Eduardo Barrichello, son of former F1 driver Rubens, is about to embark on an FIA WEC marketing campaign for the primary time in 2025, racing within the LMGT3 class.
The 23-year-old Brazillian has been introduced at this time because the third and ultimate driver in Aston Martin buyer group Racing Spirit of Léman’s WEC line-up.
He’ll race with the Swiss-flagged, Haute-Savoie-based outfit alongside American Derek Deboer and AMR manufacturing facility driver Valentin Hasse Clot within the group’s No. 10 Vantage AMR LMGT3 EVO.
He joins the group after spending two full seasons within the Inventory Automobile Professional Sequence (South America’s premier touring automobile championship) with Mobil Ale Full Time. Over the previous two years, he amassed three race wins and completed third within the standings in 2024.
Barrichello completes a lineup which the group hopes to compete for a title with throughout its first 12 months on the world stage.
Racing Spirit of Léman could also be new to the FIA WEC, however it’s not new to sportscar racing. It has spent current years competing within the extremely aggressive European Le Mans Sequence and Le Mans Cup. Within the latter it has received a number of titles, claiming LMP3 honours in 2022 and a GT3 crown final 12 months.
In 2025 it’s stepping up one other rung on the ACO ladder changing Japanese group D’Station Racing in Aston Martin’s two-car lineup for the FIA WEC. It’s going to race with fellow AMR companion group Coronary heart of Racing, which is about to increase its WEC effort with a pair of brand-new Valkyrie AMR-LMHs.
Alongside its new WEC program, Racing Spirit of Léman may even return to the European Le Mans Sequence in 2025 with vehicles entered in each LMP3 and LMGT3.
Hasse Clot is signed up for a European marketing campaign with the group too, he’ll share the No. 59 Vantage with 2024 D’Station WEC drivers Erwan Bastard and Clément Mateu.
