24h Le Mans
Last month, the NewBlood by Morand Racing team unveiled its new identity and announced two of the three drivers who will be at the start the 82nd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. While it is undergoing testing sessions over two days at the Magny-Cours track, the Swiss outfit has confirmed the arrival of Romain Brandela alongside Christian Klien and Gary Hirsch.
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Photo : Sébastien BASSANI (ACO) - Sébastien BASSANI (ACO)
For the 2014 campaign of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014, the Swiss team remains loyal to Morgan-Judd equipped with Dunlop tires. The latter allowed it a fifth place finish in the LM P2 class (eleventh overall) at the 90 year anniversary edition of the 24 Hours and to claim a podium finish three times in the ELMS, including at the last race of the season.
The Morand Racing team has indeed finished the season in fine form with a second place finish achieved by Natacha Gachnang, replaced by Gary Hirsch in 2014, and Christian Klien, integrated into the outfit for the last two races of 2013. The 31 year old Austrian driver, third at Le Mans with Peugeot in 2008, will serve as mentor to the Swiss driver, winner of the LM PC class in the ELMS in 2013, and the Frenchman Romain Brandela, who debuted in the LM P2 class last year in La Sarthe with the Lola-BMW of DKR Engineering, ranked last in the prototype class.
The drivers were present yesterday and today at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours for private testing and will be at the Circuit Paul Ricard, in the Castellet (Var), April 1st and 2nd for the official test of the ELMS.
Cécile Bonardel / ACO
PHOTO: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, SATURDAY JUNE 22 2013, SCRUTINEERING.
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24 HOURS OF LE MANS - June 14 & 15, 2014
