Ex-Formula 2 racer Sean Gelael’s move to the team, revealed by Motorsport.com last week after finishing runner-up in the WEC LMP2 points with JOTA last year, has been confirmed.
The first driver announced for the Belgian squad’s second Oreca 07-Givson is Angolan Rui Andrade, who won the Pro/Am LMP2 title in last year’s European Le Mans Series with the G-Drive Racing squad.
This car will be run under the RealTeam by WRT banner as a result of a link-up with the Swiss entrant, which joined the WEC last year with the French TDS Racing squad.
RealTeam is moving up to the regular LMP2 category after competing last year in the Pro/Am sub-division, which mandates at least one bronze-rated driver in the car.
WRT boss Vincent Vosse described Gelael and Andrade, who will be the mandatory silver-ranked driver in their respective entries, as “two young talents on the LMP2 scene”.
Gelael said: “I am super excited to join Team WRT, with all their history and after such an amazing debut in [LMP2]…
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