Ram Racing has announced this morning that Jan Magnussen will join its ELMS LMGTE Driver Champions, Johnny Mowlem and Matt Griffin in an all-star driver line up for its entry in the Dubai 24 from 9-11 January.
Magnussen ended his 2013 season as the final ALMS GT Drivers Champion for Corvette Racing and also competed in the 2013 International GT Open, handily enough in a Ferrari 458!
The pro trio will be joined in Dubai by local businessman and Ferrari enthusiast, Cheerag Arya who returns to Ram Racing’s driver line up at the 24 Hours for a second successive year.
Team Principal Dan Shufflebottom:
“It’s quite exciting for us to have an ALMS Champion to add to our driver line up,” comments Dan. “Before he re-signed with Corvette Racing and the various calendars were confirmed, I’d spoken to him about being with the team for 2014. Although a full season with us wasn’t possible, it’s great he agreed to still do Dubai with us.
The former F1 technician, who led the new-for-2013 team to championship success in its inaugural year of competition, added: “Jan, combined with Johnny and Matt, makes for an extremely good line up and I’d say we are definitely looking for good result compared to last year which was our first competition event.”
Jan Magnussen:
“I’m really looking forward to my first Dubai 24H and I think we should have a good shot at success. I’ve got to know the Ferrari GT3 pretty well from the GT Open and I’ve got great faith in Ram Racing and the guys in the team who have proven themselves to be race and championship winners in a very short space of time. It’s going to be an extremely busy January but I’ll just be taking each event as it comes and trying to make sure I don’t miss any flights!”
