Billy Monger and Frédéric Sausset aim to take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020
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Billy Monger and Frédéric Sausset aim to take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020

Billy Monger is to join Frédéric Sausset’s project, “Un volant pour tous” (Racing for all), which could see the young Briton taking part in the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Eighteen-year-old Billy Monger’s accident in a Formula Four race at Donington (UK) last April shocked and saddened motorsports fans around the world. The community immediately set wheels in motion, setting up a fund to support him.

Monger’s team JHR Developments started a crowd-funding operation, which has collected £800,000 (€900,000) to date. Since then, Frédéric Sausset, the quadruple amputee who raced the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours, has invited Monger to join him in his venture to field a crew of disabled drivers in the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Sausset, a victim of a virulent bacteria that deprived him of his lower legs and arms, drove a specially adapted Morgan as the unclassified Garage 56 entry in the legendary endurance race. On the back of that success, he announced his intention to set up an academy for disabled racing drivers.

Monger will be competing in the VdeV Endurance Series at Estoril in November before moving on to the European Le Mans Series in LMP2 or GT and ultimately the the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

It is safe to say that a whole motorsports community would be delighted to see him behind the wheel at Le Mans.

Photo (Olivier Beroud / VSA): Billy Monger and Frédéric Sausset at the project launch.

 

 

Read more about Frédéric Sausset:

http://www.lemans.org/en/News/frederic-sausset-rewarded-by-the-fia-for-his-performance-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans/44477

http://www.lemans.org/en/News/frederic-sausset-s-adventure-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-video/43503

http://www.lemans.org/en/News/frederic-sausset-an-inspiration-to-all-84-morgan-nissan/41689

http://www.lemans.org/en/News/frederic-sausset-ready-to-take-on-the-garage-56-challenge/23525

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