[LM24] Andy Wallace Racing for Holland Le Mans contract

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At the launch of the Racing for Holland season at Zandvoort today, it was announced that Andy Wallace will partner Jan Lammers and John Bosch in the lead Racing for Holland Dome S101 Judd.
The team’s other entry will be driven by Beppe Gabbiani, Felipe Ortiz and Tristan Gommendy.

Wallace was anticipating racing with Dyson in their MG-Lola ‘entry’, but that effort has been put back a year, so he’s found a seat with the potential giant killers from the Netherlands.

“Jan has Michelin tyres, they’ve done a lot of wind tunnel testing thanks to their excellent relationship with the Dome factory,” explains Andy Wallace, “and they’ve been doing straight line testing at an airfield runway, which confirms their excellent lift to drag ratio for this year.” Wallace is clearly up for the challenge, and early indications are that the black and white cars are going to perform even better than the single entry did last year.

Andy Wallace won Le Mans with Lammers in 1988 – the Englishman’s 24 Hours debut, of course. The pair won Daytona together, again for Jaguar, in 1990 – and they drove together for Toyota at Le Mans in 1992. Eleven years later, they’re back together - although they did share the Champion Audi at Sebring last year.

Porsche were the favourites at Le Mans in ’88, but Lammers, Wallace and Dumfries saw them off in one of the greatest 24 Hours ever. Can Lammers and Wallace challenge the (Audi-Bentley) favourites this year?