Porsche announces factory drivers 2010

Porsche today announced the official list of official 2010 drivers. They will be eight: Jorg Bergmeister, Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Wolf Henzler, Marc Lieb Richard Lietz, Patrick Long and Patrick Pilet. Disappear so drivers under contract Porsche Emmanuel Collard and Sascha Maassen, then there is no new comer. The French presence is still very marked with two men, Romain Dumas and Patrick Pilet. (En Français)

Richard Lietz and Marc Lieb in 2010 still defend the colors of Felbermayr-Proton for which they won the GT2 title in 2009 in Le Mans Series. Patrick Pilet will run also in Le Mans Series with in 2009 as the IMSA Performance team MATMUT. The year started well for Patrick, with victory in the 24 Hours of Dubai. Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long will attempt to retain their title in ALMS GT2 in 2009, always with the Flying Lizard Motorsports.

Wolf Henzler, And this new information, will contest the 2009 ALMS season with the Falken Tire team. It will be the teammate of Bryan Sellers. Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will work for, among other things, to win back the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. The statement Porsche said further that Timo and Romain are already involved in the development and testing.

Hartmut Kristen: "I am proud to have eight drivers in our world class team of drivers for the 2010 season. We all know them very well and teams nots customers can totally rely on their driving skills. For the development and optimization of our race cars, these drivers also play an important role and benefit our teams around the world. "

Much of these drivers will be in ten days at Daytona for the 24 Hours of Daytona. Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long, winners in GT in 2009 driving a Porsche TRG, will pilot the Porsche Lizards / TRG 911 GT3 Cup # 67, Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will be involved on the TRG Porsche No. 71, Wolf Henzler will drive TRG Porsche # 66 and Richard Lietz Porsche No. 44 Magnus Racing.

According to the communique Porsche

 

Same thought I had about Henzler - let's hope you are right!!

Carol