City Challenge Baku 2012 schedule made public – PHOTOS

City Challenge is holding its next event in Baku, Azerbaijan.. The organizers say the   will bring 3 days of exciting entertainment, breathtaking city races and lots of fun activities for the whole family to Baku City. The event will be held on the weekend of 26.10 – 28.10.2012.

The entry list for the GT race includes a nice variety of seven different car brands, with the famous sports car manufacturers BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche all being represented for the inaugural event on the streets of Baku. The driver line-up is equally impressive, with former Formula 1 and CART champion Jacques Villeneuve, ex-F1 racer and Le Mans class winner Jos Verstappen and multiple DTM champion Bernd Schneider on the grid. “I have never been in Baku before and I am looking forward to racing there,” says Bernd Schneider, who will be teaming up with Russian driver Sergey Afanasiev in one of the German HEICO Motorsport team’s pair of Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 cars. GT World Championship winning teams HEXIS and Vita4One are among the eleven teams taking part in this race. Other teams to have signed up are Mu?hlner Motorsport, with Baku-based driver Mark J. Thomas driving one of its Porsches, Rhino’s Leipert Motorsport, Molitor Racing, Franz Konrad Motorsport, Vita4One Italy, Motopark, ATTEMPTO Racing and GRT Grasser Racing Team. the official website reported.

The project, organized by the City Challenge, will be broadcast online by the international TV channels. The competition that will be held with the support of the Azerbaijani Youth and Sport Ministry will be held on Neftchilar (from Azadlig Square) on a line length of 2.1 km.


Timetable CITY CHALLENGE BAKU 2012
 
Thursday, October 25th 2012
 
18.00h start Race car parade Park Boulevard
 
20.30h autograph session Park Boulevard
 
Friday, October 26th 2012
 
10.00h - 10.30h City Challenge autograph session (GT Driver) 30`
 
10.15h - 10.45h Classic Grand Prix Free Practice 1 30`
 
11.00h - 11.30h GYMKHANA CITY DRIFT Free Practice 1 30`
 
12.00h - 13.30h City Challenge GT Free Practice 1 90`
 
14.00h - 14.30h Classic Grand Prix Free Practice 2 30`
 
14.45h - 15.15h GYMKHANA CITY DRIFT Free Practice 2 30`
 
15.30h - 17.00h City Challenge GT Free Practice 2 90`
 
17.15h - 17.20h Kart on track(behind Safety Car) 05`
 
Saturday, October 27th 2012
 
09.30h - 10.00h City Challenge GT Qualifying 1 / Driver 1 30`
 
10.30h - 11.00h Classic Grand Prix Grand Prix HOT LAPS 30`
 
11.15h - 11.45h City Challenge GT Qualifying 2 / Driver 2 30`
 
13.50h Classic Grand Prix Sprint Race 15 laps
 
14.30h - 15.15h GYMKHANA CITY DRIFT Qualifying 45`
 
15.50h City Challenge GT Sprint Race 1 30` race
 
16.20h -16.40h City Challenge GT Preparation time 20`
 
16.50h City Challenge GT Sprint Race 2 30` race
 
17.35h - 17.40h Kart on track(behind Safety Car) 05`
 
Sunday, October 28th 2012
 
09.15h - 09.45h City Challenge GT Warm Up 30`
 
10.00h - 10.15h Classic Grand Prix Warm Up 15`
 
10.30h - 11.00h GYMKHANA CITY DRIFT Warm Up 30`
 
11.05h - 11.10h Kart on track(behind Safety Car) 05`
 
12.00h - 12.40h Drivers parade (GT Driver) Event area 40`
 
12.50h - 13.30h GYMKHANA CITY DRIFT Shoot Out ~ 35`
 
14.30h Classic Grand Prix Azerbaijan Start 20 laps
 
16.10h City Challenge Baku 2012 Start 60` race
 
Friday, October 26th 2012
 
Main stage
 
19.40h - 19.50h Kick off show
 
20.00h - 21.30h COGO - The Urban Artistic Show
 
followed by DJ Pancho featuring
 
Miri Yusif & AiD (H.O.S.T) & Sabina Babayeva
 
Kids area / walking
 
10.00h - 16.30h Theo Tintenklecks - tresure quest
 
tba "KickOff-Drummer" / aliens / locals
 
Saturday, October 27th 2012
 
Main stage
 
19.40h - 19.50h Kick off show
 
20.00h COGO - The Urban Artistic Show
 
followed by Rafet el Roman
 
Kids area / walking
 
10.00h - 16.30h Theo Tintenklecks - tresure quest
 
tba "KickOff-Drummer" / aliens / locals
 
Sunday, October 28th 2012
 
KIDS enter the stage
 
10.30h - 11:30h Theo´s puppet show
 
12.00h - 12.40h Drivers presentation (tba)
 
13.00h - 15.00h Theo´s talent contest (Mugham meets Pop)
 
14.30h - 15.00h Walking acts - drummer, dancer (Rutz crew), aliens, white man to race track for grid walk
 
15.00h All activities on stage to stop - kids to race track
 
16.10h - 17.30h City Challenge Baku 2012 - main race and winner ceremony


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