American manufacturers in GT3 racing still have a long way to conquer the Asian market, in particular Japan, but a joint effort from Australia will bring the Ford Mustang GT3 Evo to Suzuka to take part in the Japanese leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and maybe convince prospective local teams. While the entry for the Suzuka 1000km will have the whole factory package behind it, it will be fielded by a joint effort between Melbourne Performance Centre and Miedecke Motorsport . MMS uses Ford machinery in GT4 Australia and is sort of a neighbor of MPC, which has a long history operating VAG Group machinery, in special GT3 Audis, qualifying them to work in a project of this caliber. The trio designated for the entry is composed by Christopher Mies, Dennis Olsen and Frederic Vervisch, demonstrating the commitment with the top endurance drivers that Ford has in their arsenal. It will be 19 years since a Ford appeared at the Suzuka 1000km, with DHG Racing getting a ninth place i...
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