GT Academy competition , promoted by PlayStation® and Nissan, already has three Spanish representatives who will go to the European Silverstone Camp during the month of September. Miguel Ballester, Daniel Consuegra and Óscar Ruiz were the three winning pilots of an exciting national end that was held in Madrid.
To the final, which took place last weekend, the 14 best national players of Gran Turismo® attended. On Saturday the competition began with the explanatory talk, followed by a very close virtual driving competition with the simulators of Gran Turismo® who classified the nine fastest pilots.
Already on the Sunday day, the nine finalists put their skills in virtual driving to the pla.station®3 controls again. First a qualifying round was played, which left three pilots out. Six were the participants who accessed the next phase of the national final.
Miguel Ballester, Maksim Hashuk, Daniel Consuegra, Óscar Ruiz, Nabil Khoury and Javier Dévora were the classified. First, 'one' one 'with Gran Turismo® 5 were played to elucidate the classification order in the virtual test. After this, the six were at the wheel of a Nissan 370z Nismo to perform the real driving test.
Subsequently, they faced an interview that put their personality and demanding physical evidence that measured their form of form. The participants gave everything to demonstrate that they had the necessary qualities to go to the European Silverstone final.
Finally, the winners were Miguel Ballester, Daniel Consuegra and Óscar Ruiz , who will undergo different driving challenges during the Race Camp , as well as to physical and mental state evidence, all under the watchful eye of judges and prominent professors of GT Academy. The goal, achieve his dream and become a professional pilot. The winner of the 2013 competition can compete a whole season at the wheel of a GT-R Nismo GT3 of more than 500 horses.
The GT Academy Pilot Development Program has become one of the most powerful and effective of the current car panorama . Already in its fifth edition, the results of the victors of previous editions demonstrate the degree of evolution that the competition has achieved. An example of this are the victories in championships and the podiums in LMP2 by Lucas Ordóñez in the 24 hours of Le Mans. The Spanish pilot and ambassador of Nissan in Spain, was the first winner of GT Academy and since 2008 he has only growing as a professional pilot coming to compete, recently, in the Japanese Super GT in addition to being named last week testing and development pilot of the innovative Electric Prototype Nissan Zeod RC, with which the Japanese brand will play the 24 hours of the 24 hours of Le Mans.
Miguel Ballester, Daniel Consuegra and Óscar Ruiz will fight to follow their wake and achieve their dream. The three Spanish players will travel to the United Kingdom to face other European participants. Only a lucky one can win the award and compete in the 24 hours of Dubai.
