08.11.2004 GPC Squadra Corse have announced that they will field an all-Hong Kong line-up at the wheel of their second Ferrari 360 GTC at this weekend's closing FIA GT Championship race in China

GPC Giesse Squadra Corse have just announced that they will field an all-Hong Kong line-up at the wheel of their second Ferrari 360 GTC at this weekend's closing FIA GT Championship race at Zuhai in China.

Hong-Kong based drivers Matthew Marsh and Charles Kwan, the principality's best-known sportscar racer, will be behind the wheel.

They will back up the similar leading N-GT entry from GPC which will be piloted by Italian team regular, Christian Pescatori, joined again by Brazilian JMB Racing refugee, Jaime Melo.

For Marsh and Kwan, this will be only the second time these two leading Eastern driver's will have shared a car, after being paired together in a BMW during last year's Sepang 12 Hours.

Charles is Hong Kong's most famous sports car racer. He is the reigning Carrera Cup Asia Champion, a multiple touring car champion, and a winner of the Guia race at Macau.

The 41-year-old can count on top-level sportscar racing experience, having competed in the highly competitive Japanese GT Championship during 2002.
 

Highly experienced Hong Kong racer Charles Kwan shared Amprex Motorsport's new Lamborghini Murcielargo R-GT racer with regular JGTC pilots, Norman Simon & Genji Hashimoto, during the recent 12-hour Merdeka Millenium Endurance race at Sepang

Christian Pescartori in the GPC Squadra Corse Ferrari 360 GTC has taken the N-GT fight to the Freisinger Motorsport-entered Porsche 911 GT3-RS runners all season, highlights including two second places & victory at Brno in round five


Most recently he shared Malaysian-based Amprex Motorsport's new Lamborghini Murcielargo R-GT sportscar with regular JGTC pilots, Norman Simon and Genji Hashimoto, during the 12 hour Merdeka Millenium Endurance race at Sepang in August.

Marsh is thirty six years old, and is currently lying second in this year's Carrera Cup Asia, having won the last five races of the series, including the Shanghai F1 support race, ahead of Jonathan Cocker and former Minardi F1 driver, Alex Yoong.

He also has plenty of long-distance sportscar racing experience to draw, having competed in various long distance races, including the prestigious Nurburgring, Spa and Bathurst 24 hour races.

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