Team NZ Motorsport has announced they will get their 2018 racing season off early start by joining Asian Le Mans Series 2017/18 at Chang International Circuit, Buriram, in three weeks’ time (11-13 January), for the penultimate round of the Pan-Asia Sportscar championship.
Regular driver roster, Graeme Dowsett (New Zealand) and John Curran (Ireland), will be behind the wheel of the #77 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup as well as the confirmation that Will Bamber will join the team to complete the crew for the 6-hour endurance race. The 24-year-old New Zealander, has been a long-time regular with the team, as well as playing the additional role of Team Manager and Driver Coach.
Contesting the second to last round of the Asian Le Mans 2017/2018 season was a logical step for Team NZ after winning last summer’s 3-round/6-race Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup ‘GT Cup’ for the second consecutive year. It proved to be a superb season in the ‘Sprint Cup’ comprehensively winning the Drivers’ and Teams’ championship after claiming victory in five of the six races despite facing tough opposition all the way. It was the team’s second double title win in ‘Sprint Cup’ and the second year they have won five of the six races.
With the title comes a free entry into Asian Le Mans 2017/18 so the logical step for the team was an entry in the 6 Hours of Buriram, which has been extended by 2-hours for the 2018 edition as last time it was held, back in January of this year, it was run as a 4-hour race.
Comments