The FIA has released an updated entry list for the next round of the World Endurance Championship Super Season. The 1000 Miles of Sebring is set to take place on March 15th and will see Corvette Racing make their WEC return after a one-off appearance at the 6 Hours of Shanghai.
The team will enter a single car, with the #67 car piloted by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and Mike Rockenfeller.
In LMP1, ex Williams Formula 1 driver Sergey Sirotkon will replace Matevos Isaakyan at SMP Racing, teaming up with Stéphane Sarrazin and Egor Orudzhev in the #17 BR Engineering BR1 – AER. Rebellion Racing also makes a driver change, as Nathanaël Berthon makes his team debut, replacing Mathias Beche in the #3 car, teaming up with Gustavo Menezes and Thomas Laurent.
In LMP2, the most noticable change comes from Jackie Chan DC Racing, with the team completely altering the line-up of the #37 ORECA. The previous line-up of Jazeman Jaafar, Nabil Jeffri and Weiron Tan is out, and will be replaced by the trio of David Heinemeier Hansson, Will Stevens and Jordan King. In a statement regarding the switch, the team had to make the switch “due to regrettable circumstances beyond the control of any of the drivers”.
In GTE, BMW Team MTEK has confirmed a pair of third drivers in the form of Alexander Sims and Augusto Farfus, the latter driver just coming off a class win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Several driver lineups are yet to be fully confirmed, including that of the #11 SMP Racing LMP1 entry, both Chip Ganassi Racing Fords and the #88 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR in GTE Am.
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