The British racer, who helped the British team to the 2019-20 WEC LMP2 title, will drive alongside Oliver Jarvis and Josh Pierson in one of its pair of LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07s entered for the Sebring 1000 Miles on 18 March.
Di Resta is stepping in to replace Alex Lynn, who will be focussing on his drive with the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac team in the 12-hour IMSA SportsCar Championship over the Sebring weekend.
His appearance at Sebring has been made possible by Peugeot’s confirmation that it will not be taking part in the WEC opener with its new 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar.
Sebring will be di Resta’s second appearance aboard a United ORECA in two months.
The 35-year-old will also race for the team, with which he also contested the Le Mans 24 Hours last year, in the second weekend of the Asian Le Mans series at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on 19/20 February.
Di Resta will share the car in the two four-hour races with Pierson for whom the late entry has been made in order to…
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