Last year Turvey raced with team owner and manager Simon Dolan and Harry Tincknell, a talented young rookie. They snatched the LM P2 class from under the nose of the FIA WEC teams, Jota Sport being a regular competitor in the European Le Mans Series.

This year, Simon Dolan, Filipe Albuquerque and Harry Tincknell form the Jota Sport ELMS team. However, at the 24 hours, Albuquerque will be driving Audi’s third R18 e-tron quattro and Tincknell, now a Nissan factory driver, will be mastering the debut of the GT-R LM NISMO.

In March, Jota Sport announced the arrival of Mitch Evans who joins them straight from single-seater racing. Today, Oliver Turvey is also officially to return behind the wheel of the Nissan-powered Gibson. This will be the Cambridge graduate’s third time running at Le Mans with Jota Sport. Last year’s performance was particularly remarkable given the late notice and lack of practice with the car. Turvey is currently a test and development driver for McLaren and is competing in the Japanese SuperGT championship.

Cécile Bonardel / ACO           Translated from French by Emma Paulay

PHOTO: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), 24 HOURS CIRCUIT, LE MANS 24 HOURS, THURSDAY 12 JUNE 2014, QUALIFYING SESSIONS. Oliver Turvey will be back at Le Mans this year with Jota Sport.