The Sumo Power GT team has announced that British drivers Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes will share the second of the team’s Nissan GT-Rs.
They will join Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck, who were confirmed last month.
Campbell-Walter was the 2000 FIA GT champion, driving a Lister Storm with Julian Bailey, and a regular in the FIA GT Championship between 2000 and 2004, with 12 overall victories and seven pole positions.
He held the record for the number of the FIA GT wins until 2008, when he was overtaken by Swiss Racing Team’s Karl Wendlinger who has recorded 17 wins.
Campbell-Walter, 37, has made five visits to the Le Mans 24-Hours as well as running in the FIA and British GT Championships over the past 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 said.
“I’m looking forward to being back in a GT Championship, especially one which visits so many good circuits in so many different countries.”
Hughes, 41, has spent the past nine seasons in either GT or Touring cars. A veteran of six Le Mans appearances he is delighted to be joining Sumo Power GT for a full World Championship campaign.
“When I first heard about the FIA GT1 World Championship and the venues it visits I immediately wanted to be involved,” he said.
“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.”
Commenting on this latest appointment of drivers, Team Manager Allen Orchard said: “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.
“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 scheduled to test its two Nissans next week at Silverstone. It will then begin preparations for the cars’ departure to Abu Dhabi for the first race of the season on 17 April.
