Adam confirms Aston WEC assaultposted in WEC02 | 02 | 2017
FIFER JONNY ADAM will contest the full World Endurance Championship, including the Le Mans 24-Hours, with Aston Martin this year.
The Kirkcaldy racer, and double British GT champion, will partner fellow Brit Darren Turner (both pictured below) in the No 97 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE in the GTE Pro class.
The pair join Aston Martin team-mates, and defending GTE Pro world champs, Danes Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen who will drive the No 95 car.
“Partnering with Darren is something I’m really looking forward to,” Adam said. “We’ve raced together on and off for the past couple of years, so it’s incredibly exciting to be announcing that I’ll be joining someone with that experience and speed on a full time basis.
“He’s a great ambassador on and off the track for Aston Martin, and we work well together. We both drive in a similar style and get the best out of each other and the car, and I think that will shape up to be a great partnership this year.
“Bahrain last year was promising after qualifying on pole and leading big parts of the race, and I see no reason why we can’t carry that through to this season. To have Marco and Nicki who are at the top of their game in the sister car is fantastic too.”
The WEC season gets underway with the opening round at Silverstone on Sunday April 16.
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Jim McGill