Jota Sport are going all out attack in the search for their first European Le Mans Series victory of the 2015 season this weekend.
The third round of the campaign heads to the Red Bull Ring this weekend, and Jota go into the race full of confidence.
The team has finished second at Silverstone and third at Imola in this season’s previous ELMS races but is intent on going one better in Austria on this occasion having finished second in last year’s corresponding race and underline its ELMS title credentials with a victory.
Simon Dolan, Filipe Albuquerque and Harry Tincknell race the Gibson-Nissan, the same trio that finished 12.385 seconds behind the winning car in last year’s four-hour race staged on the fast and sweeping 2.688-mile circuit. Albuquerque and Tincknell return to JOTA and LM P2 action after their respective Audi Sport and Nissan NISMO factory LM P1 commitments in last month’s Le Mans 24 hours.
2014 Le Mans 24 Hour LM P2 champions JOTA Sport finished second in this year’s twice-around-the-clock race – denied a second consecutive victory by a mere 48.182secs. At Le Mans, as in the previous FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps, the JOTA Gibson was the fastest LM P2 class car in the race.
The Red Bull Ring, originally known as the Österreichring, was opened in 1969 and hosted the Austrian F1 Grand Prix between 1970-87 and again from 1997-2003 after the circuit was redeveloped and renamed the A1-Ring. The circuit was bought in 2005 by Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz, totally rebuilt and renamed the Red Bull Ring. It is located close to the city of Spielberg in the Styrian Alps and recently staged this year’s F1 GP.
Speaking ahead of the weekend, Tincknell said: “I cannot wait to be back in to the ‘Mighty 38’ at the Red Bull Ring. It’s one of the best tracks on the ELMS calendar and it should suit the revised Gibson very well. We were a close second there last year and I am very motivated to go one better this time.
“Confidence is high in the JOTA team after a great showing once again at Le Mans and I want to keep JOTA’s 100% podium record for the season going – hopefully by standing on the very top step!”