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Mercedes F1 strategist Vowles to contest Asian Le Mans Series

Mercedes F1 strategist Vowles to contest Asian Le Mans Series

Vowles will take the wheel of the squad’s #59 McLaren for the two-round, four-race championship that will take place on back-to-back weekends in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in February.

Garage 59 said the winter schedule of the Asian LMS provides Vowles with the perfect opportunity to enjoy racing from the driving seat before returning to his day job at Mercedes’ grand prix team.

The first pre-season test of the 2022 F1 season is scheduled from February 23-25 at Barcelona, just four days after the Asian LMS finale at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Vowles will be joined by last year’s LMP3 champion Manuel Maldonado and Danish racer Nicolai Kjaegaard in one of Garage 59’s two newly-acquired McLarens for the 2022 season.

The British squad is returning to the McLaren fold this year after spending the last three seasons fielding the Aston Martin Vantage in a variety of GT3 championships, winning the Pro-Am class of the 2020 Blancpain GT Endurance Cup with team co-owners Chris Goodwin and Alexander…

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