The previous Alfa Romeo Formulation 1 reserve driver will race the British squad’s #12 Porsche 963 LMDh together with staff common Will Stevens and Norman Nato.
Ilott and Nato had been introduced on Monday by Jota for #12 in its expanded two-car Hypercar squad together with Phil Hanson, who will race the #38 automotive along with Oliver Rasmussen and a yet-to-be-determined third driver.
Twenty-five-year-old Ilott landed the Jota drive after a profitable check within the staff’s first 963 at Qatar at the start of this month.
“We’re very excited to have Callum within the automotive for subsequent season,” Jota staff principal Sam Hignett instructed Motorsport.com.
“He examined with us in Qatar and he did the wonderful job we had been anticipating.”
Ilott added: “I am so excited to be racing a Porsche within the prime class with Hertz Group Jot. I had a two-day check not too long ago and the automotive felt nice and was gratifying to drive.
“I have been ultra-impressed with the staff, they’re extremely skilled, and I already know that with the Porsche, we’ll be difficult for prime outcomes subsequent season and hopefully success at Le Mans itself.”
Ilott is switching to sportscar after splitting with the Juncos Hollinger IndyCar staff for which he had raced because the finish of 2021.
His earlier sportscar expertise got here with the Iron Lynx Ferrari squad in 2021, the season by which he participated in a pair of Friday F1 free follow classes on the wheel of the Ferrari-engined Alfa Romeo C41.
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#38 Hertz Group JOTA Porsche 963: Norman Nato
Ilott competed within the five-round GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup in a Ferrari 488 GT3 and likewise raced on the Le Mans 24 Hours, driving the GTE model of the automotive in GTE Am.
Frenchman Nato, who has switched from Nissan to Andretti International for the 2023/24 FE season, joins the British staff after a tryout within the official WEC rookie check in Bahrain the day after this season’s remaining spherical of the championship.
The Frenchman steps as much as the Hypercar class three years on from a two-season stint with the Revolt Racing LMP1 squad that yielded a pair of WEC victories over the 2019/20 season.
Hanson strikes as much as Hypercar after eight seasons in LMP2, together with 4 within the WEC with United Autosports that yielded the category championship in his maiden marketing campaign in 2019/20.
The Briton will dovetail the full-season drive within the WEC with an assault on the 5 IMSA SportsCar Championship enduros with the JDC-Miller Motorsport Porsche squad.
Stevens and Rasmussen had been listed in opposition to the #12 and #38 Hypercar entries respectively when the WEC entry checklist was revealed late final month.
The announcement of Ilott, Nato and Hanson means there’s now only one seat to be crammed in Jota’s expanded two-car squad of Porsche 963s.
Yifei Ye, who had the backing of Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific, isn’t anticipated to stay with Jota for 2024 and is tipped to race for the third Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar fielded on a buyer foundation by AF Corse.
The Chinese language driver could be renewing a relationship with Robert Kubica, a driver with whom he claimed the 2021 European Le Mans Collection driving for the Belgian WRT squad.
Kubica was certainly one of a trio of star, ex-Formulation 1 names together with world champions Sebastien Vettel and Jenson Button who’ve been in negotiation with Jota for 2024.
The Polish driver subsequently opted to go along with AF, whereas it’s unclear whether or not Jota shall be profitable in its makes an attempt to signal one of many former champions.
