Another Two-car Flying Lizard Porsche Attack In 2010

Braselton, December 13, 2009: Flying Lizard will be back in 2010 with a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs with the team in search of a third straight championship. Photo: Dan Boyd. Click here for Hi-Res Flying Lizard Motorsports will try for its third consecutive American Le Mans Series class championship with two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs in the team’s seventh season of competition in the Series. Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long, both Porsche factory drivers, will reunite in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche to defend their 2009 GT2 driver’s championship title. Team principal Seth Neiman and Darren Law will drive in the No. 44 Porsche.

“We are delighted to return with Porsche for the 2010 season,” said Neiman. “We have a very strong relationship with Porsche: both organizations are committed to being competitive over the long haul. The continuity of being with the same manufacturer for six years allows us a stability that few of our competitors have attained. In my view, that’s how you get better: keep the situation stable so that you can refine and learn.”

Jörg Bergmeister (left) and Patrick Long won six times in 2009 on their way to sharing the GT2 drivers championship. Photo: Dan Boyd. Click here for Hi-Res The Porsches will compete in 2010 in the Series’ GT class, formerly known as GT2. Flying Lizard won the GT2 team title two years in a row: 2009 and 2008. Bergmeister has won two consecutive GT2 drivers’ championships with Flying Lizard: 2009 and 2008 (with Wolf Henzler), and ranks second in Series history with four championships. Long’s two titles have come in tandem with his German teammate – 2005 and 2009.

In the No. 44, Law will join Neiman full time for the season. Law has driven with the Lizards as both a full time and guest driver for the last six years. 2010 will be Neiman’s seventh year in the No. 44 with Flying Lizard.

The team will compete in all nine American Le Mans Series races in 2010 and will participate at the Winter Test at Sebring in late February.

“Next year, the GT field will be extremely tough,” Neiman added. “Our goal is to win the championship again. To do that, we have to improve our performance at the very long races. We must go into every race weekend knowing that our competitors do something important better than we do. We need to find out what that is, learn from them, and then try to do it better. We’ve won two championships in a row and the target is on our back. I expect that pressure will drive us to an even greater focus and intensity in 2010.”

Seth Neiman (in car): "The continuity of being with the same manufacturer for six years allows us a stability that few of our competitors have attained." Photo: Dan Boyd. Click here for Hi-Res The American Le Mans Series will open its 12th season with America’s greatest sports car race, the 58th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida from March 17-20. The green flag will fall at 10:35 a.m. on Saturday, March 20 with live coverage on SPEED.

The annual American Le Mans Series Winter Test is scheduled for February 22-23, also at Sebring International Raceway.