Team Africa Le Mans to contest Paul Ricard 24-hour
Sarel van der Merwe will again team up with Le Mans 24-hour winner Jan Lammers and Greg Mills to contest the Creventic 24-hour race at Paul Ricard on 16-17 July.
Greg Mills, director of the Brenthurst Foundation and author of several books, is a good friend of ours at CN&CO. Greg spoke at our very first ConFab session back in August 2015 on the launch of his new book How South Africa Works and Must Do Better.
Team Africa Le Mans will use the Ginetta G55 GT4 that the trio finished first on Index of Performance and class and second overall in the South African nine-hour at Killarney in the Cape in December 2015. For Paul Ricard they will be joined by multiple SA endurance champion Nick Adcock and the successful, seasoned GT campaigner Terry Wilford.
Former F1 driver Bruce Johnstone, the only South African to have raced for the BRM factory and a nine-hour winner for Ferrari, says of the upcoming race: “With the development the team have 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.”
Ginetta chairman and Le Mans winner Lawrence Tomlinson has added: “Ginetta is 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 with their strong driver line-up and dedicated crew, Team Africa Le Mans is a real challenger for honours at Paul Ricard.”
Team manager Anton Roux is confident that, “with the likes of Nic Jooste, Derek Hulse and Piet Westdraadt engineering the car, we should have the reliability to match our proven pace. We are aiming for a podium finish.“
The Paul Ricard race is part of the international endurance series run over seven rounds. The CEO of Motorsport SA (MSA), Adrian Scholtz, adds: “I am sure that Team Africa Le Mans will do South Africa proud at Paul Ricard.”
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