After a strong performance in the 3 Hours of Inje, overall winner KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) unveils its new driver lineup for the second event of the Asian Le Mans Series.
The international motorsport group has confirmed that Richard Bradley will be driving the Morgan Nissan LMP2 in the 3 Hours of Fuji on September 22 at the panoramic Fuji Speedway in Japan. The 22 year old British driver currently competes in the prestigious and highly competitive Super Formula series with KCMG.
Bradley will be joined by Japanese ace Hiroshi Koizumi in KCMG’s upcoming Asian Le Mans outing at Fuji. Koizumi has been active in the Japanese motorsport scene since 2006 and is one of the frontrunners in Japanese Formula 3 and Super Taikyu – Japan’s second largest endurance racing series following Super GT.
Completing the team’s driver lineup for the 3 Hours of Fuji is British virtuoso James Winslow. The reigning Australian Formula 3 and former Asian F3 champion was also part of KCMG’s Asian Le Mans lineup which dominated at Inje in August.
KCMG are aiming for their second win in a row in the LMP2 class with Bradley, Koizumi and Winslow. Meanwhile, the team’s Japanese crew have been kept busy the past weeks, as they prepare the team’s winning blue and white Le Mans prototype for the race on Fuji’s 4.56km high speed track.
More so, Asian Le Mans’ 3 Hours of Fuji will be another testing ground before the team heads back to Japan the following month for the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Fuji which will be held on October 18-20.
Richard Bradley, Super Formula/Asian Le Mans Driver: “I am very excited to be driving for KCMG in the Asian Le Mans Series this year. It will be the beginning of a boyhood ambition for me as I have been a fan of sports car prototypes since I was young and this will be my first race in one. I am sure that with the knowledge I have of Fuji from my time with the KCMG Super Formula team, we can do a good job and I look forward to continuing the success the team created at Inje.”
Hiroshi Koizumi, Asian Le Mans Driver: “I’m very much looking forward to participate in the second event of Asian Le Mans in Japan. I’d like to thank KCMG, especially Paul Ip and Ryuji Doi for giving me this opportunity. To participate and to win in the Le Mans 24 Hours is a lifelong aspiration and future target in my motorsport career. To be given this chance to compete in Asian Le Mans would be the first step in achieving my dream. I’m also excited to race in this round as Fuji Speedway is my home course and I’m confident that there is a big chance to win this event with my team mates!”
James Winslow, Asian Le Mans Driver: “I am very happy to be back with KCMG in Japan and looking forward to continuing our strong form in the next round of the Asian Le Mans Series. We all worked very well together in Korea and our debut victory was testimony to this. The team is a great group of people who I’m very much looking forward to working with again. Fuji will be a new circuit for me and I’m eager to be racing in Japan in a few weeks.”
Paul Ip, KCMG Managing Director: “We had a very strong weekend at Inje during Asian Le Mans’ first event and we want to build on that dominance. The pressure is high but I have confidence in the team and the drivers who will join us at Fuji. James has contributed a lot in the victory that we gained at Inje last month, and with Richard and Koizumi-san joining us for the series’ second event, I believe we’ll maintain our superiority in Japan.”
To find out more about the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series, visit www.asianlemansseries.com.
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