Valentino Rossi This is the great novelty of the list of registered categories LMGT3 for him 2024 World Endurance Championship (WEC). The official list of entries was announced this Monday and Italian is the big news in a recently created category.
A seven-time MotoGP world champion, he will race the entire season on a BMW M from Belgian team WRT, with the 24 Hours of Le Mans in his sights. It is in a LMGT3 category already replaces LMGTE Am.
It is expected, therefore, that Rossi is one of the participants in the 24 Hours of Le Mansthe high point of the season which will take place between June 15 and 16. Of course, this is not his first major contact with the resistance, as he has already won a test related to Le Mans held in Sarthe in June.
“This past season helped me get familiar with the carbut the adventure will be new to me because of the format, with three drivers from three different categories,” explained Rossi. At the moment, the identity of his two teammates is unknown.
The list of participants includes other celebrities from the world of motorsport. This is the case of Robert Kubica, which will compete in the main Hypercar category, which will consist of nineteen cars. Kubica won this 2023 in LMP2, a category that is missing. Besides, Mick Schumacher He will debut in the premier category with Alpine, one of the fourteen manufacturers that will participate in the championship. It will be a list of brands in WEC history.
Source: La Verdad
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