Ten full season entry cars in the LMP2 class will make the journey to Le Castellet for The Prologue on the 27/28 March, the official start to the 2015 World Endurance Championship. The two day event will feature 29 of the 35 full season entries and the LMP2 category will make up the largest group of cars at Circuit Paul Ricard. On Saturday 28 March the public will be invited to be part of The Prologue; the free entry will also allow fans access to meet the drivers during the lunch time pitwalk and autograph session.
2014 LMP2 Vice-Champion G-Drive Racing is coming back in 2015 with a two-car entry. Race winners Roman Rusinov and Julien Canal will be joined by Britain’s Sam Bird in the no26 Ligier JS P2-Nissan. The no28 G-Drive Ligier will be piloted by an all-Latin American crew with 2013 24 Heures du Mans LMP2 winner Ricardo Gonzalez from Mexico being joined by Brazil’s Luis Felipe (Pipo) Derani and Colombian Gustavo Yacaman.
A third Ligier JS P2 Nissan will be on the grid for the French entry run by Oak Racing. The Gentlemen Driver crew of Jacques Nicolet, Jean-Marc Merlin and Erik Maris will share the driving duties in 2015.
Another all-French entry comes in the form of 2013/2014 European Le Mans Series Champion Signatech Alpine which will be campaigning the Alpine A450B-Nissan on the world stage with an all-French crew of Nelson Panciatici, Paul-Loup Chatin and Vincent Capillaire.
American sportscar team Extreme Speed Motorsports will be bringing both of its Tequila Patron liveried HPD-Hondas to Le Castellet with Scott Sharp and Ed Brown among those in the driving seat.
Team SARD Morand is a joint venture by the Japanese SARD and Swiss Morand Racing teams. The joint team will field a pair of Morgan evo-SARDs with the no39 car racing under the Japanese flag with Christian Klien, Koki Saga and Zoel Amberg sharing the driving duties. The no43 car will race under the Swiss flag with 2013 ELMS Driver Champion Pierre Ragues racing alongside fellow French driver Tristan Vautier and 2014 ELMS Champion Oliver Webb from Great Britain.
2014 WEC race winners KCMG return for another full season fielding the brand new ORECA 05-Nissan. At Le Castellet Matt Howson, Richard Bradley and Alexandre Imperatori will test the new car over the two days of The Prologue.
British team Strakka Racing will return to the WEC in 2015 with the new Nissan-powered Strakka Dome S103 with 2013 24 Heures du Mans LMP1 Privateer Driver Champions Nick Leventis, Danny Watts and Jonny Kane joining forces once again.
The Prologue – FREE ENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY 28 MARCH
The Prologue will take place at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 27/28 March 2015. On Saturday 28 March the event will open for the public to attend free of charge. The fans who attend will have the opportunity to see the cars on track during two open test sessions and at lunchtime they will be invited to take part in the pit walk and autograph session, which is all part of the free event. A full provisional entry list is available HERE
More details on The Prologue, including ticket information, can be found on the Circuit Paul Ricard website HERE
Provisional Timetable for The Prologue
Friday 27 March
Saturday 28 March
