Eric van de Poele joins Team Bentley

Team Bentley is delighted to announce that Eric van de Poele will be joining them to drive at the famed Le Mans 24-hour race in June. He will share the driving of the Number Eight Bentley EXP Speed 8 with Andy Wallace and Butch Leitzinger, both of whom are former team-mates.

Eric has been nominated as a replacement driver for James Weaver who has played a lead role throughout the development of the Bentley EXP Speed 8, but who has now parted from the Team by mutual consent. Van de Poele joins Team Bentley from Dick Barbour Racing who have generously released him from his Le Mans contract.

Eric, 39, brings to the team a wealth of experience and proven ability in sportscar racing. He is one of very few drivers to have scored back to back victories in the Sebring 12-hours and he has raced at Le Mans seven times, winning the Le Mans Prototype category in 1998 despite having to drive over half the race himself due to a team-mate falling ill.