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A fourth previous winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be at the wheel of an Audi in the Belgian Ardennes next weekend: in 1998, the Monaco native Stéphane Ortelli won Porsche's 16th (and last to date) victory along with the French driver Laurent Aiello and the Scot Allan McNish. He will be at the wheel of one of the Audi R8 LMS ultras, with as teammates the French driver Grégory Guilvert and the Swede Edward Sandström. Eight will be present at Spa-Francorchamps: four for Belgian Audi Club WRT (including that of Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer, carrying the number 2), two for Saintéloc Racing (including that of Stéphane Ortelli, number 26), one for Team Parker Racing and one for ISR.
Marcel Fässler: "Of course I’m intimately familiar with the Spa 24 Hours but I’m contesting it for the first time with André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer, my two Le Mans and WEC team-mates. Our ambition is clear: we’re going to battle for victory. There are about 20 cars in contention for first place at Spa, so it’ll probably be a great and thrilling race. It’s the home round for our WRT team, as well as for my team-mate André Lotterer, who grew up in Belgium."
Stéphane Ortelli: "I’m competing in an Audi at Spa for the fifth time. The R8 LMS ultra perfectly fits the challenging combinations of turns on this track. Together with Edward Sandström and Grégory Guilvert we’ve managed to drive a few good races this year. Now I’m hoping for us to be able to continue this string."
The 2014 edition of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 26th-27th.
Jean-Philippe Doret / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO
(Audi Motorsport press release)
Photo: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), DOWNTOWN, 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, FRIDAY JUNE 13 2014, DRIVERS' PARADE. After three victories in La Sarthe (2011-2012-2014), will the trio Benoît Tréluyer-André Lotterer-Marcel Fässler (from left to right) win at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps? The answer under the checkered flag on Sunday, July 27th.
