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A Hong Kong team is poised to make history by flying the bauhinia flag at the world’s greatest sports car race – the Le Mans 24 Hours. It will be the first time ever that a car owned and sponsored by SAR companies and piloted by Hong Kong drivers has gone wheel to wheel with the world’s best in the famous endurance classic. 

The ambitious project is being spearheaded by Hong Kong driver and reigning Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia champion Matthew Marsh. The team, Noble Group-GruppeM Racing, will run a Porsche GT3 RSR with a distinctive yellow, white and red livery that features a large bauhinia on the roof.

 

The road to Le Mans will begin with four races this year in the Le Mans Endurance Series in Europe – each event is 1,000km and lasts about six hours – followed by a trip to the 12 Hours of Sebring race in Florida next March. The team hopes that good results in those five outings will be enough to secure an invitation to the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 2006.

The project has been made possible by the support and enthusiasm of two Hong Kong companies (Noble Group and the William E Connor Group) and the Chinese-owned GruppeM Racing team - one of only two teams worldwide to carry Porsche “factory supported” status.

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