Since retiring from F1 and his subsequent sportscar profession, the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix victor has made plenty of appearances in historic equipment, together with competing on the Goodwood Revival and within the Monaco GP Historique.
His newest is because of be on 7-8 April in V de V’s six-hour contest that’s a part of the Grand Prix de France Historique assembly at Paul Ricard, the circuit that Alesi has recently been appointed president of.
He’s set to share the Elan with sportscar racer Philippe Gache – who competed in junior single-seaters towards Alesi, together with when the latter gained the 1989 Components 3000 title – together with rally competitor Jean-Pierre Richelmi and Richelmi’s son Stephane, the 2016 World Endurance Championship LMP2 title-winner.
“It’s going to be a one-off,” Alesi instructed Autosport.
“I’ve had this plan to race with my {old} pal Philippe Gache for a very long time, who’s going to run the Lotus from his SMG manufacturing unit, and the automotive’s proprietor is Jean-Pierre Richelmi, and now we have his son Stephane within the line-up too, so the plan is for the child to do all of the driving because it’s a really lengthy race!
“Now I’m the president of the observe, I feel I’ll put a particular sticker on the again of the automotive – ‘Care for the President’ – so that they should deal with me like they might with [Emmanuel] Macron!
“I’d like to have a racing programme for some extra enjoyable occasions like this, however that is only a one-shot in a pleasant automotive with mates.”
The race is open to a big selection of GTs, tin-tops and sports-racers from the mid-Sixties to 1990, with plenty of Porsche 911s being joined by the likes of a Ford GT40 and a number of other BMW saloons.
There may be one British crew among the many entry, the Equipe Rosbif Tiga SC83 of Ross and Charlie Hyett that additionally tackled final November’s 24-hour race at Paul Ricard however suffered myriad clutch and brake points.