Team Africa Le Mans to contest Paul Ricard 24-hour race
Former rally and racing driver Sarel van der Merwe will again team up with Le Mans 24-hour winner Jan Lammers and Dr Greg Mills to contest the Creventic 24-hour race at Circuit Paul Ricard, near Marseille, in France, starting on July 15.
They would be joined by multiple South African endurance champion Nick Adcock and GT campaigner Terry Wilford.
Van der Merwe and his team will use the Ginetta G55 GT4, with which the trio finished first on performance and class and second overall in the South African nine-hour race at Killarney, in the Western Cape, in December 2015.
“With the development the team has been able to do to the car, it should be quicker than in Cape Town, where it was outstanding, and driver comfort should be improved. One cannot overlook the amazing organisational capability of this team and the speed we saw in the Cape,” said former Formula 1 driver Bruce Johnstone.
Ginetta chairperson and Le Mans winner Lawrence Tomlinson added that Ginetta was seen as the manufacturer to beat on the sports-car scene.
“The G55 GT4 car has taken a number of victories and strong results across several 24-hour races in the past few years. I am sure that, with their strong driver line-up and dedicated crew, Team Africa Le Mans is a real challenger for honours at Paul Ricard,” he said.
The Paul Ricard race is part of the international endurance series run over seven rounds.
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