The four-time Champ Car champion and former Peugeot LMP1 factory racer is the second driver to be confirmed by the new Silverstone-based LMP2 squad after the announcement of Audi factory driver Nico Muller last month when Vector went public on its plans for this season.
A third, silver-rated driver for the team’s solo ORECA-Gibson 07 will be announced shortly, according to the team’s statement issued on Monday.
Vector is now awaiting to see if its WEC entry is accepted. The entry list is due to be published this week.
Bourdais, 42, will dovetail his WEC programme with a campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in North America with Cadillac and Chip Ganassi Racing as he focusses full-time on sportscars after leaving the AJ Foyt Racing IndyCar squad at the completion of last season.
The campaign with Vector will include a 15th assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours, Bourdais’ home town event in which he took GTE Pro class honours with the Ganassi Ford team in 2016.
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