Bridger confirms GT race deal

Former British F3 runner Jay Bridger to make sportscar debut at the Nurburgring this coming weekend
Jay Bridger (GBR) - Litespeed F3/Bridger Motorsport Mugen Honda
Jay Bridger (GBR) - Litespeed F3/Bridger Motorsport Mugen Honda
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Former National Class title winner Jay Bridger has✨ announced that he has signed a deal to drive Lake M𒐪otorsport's Porsche 911 GT3 in the final VLN endurance round at the Nurburgring this weekend, October 31.

Bridger, who tested for the 💛team at Silverstone recently, will drive the ex-RPM Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 alongside team boss Ben Lake😼 in the four-hour VLN finale, the event marking his first race outing in a GT car.

Be💞rlin-based Lake Motorsport has opted to take in the event ahead of a full campaign in the German VLN series and at the Nurburgring 24 hours in 2010.

"I enjoyed driving the Porsche at Silvers🔯tone," said Bridger, who won the British F3 National Class in 2008 before stepping up the Championship Class this year. "To drive it around the awesome Nurburging will be a real challenge and a great introduction to GT racing, but it is one I am really looking forward to it."

"Jay went really well in the Silverstone test," Lake adde📖d, "and we look forward to running him at the Nurburgring.

"It is a new category of racing for Jay and I'm sure he will adapt really well to endurance racing.🅺"

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