Nissan confirms Max Chilton and Alex Buncombe

Nissan continues to unveil its lines in preparation for its 2015 World Championship campaign.Endurance and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The British Max Chilton and Alex Buncombe were confirmed this Monday with two different programs.

The former Marussia driver F1 will benefit from a complete program at the wheel of one of the two Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, and will join the already announced drivers Marc Gene, Jann Mardenborough, Olivier Pla, Harry Tincknell and Michael Krumm from Silverstone in England on April 12. “Le Mans has always been a well-attended race and racing there as a factory driver is a dream come true, explains Chilton. My goal has always been to race at the highest level and the technology introduced in the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is as impressive as in a Formula 1 car.”

To Alex buncombe, a Nissan driver for several years, particularly in GT, and teammate of the various GT Academy winners, only the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be on the menu in 2015. “Now I’m going to race at Le Mans with them (Jann Mardenborough and Lucas Ordóñez, Editor’s note) in the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo. The car has a radical design and, as with all new cars, it will take development but it is incredibly exciting and I am so happy to be on the team. » The 33-year-old pilot will find the Japanese Tsugio Matsuda and the Spaniard Ordóñez in the third LM P1 n°21 entered in Sarthe on June 13 and 14.

Testing is scheduled for this week at Sebring, Florida, where Max Chilton, Marc Gene, Jann Mardenborough, Olivier Pla and Harry Tincknell will line up. Nissan has released a video on Chilton and Buncombe, viewable here.