The Team Will Enter Two Cars for the Full Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Already fiercely competitive, the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) field for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship became even stronger with the announcement today that United Autosports intends to enter a pair of LMP2 cars for the 2024 season.
The team competed in four IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup events in 2021 and ’22, posting a best finish of third place in the 2021 Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. But next year will mark its first full-season WeatherTech Championship foray, paired with LMP2 programs in the European and Asian Le Mans Series.
“Our first full season in IMSA – this is going to be great,” said Zak Brown, United Autosports chairman. “Of course, I love racing in my home country – but more than that, it’s an evolutionary step for United Autosports. We’re an Anglo-American team with our headquarters in the U.K. and now an opportunity to grow our base and brand in the U.S. … all while continuing to compete around the world at the forefront of European and Asian endurance racing. It’s an exciting challenge and a great opportunity for the whole team.”
Part of that opportunity, according to United Autosports CEO Richard Dean, is setting up a U.S. base for the WeatherTech Championship operation. Driver lineups have yet to be named.
“We have raced in IMSA before but never for a full season, and we have always had ambitions to take on and win in the IMSA series,” Dean said. “The racing in IMSA is as pure as it gets, the drivers love it, the fans love it and we will do everything we can to rise to the challenge.”
Earlier this year, IMSA announced that the current LMP2 platform will remain eligible to race in the WeatherTech Championship through 2025. Response from potential new entrants has been strong.
“We have been delighted by the interest we’ve received from world-class race teams in joining our series on a full-time basis,” IMSA President John Doonan said. “United Autosports clearly fits into that category. LMP2 has come a long way in the WeatherTech Championship over the past couple of seasons and we believe the best is yet to come in 2024 and beyond.”