Corvette to make WEC return at Lone Star Le Mans
Corvette Racing has confirmed its place on the grid for the FIA World Endurance Championꦓship's Lone Star Le Mans race with a single-car entry.
Corvette's factory programme in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship makes the marque a regulaဣr at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but it expanded into additional WEC entries through the 201🍌8-19 season at Shanghai and Sebring.
The new, mid-engined Corvette C8.R will now join the grid for the up🥂comi﷽ng round at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas on February 23.
Cor𒁏vette Racing has confirmed its place on the grid for the FIA World Endurance Championship's Lone Star Le Mans race with a single-car entry.
Corvette's factory programme in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship makes the marque a regular at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but it expanded intoꦉ additional WEC entries through the 2018-19 season at Shanghai and Sebring.
The new, mid-engined Corvette C8.R will now join the grid for the upcom🐽ing round at the Circuit of Th𝕴e Americas in Austin, Texas on February 23.
It will mark only the second outing for the new C8.🌼R car in race trim following its debut in the Rolex 24 at Daytona at𒈔 the end of January.
The addition of Corvet꧃te to the grid for the race boosts the GTE-Pro class up to seven entries, joining the brace of cars each entered by Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin.
While the driver line-up is still to be confirmed, it is li൩kely to feature two of Corvette's full-season factory IMSA drivers, with a revised crew for 2020 confirmed last month.
Jordan Taylor has joined Corvette in place of Jan Magnussen, partnering Antonio Garcia in the #3 entry for the IMSA se♑ason, while Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner will continue to race together in the #4 car.
