Buoyed by its LMPC title in 2010, the USA-based Level 5 Motorsports will this year be seen in the ALMS, the ILMC and at Le Mans.
Level 5 Motorsport, 2010 LMPC champion
Two new LMP2 Lola-HPDs will be entered for the American Le Mans Series, while a third prototype will take part in the non-American rounds of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and in June’s Le Mans 24 Hours. That’s the programme which is in store this year for this outfit whose ambitions were restricted to the LMPC class as recently as last season!
The team is based in Wisconsin and was founded by Westfund boss Scott Tucker, a former Ferrari Challenge and Grand-Am racer. Although a privateer operation, Level 5 Motorsports is well organised and has enlisted the services of Frenchman Christophe Bouchut, a former Le Mans winner.
Level 5 Motorsports secured LMPC honours in the ALMS in 2010 and has this year decided to move up to the LMP2 class. A Lola-HPD Coupé and an open-cockpit Lola-HPD will contest the entire ALMS, while a third Lola-HPD Coupé will be entered for the five ILMC rounds which take place outside of the USA, including the Le Mans 24 Hours.
As in 2010, the Level 5 Motorsports cars will race on Michelin rubber, and the team enjoys backing from major sponsors like Microsoft Azure and Alpina Watches. Tucker/Bouchut/Diaz will share the N°33 prototype at Sebring, but the crew of the N°55 machine has yet to be confirmed.
Source: http://www.lemanslive.com/24h-mans/2011/02/23/level-5-voit-grand/?lang=en
Wednesday February 23rd, 2011 - 09:02 AM
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