We were expecting the news since his drive during the Official Testing sessions at the Castellet circuit… It has just been confirmed: Bruno Senna, nephew of one of the most famous drivers in the world, will compete the Le Mans Series 2009 season, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Really delighted by his first experience on the French track, and seduced by Hugues de Chaunac’s team, the young Brazilian from Sao Paulo will team up with very experienced Stéphane Ortelli on the Courage-Oreca LMP1 n°10, while Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre will share the wheel of n°11.

Meet this young talent at the Barcelona circuit, for the 1000 Km of Catalunya, on next April 3, 4 and 5.

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46 cars on the track for the first race of the season. who can top that?

Le Mans Series come on strong for their second visit to the Catalan track, with no less than 12 LMP1s, 16 LMP2s, 4 LMGT1s and 14 LMGT2s!

Aston Martin Racing, forgetting their misfortunes during the Tests, will take to heart to prove their reliability and efficiency faced with their renowned opponents: the Courage-Oreca of Hugues de Chaunac’s Team and Signature Plus, the two Pescarolos of the same named team, two Ginettas Zytek and a Lola Coupe powered by Aston Martin. This, under close scrutiny by the Kolles Team experts, officially supported by the German manufacturer; whom we congratulate on their magnificent victory at Sebring last week-end.

In LMP2, 16 cars will fight for the first three places on the podium. To be underlined: the diversity of this category, nine different chassis are represented, 7 team nationalities and no less than 3 of the 5 manufacturers present during the season! One thing is sure, in LMP2, boredom will be impossible!

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