24h Le Mans
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Photo : Dominique GASNERIE - ACO / Nikon
As at Spa and Le Mans for the FIA World Endurance Championship, two Morgan prototypes will be on track at Donington Park. Lahaye and Jacques Nicolet will once again be in the No.24, and No.35 it will be assigned to Olivier Pla, Bertrand Baguette and newcomer Dimitri Enjalbert.
Enjalbert will race for the first time behind the wheel of an LM P2. However, the 27 year old French driver is far from being a beginner as he has a strong background in Formula Le Mans and the FIA GT1 World Championship.
Sébastien Philippe, Team Principal: “Unlike the opening ELMS race at Le Castellet, we are entering a pair of Morgan 2012 LMP2s for the 6 Hours of Donington. I am also delighted to welcome Dimitri Enjalbert to the team as our silver driver. I am sure of his capacity to adapt quickly despite his lack of prototype experience. This will also be Bertrand’s first race aboard the LMP2 car. The trio of Pla, Baguette and Enjalbert offers us a quick and harmonious line-up. As for #24, we will run the same duo of Matthieu Lahaye and Jacques Nicolet who are already paired together in the WEC-entered #24 Morgan 2012 LMP2. The ELMS is obviously very competitive this season but we have all the right elements in place to fight. The target has remained the same since the start of the season: to win!”
Jacques Nicolet, No.24 Morgan-Judd 2012 LMP2: “I am delighted to be paired with Matthieu in the European Le Mans Series once again. We are reforming the 2010 winning team. At the time we scored a podium at Budapest and finished third in the Le Mans Series. It is a good omen for this race. The Donington track has a reputation of being very selective because of the site’s undulation. It will be a journey of discovery for me!”
Dimitri Enjalbert, No.35 Morgan-Nissan 2012 LMP2: “This is a great opportunity and very gratifying to compete for an outfit like OAK Racing. I know the team as I regularly pass by the factory on my way to instructing at the Le Mans circuit. But I never imagined going through the barrier one day! This will be my first appearance in the European Le Mans Series and my first race with an LMP2 car. Donington looks promising. I like new challenges but will have to find my rhythm quickly. As a silver driver I am well aware of the mission Sébastien Philippe has set me, and will do everything possible to take all the chances presented to me in order to compete at that level. I am very proud to be racing alongside such talented drivers as Olivier Pla and Bertrand Baguette.”
6 HOURS OF DONINGTON (ELMS)
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Julien Hergault - (Source Oak Racing press release)
Photo : CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES (LE MANS, SARTHE), 24 HEURES DU MANS, COURSE, 16 JUIN 2012. Two Morgan LM P2 cars will race in the 2nd round of the ELMS at Donington.
