Greaves Motorsport will be sporting a driver line of new and familiar faces up for the 6 Hours of Shanghai, the seventh round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship. In a continuation of the strong relationship between Nissan and Greaves Motorsport, GT Academy graduate, Mark Shulzhitskiy, will make his LMP2 and FIA WEC debut in China driving the team’s Nissan powered Zytek prototype. The 24-year-old Russian will follow in the footsteps of previous GT Academy graduates Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough in racing for the team.
American Eric Lux is making a welcome return to the team having driven for Greaves Motorsport this season at both Sebring and Le Mans, gaining a podium place in the Florida Classic back in March. The final seat will be taken by Sweden’s Bjorn Wirdheim who made an immediate impact with the team in his races at both Sao Paulo and Fuji, also gaining a podium place at the rain-affected Japanese event.
Team Manager, Jacob Greaves: “The whole team is very pleased to have Mark driving for us in China. We have seen from the performances of Lucas and Jann in the past just how good the GT Academy graduates are and how quickly they come to grips with the challenge of LM P2 and the FIA World Endurance Championship. It also great to welcome back Eric and Bjorn, this trio makes a very strong line up and we are aiming right for the top in Shanghai.”
Mark Shulzhitskiy, who recently tested the car in the UK, added: "The Snetterton test was a great experience for me. This is my first season of racing. I started in a GT4 car and then there I was on track at Snetterton, in the wet, in an LMP2 car! It was a good test and I feel confident going into the Shanghai weekend.
“The biggest difference between this car and a GT car is of course the downforce. The LMP2 car has more grip in the wet that a GT car has on a dry track. I really fell in love with this car. I’m looking forward to going to Shanghai as I have not been there before. I have been preparing in the Nismo Simulator so I know the track well. It’s an interesting circuit with some tricky parts, like the first two corners. My target is to do a good job, learn a lot and make no mistakes.”
Quotes from Nissan Motorsport and Greaves Motorsport press releases
Photo: Nissan GT Academy graduate, Mark Shulzhitskiy will join Greaves Motorsport's No.41 Zytek-Nissan LMP2 entry for the 6 Hours of Shanghai.
