The 6 Hours of Shanghai grid will include a welcome return to the FIA World Endurance Championship for Pegasus Racing.
The Julien Schell-founded, Alsace-based team has been racing in the European Le Mans Series for the last two years, and makes its second WEC appearance of the year, following the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in the highly competitive LMP2 category with the No.29 Morgan-Nissan.
The distinctively blue-liveried car will attract much attention, not least because its line-up features the only two Chinese drivers on the grid, David Cheng and Ho-Pin Tung. They will be joined by Briton Alex Brundle, making his return to the cockpit following an illness earlier in the year, who has experienced much success in the WEC in the past.
Defending Asian Le Mans Series champions David Cheng and Ho-Pin Tung are no strangers to the Shanghai International Circuit as they, like Brundle, have all previously competed with OAK Racing in the Chinese round of the World Championship. All three know the Morgan-Nissan well, but Pegasus will be the only LMP2 entry to use Michelin tyres instead of Dunlops.
The German team, which is being entered under the Pegasus Racing Team Total by DC Racing banner, thus has a Sino-American driver (Cheng – born in Beijing with dual USA/Hong Kong nationality), a Sino-Dutch driver (Tung – born in the Netherlands but with Chinese nationality), and a British driver (born and bred in the UK)…it’s truly an international entry as befits a World Championship.
Photo: CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES (LE MANS, SARTHE, FRANCE), 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, QUALIFYING PRACTICE, THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2015. Pegasus Racing's Morgan Nissan.
