“It is as a direct result of the success of Hypercar, which for the sport as a whole can only be a good thing," he said. Photo by: Richard Dole / Motorsport Imagesĭean described the disappearance of P2 from the WEC as “a shame”, but said he understood the decision made by series organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.
#22 United Autosports Oreca LMP2 07: James McGuire, Guy Smith, Duncan Tappy “This has given us the necessary kick up the backside to go and do it.” “It’s easy for us to say that we have always wanted to do a full season in IMSA right now, but it’s true,” he told Autosport. He revealed that competing in IMSA full-time was a long-held ambition for United after taking in a total of eight races in the North American series since 2018. Team boss Richard Dean explained that the “redirection of our entire WEC team” to IMSA was for the “foreseeable future”. United, which is co-owned by McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown, will make its first full-season IMSA assault with a pair of ORECA-Gibson 07s while continuing to compete in both the European and Asian Le Mans Series next year.
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