teams which will be entering and are looking for drivers. János can be reached at, 360-221-2130, mobile206-399-3692, e-mail, janos@whidbey.com

Spain

Maxi Touring

TBA

Spain

Other teams to confirm their participation

Avelon Formula 2

Wolf GB08 Prototype

Italy

Maxi GT

Team Policand

TBA

France

Maxi GT

Autorlando

Porsche GT 3 R

Italy

Maxi GT

HTP Motorsport 2

Mercedes SLS AMG GT3

Germany

Maxi Cup

Speed Lover 2

Porsche 991 Cup

Belgium

Maxi Sport

Veloso Motorsport 2

Aston Martin GT4

Portugal

Maxi Sport

Escuela de Pilotos

Ginetta G50 GT4

Spain

Maxi Sport

Clio Cup IV

Netherland

Maxi Touring

SMC Junior Motorsport

Renault Clio IV

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