The Russian pilot Roman Rusinov will take the start of the legendary Marathon “24 hours of Le Mans” for the third time in his career.
Rusinov concluded a contract with the “G – Drive Racing by Signatech Nissan” team and this year all the remaining stages of the World Endurance Championship for endurance. He will play behind the wheel of a prototype of the LMP2 category, the second most important in the series. The Frenchmen Nelson Panchyatichi and Pierre Par will become the partners of the novel.
The trio has already started in one stage of the championship – Marathon “6 hours of spa”. Due to technical problems, it was not possible to show a high result, but the crew reached the finish line. According to Rusinov, the race in Belgium was a kind of first serious test session in front of a marathon in Le-Man.
The daily race in France is scheduled for June 16-17. This will be the third stage of WEC. Rusinov will first go to the start of “24 hours of Le Man” driving a sport prototype. Previously, he participated twice in the legendary race on cars of categories GT, and the service of Toyota Sequova was the first work of Rusinov ..
F1
The last weekend of May, the teams and pilots “Formula 1” will traditionally hold in Monaco. The race on the streets of Monte Carlo is considered a cult, victory here is valued by pilots at least the champion title. Weekend in the principality – a special event. The stars of show business gather in Paddok, partly contributes to this by the film festival in Cannes, which is passing almost the same dates.
In Monaco alone, the organizers of the championship allow themselves to retreat from the usual weekend format. The first workouts take place here on Thursday, and not on Friday (this day in Monte Carlo – for secular techniques, fashion shows, parties). In addition, this is the only race in the calendar of the championship, the campaign of which pilots travel less than 300 km. But at the same time, the “Grand Prix of Monaco” is almost always – the longest race in the season in time: cars move along a narrow highway much slower than on other autrods.
It is almost impossible to make forecasts of a possible winner this year. The group of leaders is so dense that there will be a chance to win at least ten pilots.
