The official start of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season began at Silverstone this past weekend with many new contenders. Check out this mega gallery of action-packed race images we've compiled below.

The 2009 season of the FIA GT series kicked off this week at the Paul Ricard Circuit debuting the new Nissan GT-R GT1, Ford GT1, Audi R8 LMS, Alpina B6 GT3 and Ferrari 430 Scuderia.

What's a weekday without more Nissan GT-R news? In addition to details about an even more restrictive warranty in 2010, we also get complete info on the FIA Nissan GT-R GT1, a 600 HP racer.