It was confirmed today that Penske will run the full WEC season in 2022 with an Oreca-Gibson LMP2 car, ahead of the team’s WEC/IMSA effots with Porsche’s LMDh in ’23.
The drivers will be 2018 and ’21 IMSA Prototype champion Felipe Nasr, 2016 and ’19 IMSA Prototype champion Dane Cameron, and two-time GT champion in WEC Emmanuel Collard.
“We look forward to learning as much as we can about the WEC process in 2022 as most of our competition has competed in this series for many years,” said Team Penske president Tim Cindric. “Much like the approach we took by running Road Atlanta in 2017 when we returned to [IMSA] sportscar racing after an eight-year hiatus, we think the LMP2 class provides us a means of gaining valuable experience as we continue to build our program to compete full-time in the IMSA and WEC LMDh class.”
However, Cameron said the team was also looking to win in LMP2.
“Outside of Sebring and Spa, racing at some of these historic tracks all around…
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