Dumas, who has been left with out a seat following Glickenhaus’ exit from the World Endurance Championship, will share the staff’s sole GTP entry with Neel Jani, Gianmaria Burni and Alessio Picariello within the blue-riband spherical of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on January 27-28.
Jani and Bruni have been already revealed to be driving the Proton Porsche on the publication of the entry checklist in November, whereas Picariello is one other new addition to the staff’s line-up.
The announcement reunites Dumas with Porsche, with the 46-year-old having scored the second of his two Le Mans 24 Hours victories with the Stuttgart-based marque in 2016.
It additionally marks his return to the Florida traditional after a hiatus of 4 years, along with his final aggressive outing in 2019 in a CORE autosport Nissan DPi with Jon Bennett, Colin Braun and Loic Duval yielding a fourth-place end.
Dumas is presently competing within the Dakar Rally in a Toyota Hilux entered by Riot Racing, and was provisionally labeled thirty second on the finish of the fourth stage on Tuesday.
Picariello, in the meantime, makes the step to top-level prototype equipment after successful the GTE class title within the European Le Mans Collection with Proton final yr.
This is able to be his second outing within the Daytona enduro after his 2022 bow on the wheel of WeatherTech Racing’s Porsche 911 GT3 R within the GTD class.
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Along with its GTP entry, Proton may also be current within the GTD division with a single instance of the brand new Ford Mustang GT3.
Ryan Hardwick, who was a part of Proton’s title-winning GTE line-up in ELMS, new manufacturing unit signing Dennis Olsen, Italian racer Giammarco Levorato and ex-Paul Miller Racing driver Corey Lewis have been revealed because the staff’s 4 signings.
Proton has additionally introduced that the #55 Ford will now participate within the full IMSA season with Levorato and Lewis, having initially deliberate on contesting simply the Daytona opener. Hardwick will be part of the staff for the remaining 4 enduros within the Michelin Endurance Cup.
“As a way to achieve success at Daytona, you want a wonderfully ready automotive, quick drivers and a powerful staff,” stated staff proprietor Christian Ried. “Along with our companions, we’ve labored laborious to create the very best circumstances for a profitable begin to the brand new motorsport yr.”
Proton Competitors received final yr’s Daytona 24 Hours within the LMP2 class with an Oreca 07 pushed by Bruni, James Allen, Francesco Pizzi and Fred Poordad, nevertheless it received’t be current within the secondary prototype division this yr.
