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14th/15th June 2008

AMR Team Drivers Meet the Press, Thursday Afternoon, 12th June 2008
An informal gathering at the AMR facility in the paddock gave me the opportunity to take some informal shots of key people in the team. Also on display was a prototype of the GT2 V8 Vantage, a car that will certainly appear in the 2009 running of the 24 hour race.

The Drivers of 007

Heinz-Harold Frentzen, 41 year old former F1 and DTM driver, this will only be Heinz-Harold's second Le Mans and the first time in an AM Karl Wendlinger, former F1 and DTM driver. Regular driver of the JetAlliance DBR9 in the FIA GT championship. Andrea Piccini, Italian driver experienced in endurance sportscar racing. Runner up at Le Mans in GT1 for AMR driving 007 in 2006
The Drivers of 009

David Brabham - Australian born David has Formula 1 experience and has driven a DBR9 at Le Mans in both 2005 (AMR) and 6 (Team Modena). David drove the Le Mans GT1 winning DBR9 in 2007. Antonio Garcia, 28 year old Spaniard with two previous LM drives in the privately run Team Modena DBR9. Darren  Turner, 34, is the only Britons driving for AMR. Regularly seen driving the works DBR9  Took the DBR9 to 3rd place in GT1 in 2005, 2nd place in 2006 and 1st in 2007.
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