The team will field a pair of AER powered Ginetta G60-LT-P1 LMP1 cars for the full season.<\/p>\n
Team LNT\u2019s #5 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 will field three drivers with recent LMP1 history:<\/p>\n
Ben Hanley – 2018\/19 WEC LMP1 driver, 2019 Indy 500 driver, LMP2 race winner in European Le Mans Series;<\/p>\n
Egor Orudzhev – 2018\/19 WEC LMP1 driver, ELMS LMP2 race winner, only driver to out-qualify a Toyota LMP1 driver in a non-hybrid LMP1 – Tested with Team LNT at the WEC Prologue in Barcelona;<\/p>\n
Charlie Robertson – Ginetta Factory Driver, 2015 ELMS LMP3 Champion with Ginetta, 2018 Le Mans 24Hours in Ginetta LMP1 – Ginetta Junior and Supercup Champion, Test and Development on the Ginetta LMP1 from the beginning of the programme.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s #6 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 will field the experienced trio of:<\/p>\n
Chris Dyson – two-time American Le Mans Series Champion and three times Le Mans 24 Hours starter – Tested the Ginetta at Paul Ricard last month;<\/p>\n
Guy Smith – 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours winner, 2011 American Le Mans Series Champion (with Chris Dyson), Bentley Factory Driver – Tested the Ginetta at Paul Ricard last month and again at the WEC Prologue;<\/p>\n
Mike Simpson – Ginetta factory driver, multiple wins in GT and LMP with Ginetta, 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours finisher with Ginetta LMP1 – Test and Development on the Ginetta LMP1 from the beginning of the programme.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Tomlinson, Chairman of Ginetta Cars and Team Principal of Team LNT said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to show what the Ginetta can do this season.<\/p>\n \u201cThe mix of experience, consistency and raw speed that we are announcing for Silverstone has a great chance of helping us to show what the car is capable of in a field of really quick cars and world-class drivers.<\/p>\n Charlie Robertson:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m absolutely delighted to have been given the opportunity to race the Ginetta LMP1 again. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI was very proud to be part of the winning crew (with Sir Chris Hoy) the last time Ginetta debuted an LMP car at Silverstone – We\u2019ll be pushing hard to get as close as possible to matching that result.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to have climbed every single step of the Ginetta ladder from Juniors back in 2011 to LMP1 now – What a ride, and what a credit to the Ginetta brand.\u201d<\/p>\n Mike Simpson:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always an enormous honour to represent Ginetta, but to be asked to do so at this level is fantastic. \u00a0The LMP1 is simply amazing, and the testing and development we have done with the AER-powered Ginettas has proved that the car is capable of being in real contention.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to racing alongside Guy, who I have known for many years, and to seeing a lot more of Chris (Dyson) who I enjoyed working alongside in testing. \u00a0<\/p>\n Guy Smith:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt was great to get behind the wheel of an LMP1 car again, the game has moved on very significantly in a very short time. \u00a0The Ginetta is a very impressive car, the power from the AER and the pace we saw in testing really lit the fire underneath me to do this again.<\/p>\n Chris Dyson:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been looking for the right programme to take the step back up to LMP1 for a little while and when the Ginetta AER programme was suggested to me it seemed to tick just about every box possible.<\/p>\n \u201cI tried the car out at Paul Ricard last month and was blown away by the potential of this package.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with a new team in a new car and in a World Championship setting – we\u2019ll celebrate every single success and step forward we make together and I know everybody involved will be working as hard as they can to make that something we do very often through the season!\u201d<\/p>\n Egor Orudzhev:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhilst I know LMP1, and the AER engine well, the Ginetta was an unknown quantity to me at the Prologue and I have to say it was a very pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n \u201cThe speed came easily and quickly and it is already clear that the package has a massive amount of potential – and with a much, much better hand dealt this season by the rulemakers in equalising the pitstops, it will be very interesting to see just how close we can get to the Toyotas.<\/p>\n Ben Hanley:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLast season was a tough introduction to LMP1 for me with a car that wasn\u2019t as reliable as I hoped.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to seeing what the Ginetta AER has to offer – all indications are that there\u2019s a very strong base to work from but that the drivers have plenty to bring to the effort of the whole team in unlocking the potential of the package.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can do that together then this could be a very interesting adventure!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The team will field a pair of AER powered Ginetta G60-LT-P1 LMP1 cars for the full season. Team LNT\u2019s #5 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 will field three drivers with recent LMP1 history: Ben Hanley – 2018\/19 WEC LMP1 driver, 2019 Indy 500 driver, LMP2 race winner in European Le Mans Series; Egor Orudzhev – 2018\/19 WEC LMP1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-lmp3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n