With only four points separating the top three teams in the GT1 category of the Le Mans Endurance Series, it is certain that one of the three Care Racing-supported teams will be crowned champion in Turkey this weekend as the LMES season comes to a close in Istanbul.

It will be the second consecutive year that a Ferrari 550 Maranello will take the title, but there is all to play for amongst the teams and their drivers, with BMS Scuderia Italia, currently leading the Russian-backed Convers team by a single point with the Czech MenX team is only three points behind the British-managed outfit.

All three teams have experienced additions to their driver line-ups for Istanbul, with Fabio Babini joining Miguel Ramos in trying to help 2004 Italian F3 Champion Matteo Cressoni claim the Drivers' Championship in only his first season in international sports car racing. Babini's experience of Istanbul from the FIA GT round in September could prove to be vital, as Cressoni currently heads the Convers pair Christophe Bouchut and Alexei Vasiliev by a point, with Brit Darren Turner joining them for the weekend as they attempt to steal the title.

Michele Bartyan, Christian Pescatori and Toni Seiler of BMS are one point adrift of the French/Russian partnership, while Robert Pergl of MenX is only three behind. The Czech driver, winner at Silverstone in August, has secured the services of Pedro Lamy for the final round, with the Portuguese driver joining his Aston Martin Racing team-mate Peter Kox in the line-up. Lamy also has experience of the Istanbul circuit from the FIA GT race which could put the MenX car in a good position for the weekend.