The grandson of two-time F1 world champion Emerson will undertake the six-round series at the wheel of the Polish team’s ORECA-Gibson 07 alongside Fabio Scherer and David Heinemeier Hansson.
Fittipaldi had been due to contest the ELMS last year with the G-Drive Racing squad, but opted out of the programme after the opening round to focus on his oval-only IndyCar programme with Dale Coyne Racing.
He had been due to contest two rounds of the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship superseason in DragonSpeed’s Gibson-engined BR Engineering BR1 LMP1 car.
The DragonSpeed car non-started on its WEC debut at Spa in May 2018 after Fittipaldi sustained serious leg injuries in a crash during practice and opted to miss his second scheduled appearance with the team at Fuji to focus on his recovery.
Fittipaldi, who made his F1 debut at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain place of the injured Romain Grosjean, said: “I am excited to be racing for Inter Europol Competition in the ELMS.
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