Aston Martin team withdraws from LeMans
In compliance with the ACO regulations the place left vacant by the Aston Martin’s withdrawal goes to the first reserve car on the list of invitations, no matter what its category: namely, the Ferrari 430 GT (LM GT2) entered by the Seattle Advanced Engineering team.
From a media point of view, this announcement is going to have repercussions far beyond the world of endurance, as all the fans of the TV Series Grey’s Anatomy will be in seventh heaven! Patrick Dempsey (alias Doctor Shepherd) will be at the start of his first Le Mans 24 Hours as he is part of the Seattle team’s driver line-up (which carries the colors of Cardiac Surgery sponsorship).
He already has a lot of experience in the United States but is a newcomer to the mythic Le Mans circuit, so he will have to do at least ten laps of the track in his car during free practice on Wednesday 10th June.