Jerome Policand revealed to Autosport that he did not believe WRT boss Vincent Vosse’s offer to race with the seven-time MotoGP champion aboard one of his team’s BMW M4 GT3s in the support event on the bill of this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours.
“Vincent called me and said, ‘Do you want to drive in the Road to Le Mans race,” said Policand, a veteran of 13 Le Mans starts who now runs the Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes team that races against WRT in the GT World Challenge Europe.
“Then he said he wanted me to drive with Valentino. I thought it was a joke, but when he told me that he was serious, what was I going to say?
“I’m 58 and I’m getting the chance to drive with Valentino on a circuit I love, so I was always going to say yes.”
Vosse revealed that he targeted Policand to take the spot in the line-up for the mandatory bronze-rated driver for his Le Mans experience.
“I needed a bronze and I wanted someone with good experience of Le Mans, so I thought of Jerome,” said Vosse. “He was the perfect choice to help Valentino on his first time at Le Mans.”
Source: Autosport