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True to tradition, the season of world class endurance racing began with the today's press conference organized by the Automobile Club of West ACO and the WEC which revealed the entries for the World Championship of this year.
Alpine is pleased to announce that two A460s must participate in the FIA WEC 2016 and the same cars are expected to participate in the 84th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours on 18-19 June
The two new prototypes will be managed by Alpine A460 Signatech-alpine and be part of the high quality field in the fiercely contested LMP2 class.
One of the crew of the spearheads of the N 36 prototype, the number easily associated with Alpine since returning to racing premier in 2013, will be Nicolas Lapierre, winner of five races WEC The Frenchman stock ambitions alpine plans for 2016 campaign and was teamed with former Formula 3 racer Gustavo Menezes the young American has already acquired a prototype racing experience in the United SportsCar Championship.
The N 35 Alpine A460 will be entered by Baxi DC Alpine Racing Founded by SR-Jackie Chan and David Cheng, DC Racing has won several titles in the Asian Le Mans Series before choosing to run an Alpine in the FIA WEC.
As is the case for the No 36 car, two of the three pilots were appointed They are David Cheng and Ho-Pin Tung of this car that ran together for several seasons now.
Alpine A460 this year and the names of the two drivers yet announced will be announced in the coming weeks, before testing pre-season Prologue to be held at Paul Ricard, France, the March 25-26.
CEO Bernard Ollivier, Society of Alpine Car After getting two ELMS title, having finished on the podium in our class at Le Mans and after a successful maiden campaign in the Championship FIA World Endurance, Alpine continues to intensify racing activities with the addition of a second car and our driver enhanced range goal is to optimize our resources to ensure the best possible chance of success There is nothing accidental in our program in 2016 Nicolas Lapierre, we recruited one of the best drivers in endurance races Meanwhile, in addition to their driving skills, Gustavo Menezes, David Cheng and Ho-Pin Tung will promote Alpine in our uS markets including Latin America and Asia, particularly in China through our agreement with DC Racing this promises to be a great year for skiing and motor sport has a key role to play in this Not re goal is to win races.
Philippe Sinault Team Principal Signatech Alpine Much will be new for us in 2016, drivers and cars to the way the team is organized, we are proud to have established an agreement with DC Racing will allow us to run a second car this is an undeniable advantage and opens up new possibilities in terms of strategy regarding the drivers are concerned, we are delighted to have Nicolas Lapierre homecoming, it is a family member Signature and we won the grand Prix of Macau together in 2003 his experience of racing in the LMP1 class will help us to progress in all areas we are facing a very busy time in the coming weeks as we prepare to unveil our two Alpine A460s and we move forward terms with both drivers due to join the four whose names have already been confirmed.
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