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On the 90th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, ORECA Group president and former champion driver Hugues de Chaunac will receive the prestigious 2013 Spirit of Le Mans award.

The successful pair will form a partnership to design and build an all-new LMP1 for Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship.

Testing runs from 0900 – 1800 hours (with a break between 1300-1400 h) and is open to the race’s 56 entrants plus some special invitational cars.

Sixty years after his grandfather won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Archie Hamilton will make his debut with the Delta-ADR Oreca Nissan at the historic event.

Eric Thompson, the first driver to be honoured as he will be the first to be inducted into the Le Mans Drivers Hall of Fame

"Le Mans remains an important objective for us and we are starting the work today to be there in 2014 in accordance with our ambitions," explains Dominique Heintz, team manager.

As reported earlier in the week, the famous Renault brand Alpine will be returning to sportscars this year. It's official.

Exceptional cars and top-line drivers plus stars will be ready for the 90th Anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Along side their GT and French Porsche Carrera Cup programs, Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter the European Le Mans Series

Stephen Errity, Le Mans Correspondent