07.45 Thursday 3 May 2001
The Westcountry’s top international race-driver,
JAMIE DAVIES, returns to the American-owned Panoz sports car team for this
weekend’s pre-race test for the Le Mans 24-hour classic. Davies, 27, was the McLaren Autosport Young
Driver of the Year in 1994 and was a front-runner in British Formula Three and
European Formula 3000 – amongst his achievements in the latter were a win at
the ultra-fast Enna circuit and a storming second place at Monaco last year in
the Fortec Lola.
Davies raced successfully for Don Panoz in 1998 and finished a strong seventh at Le Mans with David Brabham and Andy Wallace after experiencing electrical problems during the night.
Having again been forced to abandon his quest for a drive in the North American-based Champ Car single-seater series due to the lack of a budget, Davies is thrilled to be driving the Panoz LMP07 prototype – “ I am delighted to be back at Le Mans and feel optimistic that we shall be on the pace”. A preliminary test at Silverstone last week saw him record highly competitive times from the outset
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