Nissan Announces Factory Drivers for 24H of Le Mans

With NissanNissanJapan, 1932 > present159 models
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abandoning its sponsorship of Signatech this season so that AlpineAlpineFrance, 1955 > 199414 models
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can use the car, Nissan has just announced sponsorship of the Greaves Motorsport ZytekZytek Z11SNUnited Kingdom, 2012 > present1 photo
-Nissan LMP2 car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and their team of three Nissan factory drivers. Nissan Super GT driver Michael Krumm and GT Academy winners Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough will pilot the car. 

This will be Krumm's sixth time at Le Mans, but he has only finished the race twice in the past. His best performance was in 2002 when he drove an Audi R8Audi R8Germany, 2004 > present2 photos
to a third place overall finish. 

Ordonez has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice. He finished second in the LMP2 class in 2011 and was eighth in the LMP2 class in the Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan in 2012. 

This will be Mardenborough's first race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 

There are 22 cars entered in the LMP2 class for Le Mans, and 15 of them are NIssan powered. Nissan-powered cars finished first through sixth in the LMP2 class at the last World Endurance Championship race at the Six Hours of Spa.