IMOLA THE NEXT STOP ON THE 'ROAD TO LE MANS' FOR SIR CHRIS HOY

May 11, 2016 by Nissan

IMOLA, Emilia-Romagna, Italy – Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy heads to Imola this weekend for round two of the European Le Mans Series – his next step on the road to his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut.

After winning the inaugural LM P3 championship last year in the European Le Mans Series, Hoy has graduated to LM P2 with Algarve Pro Racing and will make his Le Mans debut this June.

Hoy scored a top ten result at the opening round at Silverstone and continued his preparation last week with testing at Imola - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

Nissan powered seven of the top 10 LM P2 machines at Silverstone including Hoy. For 2016, Nissan has its sights set on scoring its sixth consecutive LM P2 European Le Mans Series championship.

In the FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, 12 Nissan-powered LM P2 machines fought for class honors with Signatech taking the victory thanks to a dramatic three-wide pass on Tequila Patron ESM's Pipo Derani by Nicolas Lapierre in the dying stages of the race.

ESM's Ligier held on for second place ahead of the No.45 Manor WEC Oreca.

The LM P2 championship is tight in the FIA WEC after two rounds with only one point separating three cars and nine drivers as team's set their sights on the 24 Hours of Le Mans where there are double points on offer.

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