The special ex-Jos Verstappen/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Peter van Merksteijn Porsche RS Spyder that dominated the P2 class at Le Mans in 2008 will also join the competition.įinally, the GT entry has enough hallmarks of quality and variety to revive the crowd’s memories of the time GT1 and GT2 were the world’s two main GT categories. The equally matched P2 category will again provide some close racing, as the very competitive ORECA-Nissan 03s pedalled by Keith Frieser and Mark Higson will take on Mike Newton’s Lola-MG EX257 and the sleek Courage-Judd LC75 of Mike Furness.įaithful AMMEL competitor Pierre Bruneau is back with his two Nissan-engined Pilbeams that he will share with Marc Rostan – like Newton both former Le Mans drivers. All will have a fight on their hands with the Le Mans podium visitor and class winner Emmanuel Collard racing in a similar Judd-powered Pesca. FIA Masters Historic Formula One regular Jamie Constable returns to the Gulf-liveried Pescarolo-Judd 01.
The P1 class will see Kriton Lendoudis in a Peugeot 908, Christophe d’Ansembourg in a Lola-Aston Martin DBR1-2, Steve Tandy in a Lola-Mazda B12/60, joined by Shaun Lynn with his Bentley Speed 8, David Porter in another diesel-engined Peugeot 908 and James Cottingham in the Dallara-Judd SP1. The races will include at least 16 P1 and P2 machines split across both categories, with another ten modern GT legends bolstering the grid. The Aston Martin Masters Endurance Legends races at Silverstone Classic will welcome dozens of the recent Le Mans prototypes and GT cars to compete.