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Gran Turismo Barcelona

Say hello to a completely new event in our calendar - a new city and a new racing track - Barcelona and Catalunya Circuit. The event starts on the 31 January.

The season in 2019 starts early. Actually already in the end of January, with Gran Turismo Barcelona. Here we have two days of driving on the formula one racing track Catalunya, and three days and evenings in the beautiful city of Barcelona.

Welcome to Barcelona

The event starts on the 31 January, with check-in to W Hotel in Barcelona. Your hotel room will have a fantastic view over the bay, and you will find your supercar magically transported to the hotel garage below.

The first day we have a welcome mingle at 18:00 on the roof top bar, briefing at 19:00, before we head to town for dinner at 20:00.

The following two days we drive on Catalunya F1 race track. As on our event on Hungaroring, we share the track with our friends from Curbstone. Since we will have separate sessions for racing cars and street legal cars, you can bring a racing car and/or slick tires if you want.

After the driving we will have an after track drink in the hotel bar, before proceeding to town for dinner. We have selected three great restaurants for us for this event.

The weather? Normal weather for early February is 15-20 degrees in the day, and about 10 degrees during the night.

King of Barcelona

During this event we kickstart our annual gentleman’s time attack challenge - King of Gran Turismo. Since we allow racing cars on this event, we will have five classes: Race, Formula, Hyper, Super and Sport.

Event Schedule

Wednesday 30 January: Early arrival (optional)

20.00 - Dinner in the hotel (optional)

Thursday 31 January: Arrival to Barcelona

10.00 - 16.00 - Road trip in the mountains with lunch (optional)
14.00 - Check in to the event in the lobby of the hotel
18.00 - Welcome drink and mingle in the hotel bar
19.00 - Briefing
19.40 - Shuttle to the restaurant leaves the hotel
20.00 - Dinner in restaurant Los Caracoles (Carrer dels Escudellers 14)

Friday 1 February: Driving on Circuit de Catalunya

10.00 - 12.00 - Driving on Circuit de Catalunya (sessions)
12.00 - 13.00 - Lunch break
14.00 - 18.00 - Driving on Circuit de Catalunya (sessions)
19.00 - After track in the hotel bar
19.40 - Shuttle to the restaurant leaves the hotel
20.00 - Dinner in 2254 Tapas Restaurant (Carrer del Consell de Cent 335)

Saturday 2 February: Driving on Circuit de Catalunya

10.00 - 12.00 - Driving on Circuit de Catalunya (sessions)
12.00 - 13.00 - Lunch break
14.00 - 18.00 - Driving on Circuit de Catalunya (sessions)
19.00 - After track in the hotel bar
19:40 - Shuttle to the restaurant leaves the hotel
20.00 - Dinner in Carpe Diem Lounge Club (Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 32)

Sunday 3 February

12.00 - Check out from the hotel - thank you for joining us in Barcelona

The event is 3 400 EUR (+ VAT) and includes everything for a driver and co-driver sharing one car and hotel room:

Track driving: Two days of driving on Circuit de Catalunya. Race cars and/or slick tires allowed.

Hotel: Three nights in W Hotel Barcelona ***** with breakfast and safe parking for your car. The hotel is located in Barcelona harbour. Please let us know if you want to arrive one day earlier, so we can book an extra night for you.

Full hospitality: Three dinners in selected restaurants in Barcelona city centre, catered lunches on the track with snacks & coffee available throughout the day.

Also included: Professional photos taken from the event.

Transport option: We have a transport available from Scandinavia to Barcelona and back. This option is 1 450 EUR. Please state "transport" in the message field when registering.

For questions regarding registration, please contact us on registry@granturismo.org.

Hotel room

Optional message to the organisers

1. General Information

This is an event and not a race. Participants must not compete at any level with other participants and must not place any bets relating to this event. Anyone found doing this will be removed immediately from the event with immediate effect and the remainder of your trip canceled without refund. You must drive with care and attention for your own safety and the safety of others.

2. Entry Fee

All entry fees must be paid according to your invoices due date, any failure to do so will result in the team being removed from the event and a charge of EUR 250 will be charged for late payment. If a participants is removed then the first person on the reserve list will be asked to join the event.

3. Age restrictions

All participants must be over 18 years of age in order to enter the event.

4. Comply

All participants must adhere to all applicable laws and regulations of each and every country you travel in, this includes without exception all speed regulations, laws of the road, laws relating to the safety of your vehicle and laws relating to the possession or use of alcohol, drugs or other prohibited substances. You cannot participate in any other vehicle than the one you are registered with unless specifically authorised by the organisers. Participants involved in this event must participate fully, if for any reason you decide to withdraw from the event your fee is neither transferable nor refundable under any circumstance.

5. Responsibility

Gran Turismo Events accepts no responsibility for the consequences of you being refused entrance or exit in to or out of any country or city during the event including any cost incurred, this is all the participant’s responsibility and in particular any additional costs incurred are solely the participants responsibility.

6. Code of conduct

All participants must conduct themselves sensibly at all times and act responsibly at each of the venues on route. All participants must provide a credit card as a security deposit when entering the accommodation provided and will be charged for any extras or damages before leaving the venue.

You must NOT:

* Consume alcohol whilst driving nor drive under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance at any time during the event.

* Drive if your ability to do so safely and properly is in any way compromised by illness, lack of adequate rest, or any other condition.

7. Indemnify

You will indemnify the organiser, its directors, officers, employees and consultants against any and all claims, lawsuits and causes of action whatsoever or howsoever arising and brought against them by any third party as a result of your action or participation in the event, including without limitation, your violation of any laws or regulations or your breach of these Terms and Conditions of entry.

8. License and Insurance

All drivers must hold a full valid and unrestricted driver’s licence.

9. Foreign Compliance

Each team is responsible to prepare their car and know, understand, and comply with any applicable driving laws of any country they visit during the event.

10. Branding

You agree to have the Gran Turismo Events- and all official event sponsors’ stickers placed on your vehicle at all times during the event. You are responsible to keep all stickers’ clean and visible at all times. All stickers are non-permanent and are easy to remove and will not leave any damage to your vehicle. The organisers are therefore not responsible for any claims of damage to your vehicle as a result of applying or removing of such stickers. If you do not display all Gran Turismo stickers at all times during the event you will be removed from the event with immediate effect and the remainder of your trip canceled without refund.

11. Team Sponsorship

All sponsorship has to be authorised by the organiser and you will need to receive written consent from the organiser to place any sponsor(s) logos on your vehicle or clothing. The organiser reserves the right to refuse any unauthorised sponsored vehicles or individual participants entry to the event.

If your team arrives at or attempts to participate in the event displaying any branding of a sponsor that has not been authorised by the organiser, you will be required to remove it immediately. Any failure to do so will result in refusal to the event and loss of any participation in the Event and you shall not be entitled to a refund of your entry fee.

12. Refunds

NO refunds of any kind including the entry fee will be made under any circumstances (including, without limitation, if at any point after you have entered the Event (i.e. after paying any sum towards taking part in the Event) you are unable to participate for any reason.

There will not be any refunds during the whole period of the event. If you are unable to continue in the event for any reason whatsoever the Organiser will NOT make any refunds of the entry fee or pay compensation to you. The Organisers reserve the right to change the event schedule without prior notice if and when they wish to do so. Any participant dropping out of any part of the event for any reason will not be entitled to any compensation.

13. Violation of terms

If any participators violate any of the above terms and conditions or refuse to follow the instructions given to you prior or during the event by the organiser, you may be prohibited from any or further participation in the event.

14. Refusal

The Organiser reserves the right to refuse participation in or to cancel the Event at any time for any reason whatsoever (without being obliged to disclose the reason).

15. Image rights

All participants acknowledge and consent to be photographed and to be included in any filming of footage documenting the event. You hereby waive any and all rights of publicity or privacy and grant the organiser full and complete permission to utilise and exploit your appearance in the event in any and all manner and media throughout the world in perpetuity.

You also agree that the Organiser have the sole discretion to use or refuse to use any photographs or footage in which you appear, and that if the Organiser does use such photographs or footage, it may be edited at the Organiser’s  sole discretion. You consent to the use of your name, image, likeness, voice and biographical material about you in connection with any and all footage, publicity and related promotional material and for any and all publicity and promotional purposes. You expressly release the Organiser and all its employees, consultants, licensees and assigns from and against any and all claims which you have or may have for invasion of privacy, defamation or any other cause of action arising out of the production, distribution, broadcast or exhibition of photographs, footage or any promotional materials.

All participants are only entitled to take photographs and film footage of your participation in the event for NON-commercial purposes and only for personal and private use only. You are not entitled to reproduce or use photographs or footage of the event on any website, in any printed media or in any television programme without first obtaining the prior written consent of the organiser. You hereby agree to assign (by way of present assignment of future copyright) all your right, title and interest in the world-wide copyright and all intellectual property rights in such photographs or footage in perpetuity together with exclusive world-wide rights of exploitation thereof to Gran Turismo Events. You shall deliver to Gran Turismo Events within 30 days of the end of the Event, at no cost to Gran Turismo Events, a tape in DigiBeta (PAL) or in DV (PAL) format of all the footage originated by you at the Event and copies of all photographs taken at the Event.

16. Gran Turismo Events branding

You are not permitted to use the "Gran Turismo Events" logos or branding under any circumstance other than placing stickers on your vehicle. This includes any printed material or websites.

17. Terms and Conditions changes

The organiser reserves the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time subject to notifying participants of the changes. You shall be deemed to have accepted the amended terms and conditions by participating in the Event.

18. Law

These terms and conditions and your participation in the event are governed by Swedish law, and you submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of Sweden.