SMP Racing withdraws LMP1 entries from 2019/20 WEC season
SMP Racing has announced it will not parti🌼cipate in the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship season and has withdr🎃awn its pair of LMP1 cars.
The Russian squad achieved five podium finishes during the 2018/19 superseason, including finishing third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its #11 BR Engineering BR1 entry driven by Mikhai☂l Aleshin, Vitaly Petrov and Stoffel Vandoorne.
SMP Racing was set to enter two cars again next ꩲseason but confirmed on Monday that is has pulled out, less than three🌸 weeks ahead of the pre-season Prologue test at Barcelona.
SMP Racing has announced it will not participate in the 2019ℱ/20 FIA World Endurance Champioಌnship season and has withdrawn its pair of LMP1 cars.
The Russian squad achieved five podium finishes during the 2018/19 superseason, including finishing third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its #11 BR Engineering BR1 entry driven by Mikhail Aleshin, Vitaly Petrov and Stoffel Vandoorne🐠.
SMP Racing was set to enter two cars again next season but confꦏirmed on Monday that is has pulled out, less than three weeks ahead of the pre-season Prologue test at Barcelona.
“For us 🐎it was a difficult season,” said SMP Rꦬacing boss Boris Rotenberg.
“We worked a lot on our BR1 p𒈔rototype. As a result, we were able to show and prove to everyone that the Russian team, Russian drivers and the Russian car are capable of achieving the highest results in the most difficult world championships and in such a prestigious race as the 24 Hours of Le Mꦑans.
“Thiꦫs is a well-deserved success of everyone who participated in this ambitious ಞproject - drivers, SMP Racing and ART GP, BR Engineering and Dallara.
“Our goal has always been only a v꧂ictory, and we believe that we achieved this victory with the highest possible result✱ in the given circumstances.
“Aꦍfter the final race at Le Mans we decided that SMP Racing will leave the FIA WEC. Our team will not race in 2019-20𒁏20 season.”
SMP Racing's departure from the LMP1 class leaves just three team entries in WEC's꧑ premier class for 2⛦019/20.
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