Nissan is in action across the world this weekend with races taking place on three continents. Five of Nissan’s LM P1 drivers have had to fast track their Le Mans recovery to race this weekend in the Blancpain Endurance Series, GP3 Series and Super GT Championship.
Round three of the Blancpain Endurance Series is a 1000km race into the night at Paul Ricard in France this Saturday. The #23 PRO class Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 features its regular line-up of Alex Buncombe (GB), Katsumasa Chiyo (JAP) and Wolfgang Reip (BEL). It was announced at Le Mans that Buncombe will again partner Todd Kelly in the ‘Enduro’ rounds of the V8 Supercar Championship later this year.
The #22 PRO AM class GT-R will be raced by 2014 GT Academy winners, Ricardo Sanchez (MEX) and Gaetan Paletou (FRA), who will be joined by Nissan’s Russian LM P1 racer, Mark Shulzhitskiy.
Shulzhitskiy will race for the first time in his home country next month (3/4 July) when he takes part in the Blancpain Sprint Series event at Moscow Raceway. He will be joined in the Nissan GT Academy Team RJN entry by American GT Academy winner, Nicolas Hammann.
Jann Mardenborough is behind the wheel of the #2 Carlin GP3 car at the Red Bull Ring in Austria this weekend. He grabbed a podium finish at the opening round in Spain a few weeks ago so he will be hoping to return to the podium steps in Spielberg.
Lucas Ordonez took his first Super GT victory in Thailand last year when he won in the GT300 class so he is looking for a successful return to Buriram. This year he races the #24 D’Station ADVAN GT-R in the GT500 class, alongside Daiki Sasaki. Tsugio Matsuda has also had to recover quickly from Le Mans as he races the MOTUL AUTECH GT-R, which bears the #1 as he is the reigning Super GT champion.
With V8 Supercar action in Australia and the GT Masters series on track at Spa in Belgium, Nissan is heading for another big weekend of motorsport.
