United Autosports USA has revealed its full roster of drivers that may compete on this yr’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, because the workforce prepares for its second full season of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship racing.
Within the No.2 ORECA 07, reigning IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar LMP2 Champion and Jim Trueman Award winner Nick Boulle will workforce up with the previously-announced Ben Hanley, in addition to Garnet Patterson from Australia, and Oliver Jarvis, the reigning LMP2 winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 2022 Daytona 24 Hours general winner.
“United Autosports’ historical past of success and dedication to excellence speaks for itself and aligns completely with our ardour for motorsport and for enterprise,” stated Boulle, who joins United after a profitable 2024 season at Inter Europol by PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports. “The United Autosports automotive is likely one of the finest trying on the grid and I can’t wait to hit the monitor on the Roar Earlier than the 24 with this unbelievable workforce and drivers, working collectively to make one thing particular occur.
“It would actually be extremely aggressive in LMP2, however I believe the group concerned on this collectively give us an incredible shot to compete on the highest degree.”
Patterson, a race winner in GT World Problem Australia and an LMP2 podium scorer with United within the Asian Le Mans Sequence, returns to aggressive motorsport after a one-year absence and can make his Rolex 24 debut this month.
“Racing on the Daytona 24 Hours with United Autosports is a real dream. I’m stoked to be making my IMSA debut driving alongside Nick and Ben for the primary time, and to be teaming up with Olly once more. It’s going to be a high-quality area, and I can’t wait to get on the market!” stated Patterson.
“It’s nice to be racing at Daytona with the United Autosports workforce – we took victory collectively at Le Mans final June, and now we’re working onerous in the direction of one other huge end result at this iconic 24-hour race,” added Jarvis. “I’ve been lucky sufficient to rejoice on the Daytona podium 3 times and take the win in 2022 … I can’t wait to get on the market with Nick, Garnet and Ben, understanding we now have the most effective workforce behind us.”
Within the sister No.22 ORECA, the previously-confirmed duo of Daniel Goldburg and Paul di Resta might be accompanied by Sweden’s Rasmus Lindh, and James Allen, the Australian who famously gained LMP2 at Daytona two years in the past in a memorable picture end.
“I’m actually excited for this chance to race with United Autosports,” remarked Lindh, who has 4 IMSA LMP3 podiums, and ran three races with DragonSpeed in 2024. “With such an incredible workforce and co-drivers round me, that is going to be nice!”
“I’m extremely excited to be driving for United Autosports within the 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona,” stated Allen, a two-time LMP2 Professional-Am class winner at Le Mans. “I at all times love racing within the US, particularly at Daytona and United are a workforce who’ve persistently proved themselves on the entrance of the grid, I’m actually trying ahead to being part of it.”
Final yr at Daytona, United Autosports’ No.22 automotive gained pole place and led LMP2 into the evening, however solely got here away with a sixth place end because the No.22 automotive retired from the race. Hanley and Ben Keating later gained the IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Street America within the No.2, whereas the No.22 of Goldburg and Di Resta added a podium within the 12 Hours of Sebring, in third place.
United Autosports CEO Richard Dean remarked: “The Rolex 24 at Daytona is an unbelievable occasion and we’re going there with one objective in thoughts – to win. Now we have two exceptionally robust driver line-ups within the No.2 and No.22 which, backed by the onerous work of the United Autosports USA workforce, I’ve little question will ship outcomes to be very pleased with.”
