April 2007: Ford GT racing in GT3!
Matech Racing’s two Ford GTs will this year be driven by Thomas Mutsch / Martin Bartek and Romain Bera / Yvon Gindre. Thomas Mutsch, one of the stars in the now defunct German V8 Star competition, is a very experienced driver, while his partner, the Swiss Martin Bartek, is the founder of Matech Concepts, and the man who made the GT3 Ford GT possible.
During Dijon testing, when Christophe Bouchut got behind the wheel he set the fastest time of the test.
“Christophe reckons he could still knock off another second per lap on a clear track,” Christian Schumacher, the man in charge of Matech Racing, commented. “Nonetheless the competitive level is excellent, and, after having completed the technical control held on Tuesday at the end of the day, we are now awaiting the verdict of the FIA Technical Bureau.” These equivalency tests are aimed at placing the various cars on a level footing when it comes to performance. The car will then be modified and adapted as per the directives prior to the first round of the FIA-GT3 season at Silverstone. That information has now arrived, and the pair of Ford GTs will have to carry a mere 20 kg of ballast.
