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Dutch drivers
Robert and Arjan van der Zwaan, regulars in the FIA GT
Championship in previous years, will be making their return
for the Proximus 24 Hours of Spa, where they will be driving
a JMB Racing Maserati MC 12.
“We’re really looking forward to the race,” Arjan van der
Zwaan explained. “Rob and I will share the nr 16 car with
Peter Kutemann and probably Roman Rusinov.”
Although this will be quite a change from the Chrysler Viper
he drove in 2004, Arjan is really looking forward to the
experience. “I think it’s perfect. I haven’t tried the car
yet, so I will go straight into the free practice of the 24
Hours. Compared with the car we used to drive, there is a
lot of help with traction control and things like that,
which we didn’t have in the Viper. I’m not nervous about
driving it. And I heard that the temperature is not high in
the car, compared to the temperature in the Viper. I think
it will be nice to drive. I can’t wait! There are only three
weeks to go, and then hopefully we’ll get 24 hours.”
Zwaans’ Racing created quite a surprise last year, when one
of their two Chrysler Viper cars was placed highly for much
of the race, until problems struck.“ Last year, with the
Vipers, we had to work 110% with the car just to keep
up. This puts too much pressure on it, and then you just
break it,” he admitted.
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JMB Racing drivers
Phillipp Peter and Karl Wendlinger during the test
and circuit acclimatisation day held at the
Spa track |
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The no 16 JMB
Racing Maserati MC12 during the official test
session and introduction for this month's 24 Hours of Spa |
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Undoubtedly one of the toughest line-ups for the Proximus 24
Hours of Spa will be the trio in the nr 15 JMB Racing
Maserati MC 12. Philipp Peter, with two pole positions so
far this season, will join Andrea Bertolini and Karl
Wendlinger, the winners at Magny-Cours.
“The test day went quite well,” Peter said. “Concerning our
development programme we are mostly there with what we want
to achieve, and looking forward to the race. We have a
strong line-up for this race, but there are plenty of strong
teams out there. I think the one who does not make any
mistakes, or not too many, and which does not have any
technical problems, will be the one at the front at the end.
"I don’t know how representative today’s times are, no-one
has put their cards on the table. Some people are working
for the race, others trying to set a qualifying time. Our
main goal was to work on tyre work and on the set-up for the
race. Apart from that, we’ll be going home with some good
ideas. This is going to be my personal highlight of the
season, and I’m really looking forward to it.”
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