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december 15, 2014 - Nissan
Sir Chris Hoy accelerates along the road to Le Mans with Nissan
Olympic legend and Nissan brand ambassador will be tested on track at Le Mans in 2015
Hoy will compete in a Le Mans style prototype racing car in the prestigious 2015 European Le Mans Series
Unique twoway relationship will see Sir Chris help Nissan #UniteAndExcite fans behind Rio 2016 athletes
Sir Chris Hoy will step up a gear on his journey to the Le Mans 24 Hours with Nissan next year.
After a strong debut season in the British GT Championship, Britain’s most successful Olympian will race a GinettaNissan LM P3 car in the European Le Mans Series as he continues his quest to gain a seat at the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours.
In 2014 Hoy competed in the Nissan GTR NISMO GT3 in the British GT Championship, making steady progress as he learned the craft of competing in professional circuit racing.
Highlights of the year include second place at SpaFrancorchamps on his first visit to one of the world’s most daunting racing circuits – and a stand out performance in the final race at Donington Park.
Hoy will be racing a faster car in 2015 and will get his first real taste of endurance racing as each of the European Le Mans Series races are four hours long. He will also take part in the official Le Mans Test Day on 31 May when he will drive a racing car on the full Le Mans circuit for the first time, sharing the track with the competitors for the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Nissan announced in September that it would be the sole engine supplier for LM P3, a newfor2015 endurance racing category.
LM P3 is the perfect training ground for the Le Mans drivers of the future as they can hone their prototype endurance racing skills in the European or Asian Le Mans Series before stepping up to the LM P2 category for the Le Mans 24 Hours itself.
The LM P3 programme means that Nissan has created a sports car ladder of success, from GT4 to GT3 then onto LM P3, LM P2 and the premier class of LM P1 Hoy will race a works GinettaNissan alongside 17yearold fellow Scot, Charlie Robertson, the current Michelin Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Champion.
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