Before they owned the track. And that brought us to 2006 and beyond because if 2005 is supposed to be another transitional year, 2006 ought to see the prototypes with a solid foundation for the future, ought to. Hertz Team JOTA is competing in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and at one the world's largest sporting events, the 100 th edition of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours. We ran the Pilbeam out of a unit at Paddock Wood, but then I inherited this farm, and applied for planning permission to convert a hay barn into our workshop. The two significant areas where change is needed are in funding and the driver line-up, and Sam Hignett is working hard at both. Yes, they provide funding, but also research and development facilities. So , i engage the challenge, and thats it. 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Jota Sports Gibson-Nissan at 2015 Le Mans. For the 2017 FIA WEC season, a new partnership was created between Jota Sport and Jackie Chan DC Racing. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Once the closest title fight, LMP2 looks set to be JOTAs for the taking as Antonio Felix da Costa, Will Stevens and Roberto Gonzalez increased their lead to 28 points over the United Autosport's USA pairing of Joshua Pierson and Oliver Jarvis. ShareFacebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, Email. Haruki Kurosawa competed at three races, Gregor Fisken at two races, while Sam Hancock and Jason Tahincioglu participated in one race each. During 2006, Team Jota ran the Zytek factory team in the newly named Le Mans Series, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the final two rounds of the American Le Mans Series which included Petit Le Mans and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. [21] Car 38 claimed 10th place in Le Mans in 2018 and 7th in 2019. Dolan's career highlight was 1st place in the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2014 with Harry Tincknell and Oliver Turvey, who replaced Marc Gen after he was recalled to Team Joest Audi Sport LMP1 team following an accident in practice for Loic Duval. In the 2013 European Le Mans Championship, Jota Sports duo Dolan/Turvey finished third in the final classification, with the only overall win at the season-opening race at Silverstone. They ran G-Drive Racing orange in 2016. JOTA nowadays are a sportscar racing powerhouse, with cars in the FIA WEC and GT World Challenge Europe, Le Mans class wins, an ELMS Championship, and an eye on the opportunities coming over the horizon for the future. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. The same drivers with the same car participated in the Le Mans Series, with two fifth-place finishes at Spa and Estoril. 28.7K followers. For use this skin for Oreca09 Le mans 2020 n.42 (Lapierre), you need the Oreca from, the Rollrovers Pack. 3 April 2020 It also came with revised suspension, Recaro sports seats, and meatier . Simon Dolan had his racing debut and first race win in April of this year at Snetterton in a Radical. [3] In 2002, they bought an SR2 class Pilbeam to compete in the FIA Sportscar Championship, finishing second overall in the SR2 championship; their second year with the Pilbeam saw them finish third. They moved to red and black, with a lot of Chinese signs on the cars . Were up against it a bit, but that doesnt faze us. [31] The victory was followed up with a runners-up finish at the following race at Imola, in May 2016. Will Stevens replaced Berthon for Round 3 of the 2016 FIA WEC Championship, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 3 rd. The team achieved a class win at Spa but failed to finish the Le Mans 24 hours after retiring nearly 20 hours in. Jota Sport also started the cooperation with Mazda UK in preparing MX-5 sports cars. We did it well enough to finish third in SR2 in 2002, then in 2003 we either won or were on the podium at every race. After some debate among ourselves, we decided to chance it: we ripped the oil pressure sensor off, and tried it. NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hertz Team JOTA, the new Hypercar motor racing team sponsored by Hertz and Singer Group, today announced Tom Brady's BRADY as its Official Apparel. All rights reserved. KCMG took the class win, Jota Sport was second and G-Drive was third. [14] As part of the sponsorship, Gazprom obtained the naming rights for JOTA Sport, so they competed as G-Drive during the 2016 FIA WEC and European Le Mans Series. When you look at the time ahead of Le Mans, were better off racing and a bit of testing, than we are entirely focusing on testing. Clark added that former Nissan Supercars engineer Nathan McColl will head up the programme as chief engineer. They came into the sport partly to seek teams and manufacturers who might also be able to use their resources, and theyve succeeded with that aim. Johansson and Mowlem drove the Corsa Motorsports LMP1 Zytek in the American Le Mans Series again this year, their best result was a third place at Lime Rock. A JOTA car has finished on the podium in LMP2 at Le Mans 10 times in the last 9 years. In 2010, Jota Sport signed a multi-year agreement to become an Aston Martin official partner team in motorsports. All Rights Reserved. Hignett, Kurosawa and Stack were Team Jotas first representatives at Le Mans. Jota Sport is a world-class, professional motor racing organisation. [6] Dolan Accountancy was the winner in the Best Contractor Accountant (under 1,000 clients) category in the 2019 Contracting Awards. Hertz confirmed on Saturday that it will be the title sponsor for a privateer entry with the recently-presented Porsche 963, while multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner JOTA will provide race operations. JOTA co-owner David Clark added: " Racing with Hertz and Singer is a momentous milestone for JOTA. Were excited to sponsor a new Hertz racing team and partner with JOTA and Singer to join one of the most thrilling and prestigious race series in the world, said Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr. The team competed with Aston Martin Vantage GT2 in the GTE Pro class. [18], In June 2016, JOTA Sport announced that Alex Brundle, son of former Formula One driver Martin Brundle, had replaced Berthon as part of the WEC driver line-up, alongside Rusinov and Rast. Team Jota competed in the Le Mans Endurance Series again in 2005 with the Zytek 04S, achieving another sixth overall result in the championship. . More archives. NASCAR 2023 at Las Vegas schedule, entry list, and how to watch, F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: How to watch on TV in the USA on ESPN, F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: How to watch on TV in the USA on ESPN Everything had to come off the tub, even more than you see here today, and wed got it back to the monocoque at two a.m. We were so busy, we hadnt realised theyd locked us into the circuit. Well, its a play on Stackys name (Jo Sta), but also a Spanish dance in triple time.. McLaren Customer Racing director Ian Morgan said: Its tremendously exciting for us to have JOTA onboard for 2021, with three McLaren factory drivers also involved in the programme. [20] On 1 December, it was ruled that the Government should not face a Judicial Review regarding the initial lockdown measures. Hancock drove for the team along with Phil Quaife and between them they achieved five pole positions and three race wins earning them a second-place finish in the championship. When we set off for the first race in 2003, at Estoril, with the Pilbeam, we got as far as the Peripherique in Paris, and then the oil pressure on the truck fell away to nothing. All rights reserved. They havent quite finished some of the details yet, such as painting doors, but its still a very impressive unit, inside and out, and the scene just beyond the workshop, looking across the valley, is an unusual one for a race team, it is idyllic. The team also ran a Juno SSE in the V de V Championship which was driven by Ollie Hancock and Chris Cappuccini who finished 16th in the championship. Dolan, a conspiracy theorist and businessman based in Monaco, is attempting to force the government to prematurely end the lockdown, a move that would disproportionately impact low-paid and BAME workers. Verified. ", I plan on getting the real car out on the track as soon as the insurance folks stop paying attention. The new car was the LMP1 prototype Zytek 04S. The team finished fifth in the series with drivers Jan Charouz and Stefan Mucke. Techs at the Jota racing company managed to add an extra 46 hp and 21 lb-ft of torque for a total of 205 hp and 160 lb-ft. In his role today for RACER, Pruett covers open-wheel and sports car racing as a writer, reporter, photographer, and filmmaker. Through the season, the car has been unbelievably reliable: only twice has it failed to return to the pits, and once was at Monza, when John couldnt get it out of reverse. Often competing under the guise of the major corporate partners or manufacturers it represents, Jota-prepared cars have competed four times at Le Mans and taken podiums across five seasons of the Le Mans Series as well as in several American Le Mans Series events. FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams. March 11, 2016Featured, SpotlightMarijan Malcevic. Amazingly, permission was approved, and when not racing this year the team has spent time finishing off the conversion.. All Rights Reserved. I was talking to Barwell Motorsport, and they were building a Honda Integra for John Stack: Mark Lemmer suggested that I tried endurance racing, so John and I got together. During 2006, the teams program was expanded. INSIGHT: Has Alonso finally landed on another winner? Which brings us to the first race with the QinetiQ-backed Zytek 04S, the first round of the LMES, at Monza. Le Mans will definitely have an Audi presence, I would think, but theyre running smaller restrictors too. 2023 Motorsportjobs.com. The Danish trio Nielsen/Elgaard/Andersen competed at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished 24th overall. Jota Sport is a racing division of the Jota Group. For the 2015 season, the Zytek car had a change of name and model; the new car was a Nissan Nismo powered Gibson 015S[10] LMP2 class, which again competed in the European Le Mans Series. The team finished fifth in the series with drivers Jan Charouz and Stefan Mucke, and fifth in class, eighth overall in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Alex Young joining the team. [15] On 9 July, Dolan launched an appeal against the decision. Espero que les guste. [16] The proceedings were opposed by The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) who stated, "The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is applying to intervene in a High Court legal challenge brought by multi-millionaire Simon Dolan. Friday February 4th, 2022 Jens Jensen. Aitken to race in GT World Challenge Europe with Lamborghini, ART partners Spa-winning GPX Racing Porsche team, Carroll reunited with WRT after 11 years for GTWCE Endurance, Carroll reunited with WRT after 11 years for GTWCE Endurance The victory secured the 2016 European Le Mans Series title for G-Drive Racing. [1] Jota Sport has finished on the overall podium of 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with two Oreca in an alliance with Jackie Chan DC Racing . Petit Le Mans saw a second place overall for the factory team with a seventh place overall at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with the car driven by Stefan Johansson and Johnny Mowlem. This year also saw Jota partner with Era Motorsport in the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series, running an Oreca 07 LMP2 car, where they finished 2021 LMP2 Am class champions.[24]. The drivers were Simon Dolan, Oliver Turvey and Harry Tincknell. Brady Brand is the official apparel partner of newly-formed Hertz Team JOTA, which will participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other races in the World Endurance Championship series. Amazingly, the car was on the track on Friday afternoon, and started the race on Sunday. The following year, the team raced in the Renault Clio V6 Trophy as well as taking the Honda Integra to 24 Hours Nrburgring for a second year. Roman Rusinov, Nathanael Berthon and Rene Rast were announced as the driver line up for the 2016 FIA WEC season. Jota co-owner David Clark revealed last summer the team would race in the FIA WEC. We can shelve as many new problems as possible. In addition to Hignett and Stack, Haruki Kurosawa, Gregor Fisken, Sam Hancock and Jason Tahincioglu drove for the team during the season. Were doing all we can this winter to be as ready as we can. He was 82. Daniel Lloyd is a UK-based reporter for Sportscar365, covering the FIA World Endurance Championship, Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, among other series. Doing what were doing, the satisfaction and sense of achievement far outway any aggro, but if the balance swung the other way. "We have enjoyed hard-won success at a global level in recent years, particularly at Le Mans He had some incidents during the year, which gave us some delays in each of the other three meetings, but in other respects, he was exactly the kind of driver we needed.. Hertz Team JOTA has revealed its livery for the upcoming FIA WEC season featuring NFL star Tom Brady's brand prominently on the vehicle. So Bob and Jacob got their tools out, and had a look at the problem. Dallas Jones, longtime owner of Beech Bend Raceway and other Division 3 tracks, died Feb. 25. All rights reserved. Theres definitely a special opportunity next year. Hertz Team JOTA announced Wednesday that Brady's apparel brand will serve as their official apparel partner and as a sponsor . Its No. Our race teams both in the World Endurance Championship and GT World Challenge Europe, boast an enviable depth of talent and resource capable of tackling any challenge. Since 2020, he has opposed measures by the United Kingdom government linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and has made legal challenges to government decisions. Copyright 2023 John Dagys Media, LLC. 2005 is going to be a rather unique chance for the Zyteks, isnt it? The team's good performance continued throughout the season and was capped with a victory in the final race of the season at Estoril, in Portugal. The skin are 4k maximum size, with antialiasing pixel 0, all is made by a vector for don't loss any compressions. The number of cars has not been specified, however Sportscar365 understands that a two-car full-season effort is in the works. There was trouble brewing in a pre-race test at Vallelunga though, with Gianni Collini at the wheel. So what about the LMES then, perhaps with one less competitor? JOTA drivers proud of title in LMP2's "most competitive" year. [2], Started in 2000 by, then university student in materials engineering, Sam Hignett and racing driver John Stack, Team Jota's first car was a Honda Integra built specifically for endurance racing. Hignett and Stack were joined by Gianni Collini and they finished 6th overall in the championship and 13th in the drivers standings. Hancock and Dolan were much more successful at 6 Hours of Spa, where they took the class win. We're all looking forward to competing at the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours later this year. [7], According to Companies House, which list his directorships, Dolan is resident in Monaco[8] and in France. We learnt the circuits, and how Europeans go racing, but we really wanted to be in sportscar racing. [28] With the advent of their Hypercar program and continued presence in LMP2, Jota paused their factory GT3 program for 2023.[29]. I know there have been quite a lot of comments from others about it, but they are bending over backwards to help us. [22] Car 38 driven by Anthony Davidson, Antnio Flix da Costa and Roberto Gonzalez finished second in class, 6th overall, at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans whilst car 37, partnered with Jackie Chan DC Racing, driven by Ho-Pin Tung, Will Stevens and Gabriel Aubry failed to finish. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Wed learnt all we needed to know about that championship (which stopped anyway then), and were ready to move up to what?. Team co-owner David Clark, who was the director of McLaren Cars when it won Le Mans in 1995 and oversaw its title double in the BPR Global Endurance championship in 1995-96, told Motorsport.com that the collaboration between JOTA and McLaren will be terrific. I cant tell you what they actually do for others because thats confidential, but I know the partnership with Jota has worked for them. Our interest is in prototypes, but if we had to run a GTS car, we would. The new car was used also in the FIA World Endurance Championship. "BRADY and Hertz are great brands that pride themselves on teamwork, determination and providing a seamless experience, making this the perfect partnership. JOTA evolved from a simple idea; combining our passions for motorsport and technology to achieve excellence in our field. The team is based in Tunbridge Wells in England. The team's highest placing during the Le Mans Series Championship was fifth in class at Spa-Francorchamps and Estoril, with a DNF at Le Mans 24 Hours. To go into Le Mans as your first scrutineering, with the increased level of inspection and due diligence thats done, it would be a nightmare. Simon Dolan (born 20 May 1969) is a British businessman and investor who made his fortune through accountancy services. RACER's 2023 IndyCar season preview: Ed Carpenter Racing, RACER's 2023 IndyCar season preview: Dale Coyne Racing. Meanwhile, Samantha Groombridge, Bob Friend and Jacob Jones have had the car to pieces and have looked at every area where even the tiniest of changes might make the Zytek easier to run. At Laguna Seca, Johansson and Mowlem finished seventh overall. In 2010, Jota Sport continued to compete with Ligier JS49 in the V de V Championship and the UK Speed Series, earning three wins in both series. The skin are 4k maximum size, with antialiasing pixel 0, all is made by a vector for don . Next year though will be different. For the third year running, car 38 was second 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship and car 28 took third place. Well know more about the opposition in the LMES (and perhaps Le Mans) on November 25, perhaps it will be more formidable than Sam Hignett or other participants are currently expecting? The most successful year followed: Jota Sport ran with Zytek Z11SN-Nissan for a third consecutive year and they finally took the LMP2 class win at 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 2014 and 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours class . Jota returned to the European Le Mans Series with the LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan and also competed at the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Spa-Francorchamps round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Were doing everything to work with them to get delivery of the car.. The championship season featured five races (Spa, Monza, Silverstone, Nurburgring, and Istanbul) and four drivers were driving Team Jotas car together with Hignett and Stack. The reliability has been a testament to our guys here and to everyone at Zytek. 0 Comments, by Graham Goodwin Founded as Team Jota by Sam Hignett and John Stack, Jota Sport is part of the Jota Group which is owned by Sam Hignett and David Clark. Jota Sports Le Mans winning crew: Oliver Turvey, Harry Tincknell and Simon Dolan. 48 Oreca 07 Gibson for next months 1000 Miles of Sebring was confirmed in Wednesdays entry list reveal, while Clark and Hignett later confirmed plans to contest the 6 Hours of Portimao on April 16. Finances reared their ugly head of course, and the original Reynard / YGK / DBA was very appealing, but we could only afford to buy the car. [4][5], Dolan established Dolan Accountancy in 2017. Part of MOTORSPORT NETWORK, Stubby Grove Farm, Bells Yew Green, Frant, Kent TN3 9BT. 38 cars first appearance on the Hypercar grid. LMP2 squad JOTA steps up to Hypercar with Porsche 963 program; Hertz named title sponsor. She designs parts for the car, but also answers the phone, she has the whole range of skills!, Looking after the car are Bob Friend and Jacob Jones, and theyre pretty obsessive about caring for the car. Here are Collini and Stack, watching proceedings (Sam Hignett in the Zytek) at the Nurburgring. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. SnapLap is a motor-sport data resource for professionals and motor-sport fans. Copyright 2023 John Dagys Media, LLC. Again running two Oreca 07 LMP2 cars with Gibson Technology 4.2 V8 engines. [21], Dolan has opposed the UK government's adoption of the Pfizer vaccine. Today we are determined to use our forward-thinking attitude to develop JOTA into one of the foremost endurance racing & engineering brands. Dolan was the focus of a 2014 British film, directed by Dolan's business partner[33] Charlotte Fantelli, that followed Jota Sport on their quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category in 2014. The team will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Power House, Isleworth, London TW7 6QG UK. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. The newly developed Ligier JS49 prototype was ran in the Challenge Endurance Proto of the European V de V Sports Championship and also in the UK Speed Series. 10 Le Mans Podiums in 9 years 2022 LMP2 Team FIA Endurance Trophy Winners . Brady won seven Super Bowls as quarterback of both the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and enjoyed exceptional dominance and longevity before finally retiring at the end of the 2022 season. [10], In 2020, Dolan founded Keep Britain Free, a group associated with the British anti-lockdown movement. Danny Watts, Stefan Mucke and Jan Charouz competed with LMP2 Zytek 07S prototype and finished fourth at Petit Le Mans. Founded as Team Jota by Sam Hignett and John Stack, Jota Sport is part of the Jota Group which is owned by Sam Hignett and David Clark. Repblica dominicana, Santo Domingo Norte En este canal estar subiendo contenidos de mecnicas y motocicletas entre otras cosas. Tagged with: Graham Goodwin, Malcolm Cracknell, by Graham Goodwin The team finished 24th overall at Le Mans 24 Hours and fifth in their class. [1] In 1999, Dolan also set up Contractor Umbrella Ltd. SJD Accountancy was acquired in 2014 along with accounting practice Nixon Williams by Sovereign Capital for over 100million. Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is headed to the race track. Asian Le Mans Feb 15, 2021. It has not been disclosed which of the involved parties owns the car for the second confirmed customer Porsche 963 program, which follows JDC-Miller Motorsports confirming that it will run an LMDh car in the WeatherTech Championship next season. Sam Hignett was driving Clio and finished 16th in the championship. [9] They were also commissioned by Mazda Motor Corporation to design, build and run a V4 category MX-5 for the Nurburgring 24 hours. This year saw the team become an Official Partner Team to Aston Martin Racing competing with a GT4 Aston Martin in the Spa 24 Hours and Britcar Silverstone 24 Hours where they took a first in class[5] and second in class respectively. etc. The team also competed in the European Le Mans Series with the same prototype, but without any notable results. Top LMP2 squad JOTA to run McLaren in GTWCE. More Be the first to comment Sam Hancock and Simon Dolan were joined by Chris Buncombe at Le Mans, but they retired after 74 laps. Dolan claims that he was "thrown out of school at 16 with virtually no qualifications" and sold cheese and eggs at a market which taught him "the gift-of-the-gab, commitment to hard graft and strong arithmetic"[1][2] Dolan placed an advertisement offering accountancy services which led to the establishment of SJD Accountancy in Berkhamsted in 1997. The drivers were Hignett, Sack and Kurosawa. They finished 13th overall and 7th in LMP2 class at Le Mans. More archives. Oct 13. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. According to Dolan, people who receive a cheque for nothing are the ones supporting the lockdown" [13], On 1 May 2020, Dolan started proceedings to challenge the UK Government's lockdown decision, suggesting the Government had acted illegally and disproportionately over the COVID-19 lockdown. Partner of USA Today Sports Digital Properties. Team Jota again competed in the final two rounds of the American Le Mans Series for Zytek, finishing fourth overall and third in the LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans with drivers Danny Watts, Stefan Mucke and Jan Charouz. Dolan competed as an amateur driver in international sports car racing, recording a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014. In the Le Mans Series, Jota finished fifth, with third place at Spa as the best result. The brand Team Jota was retired in 2009 and Jota Sport ran the newly developed Ligier JS49 prototype in the European V de V Sports Championship, Challenge Endurance Proto and the UK Speed Series. 2: The Ultimate Endurance Test, Glickenhaus Lineup Confirmed in 37-Car Sebring Entry, Porsche Confirms Eight-Driver Lineup for Works LMDh Program, Watch WEC Full Access 24H Le Mans Episode 1. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. [11] Jota Sport ended the year with a third place in the European Le Mans Series, achieving a first, second and two third places during the Championship, as well as a first in class, ninth overall at the FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps. [25] Car 28, driven by Oliver Rasmussen, Ed Jones and Jonathan Aberdein, finished third in class, 7th overall, at Le Mans and finished the WEC in 6th place. Then Zytek approached us, and we managed to find the funds to buy the car, so suddenly there we were, from SR2 to a top car, perhaps the top car, in LMP1. The drivers? [3], Dolan began investing in start-up companies via Twitter in 2010, initially offering a 5million investment pot for successful business pitches on the social networking site, earning himself the nickname "Twitter Dragon". Jota Sport is a British racing team founded in 2000 that competed mostly in the sports car endurance races, and its biggest achievement is the LMP2 class win at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. Car 38 was driven by Ho-Pin Tung, Stephane Richelmi and Gabriel Aubry. Photos: Jota Sport FB, motorsport.com, jotagroup.com, dailysportscar.com. Then theres the weight that has to be added for 2005, well add it at floor level, plus a reduction in restrictor size, with Zytek themselves taking charge (of course) of the engine development that will be required. 2019. Link Digital, NOLA Replaces Ozarks International For Round 2 of GT World Challenge America, Join the conversation across Facebook, Twitter & Instagram, DSC Retro: Looking Back To British GTs In 1999, DSC Oldie But Goldie, The First Ever GT3 Race. FIA WEC: Texan victory for Rebellion Racing, FIA WEC: Toyotas winning streak has ended at Shanghai 4 Hours, IDEC Sport clinched ELMS title with a victory at Algarve. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. JOTA strategy spoiled by lack of Fuji full-course yellows. The three-time Le Mans class-winning team will field a . [11], Dolan is the author of a book outlining the achievements of former US President Donald Trump entitled Trump: the Hidden Halo that was published in April 2021 with a foreword by Nigel Farage. Car participated in the Championship former Nissan Supercars engineer Nathan McColl will head up programme! 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