With Seb Priaulx departing the GTD PRO-championship-leading AO Racing squad, Julien Andlauer will be a part of Laurin Heinrich for the Highway America spherical of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Andlauer replaces Priaulx in the drivers‘ seat of the No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R. The No. 77 will carry the pink “Roxy” livery at Highway America as an alternative of its regular inexperienced “Rexy” guise.
“I’m tremendous excited to be again in IMSA, and to affix the AO Racing Group which has been very profitable to this point,” mentioned Andlauer. “I’m actually trying ahead to leaping within the automotive and giving the utmost to offer my greatest effort for the group to have an excellent probability for the championship.
“I don’t know Highway America but, nevertheless it seems to be to be an incredible observe, and I hope it could actually go well with our stunning Roxy. I’ll battle nicely and sit up for being there and dealing with the whole group.”
The French Porsche Driver and former Porsche Junior Driver is a outstanding title within the motorsport group, with wins on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, within the FIA World Endurance Championship, the Asian Le Mans Sequence, and the European Le Mans Sequence. He’s a championship-winning driver in each the Porsche Carrera Cup France (2017) and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (2019).
“We’re excited to welcome Julien to AO Racing for Highway America,” mentioned AO Racing Group Principal Gunnar Jeannette. “We’ve raced in opposition to him in lots of championships throughout the globe and might’t wait to see what he can do with Roxy at our house race.”
AO racing has been main the GTD PRO championship on the energy of two victories from Heinrich and Priaulx, however rising commitments from Multimatic Motorsports, for whom Priaulx is a contracted driver, means Priaulx needed to step away from the group. Andlauer will be a part of for Highway America, however a driver for the remaining rounds at VIR, Indianapolis and Motul petit Le Mans has not been named.
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will characteristic in a 2h40m race at Highway America on Aug. 4, the primary and solely time all 4 courses are current for a dash race this season. The race can be streamed dwell on Peacock starting at 3 p.m. Jap on Aug. 4.
