Taurus Drivers (In The Judd-Powered Car)
Benjamin Leuenberger, Didier Andre, Christian Vann and Alex Müller were all driving a Taurus Sports Lola B2K / 10 Judd at Snetterton today – the ex-Intersport chassis, which was raced at Sebring.

Christian Vann confirmed that he, Andre and Leuenberger are in this car for Le Mans.

“Benjamin and Alex have signed to drive the Judd-powered car in the four LMES events, and I’m hoping to find the budget to join them,” confirmed Vann.

Benjamin Leuenberger had his first try in the Lola yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, and was enjoying the way the Judd engine revs., compared to the Panoz he drove last year. “We were struggling to get heat into the tyres this morning because it was quite cold. The next time I’ll drive it will be at the Le Mans Test next week.”

Christian Vann last raced a Taurus Sports Lola at Monza last year, and suggested that the Leuenberger / Andre / himself combination would be a good one for Le Mans – “all experienced, and all similar pace.”

Meanwhile Alex Müller was enjoying his first drive in a sports prototype, and impressed everyone with his speed straight away, which is what you’d expect of an experienced F3000 driver (right).

Here is Christian Vann (below) returning to the pits after a Thursday morning run round Snetterton.

More from Taurus once we've caught up with Ian Dawson.