Richard Bradley latest Manor signing

There are now five drivers to have been confirmed by the Manor team to compete in the World Championship.Endurance WEC, at the wheel of the Oreca 05s of the team of John Booth and Graeme Lowdon. After Matt Rao yesterday, and following the officializations of Tor Graves, James Jakes and Will Stevens, it is the British Richard Bradley who joins the Manor armada.

The 24-year-old driver, a resident of the KCMG team in 2015, shone last year at the wheel of the latest Oreca, winning in particular in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LM P2 category. The old pilot F3 will thus be a valuable reinforcement for Manor and will bring its experience of the prototype developed by the men of Hugues de Chaunac.

“This is a project that I thought was really interesting when I heard about it and I'm really excited to be working with John, Graeme and the whole team at Manor, emphasizes Bradley. While we are a new team in endurance, I believe that, with the people and technical package at our disposal, we should be able to aim for victory from the start and I can't wait to get started at our home race at Silverstone. »

Before the WEC kicks off, scheduled for the weekend of April 16 and 17, the World Championship competitors will compete in the traditional Prologue on March 25 and 26 on the Paul-Ricard track in Var.