The winner of the Dutch GT Academy, a Gran Turismo 5 contest where eventually a job as a driver earned could be, makes this weekend his debut in the racing world. His team-mate, the experienced racing driver Tim Coronel.
The 24-year-old Thomas Arends showed himself to be the best racer in the Dutch version of the GT Academy in 2011 and was fifth in the European final battle. Then called Nissan and PlayStation the Dutchman to the HDI-Gerling Dutch GT Championship for the Nissan GT Academy Team. Also Tim Coronel, Sandor van Es and Bertus Sanders get behind the wheel of the two Nissan 370Z’s. This coming weekend is the team for the first time in action, during the paasraces on circuit park Zandvoort.
Abrahams shares his car with Tim Coronel, who in addition to his team-mate is also his mentor. In a Tuesday Sony sent statement late Coronel know it’s an honor to find for the Nissan-importeursteam to be allowed to drive, and it’s a challenge to find an Eagle to guide his first steps in motorsport. Arends drove in preparation for the racing season have been in several racing cars to gain experience, but did not previously in competition.
The GT Academy is a Sony Computer Entertainment-made game that fans of racing games should have the chance to give their dream to driver. In 2011, the names of gamers in various countries against each other in racing game Gran Turismo 5, after which the winners of each country in a European final is held. The winner of the digital race was allowed to ride in the “24 hours of Dubai’. The eagle was indeed in the fifth, but was nevertheless by Nissan and PlayStation to the Dutch Nissan GT Academy Team go for a drive.
