After their positive 2nd place at the Red Bull Ring before the summer break, Sernagiotto / Lacorte get back on the new Ginetta-Nissan LMP3 for the fourth round of the international series on September 5-6
Celadrin Villorba Corse gets back to its “Road to Le Mans” and endurance racing projects taking part in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet on 5-6 September. The fourth round of the European Le Mans Series also will mark the return to the international series of race drivers Giorgio Sernagiotto and Roberto Lacorte. Italian crew has in mind to confirm the progress shown during the previous round in Zeltweg behind the wheel of the Ginetta-Nissan LMP3. Actually, before the summer break, at the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Sernagiotto / Lacorte clinched a valuable 2nd place in class and after the Austrian race Celadrin Villorba Corsa kept on working on the new prototype development in order to increase its performance for the French race to be held next weekend.
Sernagitto confirms: “We certainly arrive in Le Castellet more prepared than the previous two rounds. We did a very positive testing session at Vallelunga and that gives us hope. However, I do not want to say more until we put the wheels on track on Saturday morning”.Lacorte continues: “After the good results of our testing in Vallelunga we can not wait to get back on the car in such a beautiful track as the Paul Ricard circuit. I know our rivals will be very competitive but I am confident that we can do well”.
The 4 Hours of Le Castellet will take place on Saturday 5 (with two 90-minute free practice sessions) and Sunday 6 September (with two 20-minute morning qualifying sessions and then the race at 13h00 CET). As well as live and uninterrupted coverage on the official ELMS website at www.europeanlemansseries.com on Sunday 6 September, the four hour race will be available to be watched across Europe on Motors TV. The live coverage will be available in France and the rest of Europe from 12h40 CET and in the UK from 10h40 BST. TV2 Sport in Denmark and Sports TV in the Ukraine will be covering the race live. In the Middle East, pan regional broadcaster OSN will also show live coverage of the 4 Hours of Le Castellet on its Sports 3 HD channel. In addition to the live broadcasts, a one hour highlights programme will be shown in the UK (BT Sport), Austria (ORF), Finland (Nelonen), Portugal (RTP2), Australia (Fox Sports), China (Star Sports), Indian Subcontinent (Ten Sports Taj TV), New Zealand (Sky Network), Pan Asia (Fox International Channels), in the Caribbean (Flow TV) and USA (Torque).
