Former grand prix driver Marc Gene is likely to return to Nissan's World Endurance Championship lineup this season, despite stepping down into an advisory role for next month's Le Mans 24 Hours.Nissan global motorsport boss Darren Cox insisted that the Spaniard had an ongoing agreement with the Japanese manufacturer that...

Former Le Mans 24 Hours winner Marc Gene has stepped down from Nissan's driver lineup for this year's race. The Spaniard, who won at Le Mans with Peugeot in 2009, was due to race the #23 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO together with Max Chilton and Jann Mardenborough, but he has...

Nissan has revealed the driver combinations for its LMP1 assault on this year's World Endurance Championship.Olivier Pla and Harry Tincknell will share the #22 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO together with Michael Krumm, who will only contest the opening three races, up to and including the Le Mans 24 Hours in...

Ex-Formula 1 driver Max Chilton will race the new Nissan GT-R LM NISMO in the World Endurance Championship this season. The 23-year-old Briton, who raced for Marussia in 2013-14, has landed a full-season drive and fills the final spot in Nissan's two-car LMP1 squad for the start of the season."My...

A second wave of drivers announced for Nissan's 2015 assault on the World Endurance Championship with the radical GT-R LM NISMO includes LMP2 frontrunners Harry Tincknell and Olivier Pla.Tincknell and Pla have been unveiled as full-season drivers in the Japanese manufacturer's two-car LMP1 assault on the WEC along with reigning...

Related StoriesThe first driver of Nissan’s Le Mans challenger, the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO, has been revealed as Marc Gene. The Spanish ace has an exemplary record in LM P1 racing with eight LM P1 Le Mans 24 Hours races under his belt. Gene’s experience is much in demand and...

Mat Fernandez, DailySportsCar.com The Porsche Curves section of the Circuit de 24 Heures was built in 1972 in an attempt by the ACO not only to create a permanent track for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but also in order to bypass the ultra-fast and dangerous Maison Blanche section....

Jean-Eric Vergne will join Ferrari's Formula 1 test roster for 2015, with the ex-Toro Rosso racer focusing on simulator work for the Italian team.The 24-year-old Frenchman lost his Toro Rosso race seat at the end of 2014 after three seasons, as the team opted for an all-rookie line-up of Carlos...

RACER.com's extensive coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is presented by WEC. Visit circuitoftheamericas.com/wectudor Marc Gene is aiming to extend his career as an LMP1 driver after finishing second in last weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours on his recall to Audi. The Spaniard, who was relegated from Audi's...

Loic Duval will not be allowed to take part in this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours after crashing heavily in his Audi R18 e-tron quattro during practice. Duval escaped from the accident, in which the Audi became airborne in the Porsche Curves and slammed into a debris fence, with only...