Australian Cameron Donald will contest this weekend’s Le Mans 24-Hour event with the Honda TT Legends squad alongside John McGuinness and Keith Amor.

With three rounds of the 2011 Endurance World Championship, the Isle of Man TT and the Ulster GP already complete, it is now time for the Honda TT Legends to tackle a classic endurance event – the Le Mans 24-Hour.

The team will head out to France this week for the fourth and penultimate EWC round on 24-25 September.

Road racing experts McGuinness, Amor and Donald, who is standing in for injured rider Steve Plater, will compete in the team’s second 24-hour race of the year.

The EWC season opened in April with the Bol d’Or 24-hour, where the Honda TT Legends managed a very respectable fifth place finish. The aim for Le Mans is to improve on that position to place inside the top four.

“I’m really excited about doing my first 24-hour race,” Donald said. “We had a positive test a couple of weeks ago, which was my first experience of the Le Mans circuit and it really is a fantastic track. There aren’t a lot of places to rest so it’s going to be tough but there are plenty of passing spots and it’s great to ride.

“I went to the Bol d’Or as reserve rider for the TT Legends so I didn’t race but the atmosphere there was amazing. I’m really looking forward to getting out there and racing at Le Mans.”

Having completed a successful two-day test at the famous circuit just three weeks ago, the whole team is in a positive frame of mind and looking forward to the challenge of the legendary ‘24 Heures Moto’.