Five years after winning the overall title, German Micheal Krumm believes that he has good prospects of ending his long wait for the Super GT crown this year; boosted by the entry of the new Nissan Skyline GT-R35 mean machine.
Currently testing the car since January 12, Krumm, who partnered Japan's Tsugio Matsuda to overall fifth in the GT500 class year, said that he was having fun driving the car and that it would key in his charge for the crown this year.
"The new GT-R design has bigger wheel base and is wider and longer. This gives the car extra grip and more stability. That makes the GT-R fun to drive and when it is fun to drive, I will have less mistakes," said Krumm, who was also overall champion in 1997, when the series was called the Japan GT Championship.
Krumm, who has 10 years experience working with Nissan in his 14 years of international racing, said that the new car was perfect, and that he was confident to secure good results in the 2008 season.
"This is not the first time I am driving the GT-R. The first shakedown was in Japan in October last year™ and I can tell you that the GT-R would surely provide some positive results in the championship.
"Here in Sepang, we are concentrating on the basic work™ to fine tune the car, and to get the best set up for the car as part of our preparation for the new season," said Sepang, with its unique state of art track offer us with the consistently, sharp corner, long speed line also offer us opportunity to set the torque to the maxima.
Entering its penultimate day for the Official Super GT test today, Nissan is joined by the works team from Honda and Toyota in the Sepang, where the machines were put to the stiffest test under extreme hot and humid as well wet weather throughout the week-long testing.
"I am very positive that this car will set a pace higher than the previous machines. The new car is also much, much easier to drive and fun especially when maneuvering around the tight corners," said Krumm, who was the All Japan F3 champion in 1994 and the German Formula Ford champion in 1990.
Currently testing the car since January 12, Krumm, who partnered Japan's Tsugio Matsuda to overall fifth in the GT500 class year, said that he was having fun driving the car and that it would key in his charge for the crown this year.
"The new GT-R design has bigger wheel base and is wider and longer. This gives the car extra grip and more stability. That makes the GT-R fun to drive and when it is fun to drive, I will have less mistakes," said Krumm, who was also overall champion in 1997, when the series was called the Japan GT Championship.
Krumm, who has 10 years experience working with Nissan in his 14 years of international racing, said that the new car was perfect, and that he was confident to secure good results in the 2008 season.
"This is not the first time I am driving the GT-R. The first shakedown was in Japan in October last year™ and I can tell you that the GT-R would surely provide some positive results in the championship.
"Here in Sepang, we are concentrating on the basic work™ to fine tune the car, and to get the best set up for the car as part of our preparation for the new season," said Sepang, with its unique state of art track offer us with the consistently, sharp corner, long speed line also offer us opportunity to set the torque to the maxima.
Entering its penultimate day for the Official Super GT test today, Nissan is joined by the works team from Honda and Toyota in the Sepang, where the machines were put to the stiffest test under extreme hot and humid as well wet weather throughout the week-long testing.
"I am very positive that this car will set a pace higher than the previous machines. The new car is also much, much easier to drive and fun especially when maneuvering around the tight corners," said Krumm, who was the All Japan F3 champion in 1994 and the German Formula Ford champion in 1990.
