Manor and TRS to enter LMP1 category in 2018/19

More exciting new has today been revealed regarding future entrants to the LMP1 category in the FIA WEC!

In Shanghai, at a press conference hosted by CEFC China and attended by senior representatives from CEFC China, Talent Racing Sports (TRS), Graeme Lowdon from Manor and Gérard Neveu, CEO of the WEC, it was announced that the team will enter the LMP1 category in the 2018/2019 Super Season.

Manor and TRS – the first Chinese-flagged team to enter LMP1 – will use the Ginetta LMP1 chassis, and is expected to take delivery before the end of the year.  The full driver line up won’t be announced until 2018.

Gérard Neveu commented: “TRS and Manor, together with the partnership with CEFC this year, are a perfect fit.  In endurance racing, team spirit, innovation, performance, a taste for challenges and victory are all qualities which will undoubtedly be present and which will, without doubt, make this partnership a great success story.

“We look forward to welcoming all parties in the WEC paddock this weekend for the 6 Hours of Shanghai, and in future seasons.”