Gigawave has withdrawn their LeMans entry, saying they want to concentrate their effort on developing the new Nissan GT-R. Gigawave was last month named as the team to give the NISMO-developed Skyline-based GT-R its debut during the 2009 campaign, even though the car has been developed with the new 2010 regulations in mind, and will only take part in four events, running as a non-championship entry, to allow NISMO to 'check the performance of cars to be sold to racing teams competing in the FIA GT1 class' ahead of an anticipated assault on next year's planned FIA GT World Championship. Gigawave's exit has allowed the first team on the ACO's reserve list into the 24 Hours field, with the Seattle Advanced Engineering Ferrari 430 GT getting the call to join the GT2 class. The addition will provide Le Mans with another opportunity to catch attention on the far side of the Atlantic, as SAE is expected to include Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey in the Cardiac Surgery-sponsored line-up.
Yes, I think so. The Brumos Porsche. Dempsey will co-drive with Don Kitch Jr. & Joe Foster. Never heard of them but that means little being on opposite sides of the planet. Seems to have PN's enthusiasm for racing with less of the talent.
That's a shame. That leaves one Aston Martin DBR9 to have one last face-off against the GT1 Corvettes. Gary
