The No.26 G-Drive Racing car will be driven by Russian racer Roman Rusinov and his regular FIA World Endurance Championship team-mates, Australia’s John Martin and British driver Mike Conway.

Rusinov said: “To win at Le Mans you need to have the right team, the right team mates, the right engine, the right chassis and also some luck! I think we have the perfect package at G-Drive Racing so with a little luck thrown in I hope we can have a very successful Le Mans. I feel very positive about our chances this year.”

The G-Drive Racing by Delta ADR entry will see regular driver Tor Graves sharing the No.25 Oreca-Nissan with young Briton Archie Hamilton, whose Grandfather Duncan won Le Mans in 1953, and Japanese ex-F1 racer Shinji Nakano thinks the trio have everything they need to win.

Nakano said: “I am really happy to be back with the team. We have a strong package and I am confident we can contest for the class victory.”

Nissan’s Director of Global Motorsports Darren Cox said: “It’s great to see our partner team is taking such a good mix of international drivers to Le Mans this year. It’s also great to see that both sets of drivers are gunning for the class win. This kind of competition is great as it drives everybody forward. I look forward to seeing them all fighting hard at Le Mans.”

Nissan has already announced that it has placed three of its official Nismo drivers in the No.42 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan. Nismo’s Super GT racer Michael Krumm will join two of Nissan’s most successful GT Academy graduates and Nismo Athletes, Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough.

With 15 of the 22 entered LMP2 cars Powered by Nissan the battle is going to be intense.

Source : Nissan