An expanded fifty-eight car entry will be preparing themselves for next week’s inaugural three-hour round of the Road to Le Mans race from the Circuit de La Sarthe with now four Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 powered runners within its midst.
Not really any surprise their when the full entry list was confirmed by the Michelin Le Mans Cup Series earlier this week as the full season Racing Spirit of Leman, Code Racing Development and Blackthorn AMR runners are this time joined by a second car from the British based team.
Two rounds already in the bag for the usually European Le Mans Series support package after races in both Barcelona and at Paul Ricard, but instead of previous years two one-hour long races, the race organisers have this time elected to take the event more into the endurance arena at the home of endurance racing after all and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The four Aston Martins will be part of an eighteen strong GT3 class with the balance of entries split between the two available LMP3 classes as the first track action for this event will start early on Wednesday morning ahead of a 10am (local) start to the race on Friday.
No driver changes are forecasted for the three full season entries as Valentin Hasse-Clot again pairs up with Philipp Sager in their #10 RSLM entry with qualifying hotshot Sebastian Moreno again with Ethan Ischer aboard their #11 CRD car whilst Tom Canning and Claude Bovet pair up within the #91 Blackthorn. They will be joined by their sister #90 Blackthorn entry for drivers Kobe Pauwels and Charles Bateman.
After two podium finishes to date, including a race win in Spain, the #10 Racing Spirit of Leman crew continue to lead the GT3 Drivers Championship by twelve points.
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