Today, Team M-Sport Bentley announced its driver line-up for the 2014 motorsport season with a vastly experienced international team. Six Bentley Boys will drive two Bentley Continental race cars during the five races of the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series, looking to put Bentley back on the top step of the podium.
The first car sees the continuation of the all-British driver line-up that powered the Bentley Continental to a fourth-placed debut at the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi last December. Long-standing Bentley Boy and Le Mans 24-Hours winner Guy Smith will drive with experienced GT3 racers Steven Kane and Andy Meyrick, who both drove last year in the Blancpain Endurance Series.
The second Continental GT3 will be driven by a European trio. Englishman Duncan Tappy will be partnered with Frenchman Antoine Leclerc, who drove full seasons of the Blancpain Endurance Series, including the Total 24 Hours of Spa in both 2012 and 2013, and Belgian former F1-racer Jérôme D’Ambrosio, who makes his GT3 debut after several successful years of open-wheel racing.
Brian Gush (Bentley’s Director of Motorsport): “Our six modern day Bentley Boys give me great confidence for the year ahead. The selection process has been tough after having had so much interest, but these six racers have shown the prodigious talent combined with the experienced, dedicated approach that we need. The whole team is now in final preparations for the season ahead, and we’re all extremely eager to get to Monza so that the real racing can begin.”
M-Sport Bentley announces driver line-up for the Blancpain Endurance Series
