NEWS // SUMO POWER SIGNS HUGHES & CAMPBELL-WALTER

The Sumo Power GT team just signed Warren Hughes and Jamie Campbell-Walter as its second set of drivers for the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship. Hughes and Campbell-Walter join Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck, and will pilot the all-new V8 powered Nissan GT-R GT1 race car... [read more]

Hughes, who has spent the last nine years competing in either GT or Touring car racing, as well as six tries at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, to include an LMP2 class victory, is excited to be joining the Sumo Power GT team for the 2010 season.

“When I first heard about the FIA GT1 World Championship and the venues it visits I immediately wanted to be involved”, said Hughes. “Once I had been invited to test with the Sumo Power GT team I was really hoping that I would be offered a seat, so to finally secure a drive is a fantastic opportunity.”

Campbell-Walter, another driver to have raced at Le Mans, has also raced in the the Le Mans Series, as well as the FIA and British GT Championships during the last 13 years.

“I'm over the moon to be get the drive with Sumo Power GT this season and it's great to be involved with a new championship and a new team right from the start,” he added. “I'm looking forward to being back in a GT Championship, especially one which visits so many good circuits in so many different countries.”

Both Hughes and Campbell-Walter drove the Sumo GT-R during a recent GT1 test at the Snetterton Circuit in the UK, and were impressed with its performance.

“We have been making such good progress with the performance of the cars we felt we needed to have a strong pairing of drivers in our second GT-R,” said team manager, Allen Orchard. “We therefore opted for Warren and Jamie, instead of two drivers who are there because of the budget they bring with them. I'm delighted that we now have one of the best driver line-ups on the grid.”

The team is schedule to test both of its GT-Rs at Silverstone in the next few days, before preparing for the first race of the innaguaral FIA GT1 World Championship, scheduled for April 17th at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

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Editorial: Justin W. Coffey