Jason Bright has landed in France ahead of his debut assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar endurance race this weekend.
The V8 Supercars star will compete in the iconic race in 8Star Motorsports's No.81 Ferrari 458 in the LM GTE Am-class, co-driving with Venezuelan team owner Enzo Potolicchio and Portugual's Rui Aguas.
The Brad Jones Racing driver has had a hectic few weeks, flying back and forth between Le Mans and Australia.
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After flying over to compete in the compulsory test day two weeks ago, Bright flew back for the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley last weekend.
With his flights carefully scheduled to get him to Le Mans in time to pass scrutineering on Monday, Bright had to bolt to Darwin airport as soon as the final V8 race wrapped up to make a 6:20pm flight.
"My weekend, coming back from Darwin has been very successful. I managed to make my plane!" Bright told SPEED.com.
"It was very tight after finishing the [V8] race in Darwin to get to the flight. I had a small connection in Singapore and then straight into Paris.
"It was actually quite painless getting here compared to what I was concerned about."
Bright is one of three Australians taking part in the race this year, with Ryan Briscoe and John Martin competing in the LM P2 class.
Practice begins Wednesday local time with a four hour session, ahead of the opening night-time qualifying session later that day.
Two more qualifying sessions follow on Thursday, with a Saturday morning warm-up session the only other running ahead of the race.
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