Both Ginettas are powered by the
latest generation AER P60C engines with full AER support.
Joining Ginetta factory drivers Mike Simpson and Charlie Robertson at the test,
who have both played leading roles in the development testing of the car, will
be a number of other drivers, bringing extensive LMP1, and LMP2 experience and
success:
Mathias Beche – 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours podium sitter – 2018 Silverstone WEC
overall race winner
Luca
Ghiotto – GP3, GP2 and F2 Race winner
Egor
Orudzhev, SMP Racing Driver – Formula Renault V8 race winner, ELMS LMP2 race winner, WEC overall
podium finisher – Only driver to out-qualify a Toyota driver in a non-hybrid
LMP1 car.
Stephane
Richelmi – Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 winner, FIA WEC and Asian Le Mans Series LMP2
Champion
Stephane
Sarrazin – Le Mans Series double Champion, multiple Le Mans overall and class
podium sitter, ex Formula One & World Rally Championship, ex Toyota and
Peugeot LMP1 factory driver.
Guy Smith –
2003 Le Mans 24 Hours overall race winner, Bentley factory driver and 2011
American Le Mans Series Champion
The team
are also in advanced negotiations with other drivers around potential drives
for the coming season, some of whom have already sampled the Ginetta in
pre-season testing.
Team LNT’s
plans for the coming season will be announced in the coming days – there will
be no announcement in Barcelona of the team’s driver line-ups for Silverstone
and beyond.
Also
joining Team LNT at Barcelona are our friends from Algarve Pro Racing,
their engineering and technical support is being utilised in addition to
Ginetta factory engineering support to aid Team LNT’s transition to a two-car
LMP1 effort here for the first time.
