The terrible earthquake that struck Japan the month of March has claimed one of its first victims in the world of the competition. Highcroft Racing has announced that it will not be present in the 24 hours of Le Mans, test for which they had obtained a flat, nor participate in the International Le Mans Cup tests.
Duncan Dayton team reported that after what happened in Japan, Honda has decided to cut all their effort, and money for reconstruction, ruling out "wasteful" spending. Without the support from Honda, both economic and logistical, Highcroft Racing has no possibility of meeting the great challenge of participating in the 24 hours of Le Mans. In this way, the HPD ARX-01e premiered successfully in the past 12 hours of Sebring, may not be measured of your your with the giant diesel from Audi and Peugeot in the event par excellence of the calendar of the resistance.
Highcroft Racing has been grateful to Acura, Honda Performance Development and Wirth Research the five years we have worked together. From now on, the American structure will look for new projects. The plaza frees Highcroft Racing already has been cubiertal. Aston Martin-Lola from the Belgian Kronos Racing team in collaboration with Marc VDS Racing was the first in the list of alternates. Maxime Martin, Vanina Ickx and Bas Leinders are pilots chosen by the team of Marc van Dalen.
