The 21-year-old Chinese, who was named as a Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific selected driver in November, moves over to Cool from the Belgian WRT team.
Ye will share the Cool ORECA-Gibson 07 LMP2 with team boss and former Toyota factory driver Nicolas Lapierre and silver-rated Niklas Krutten, who finished second in the ELMS LMP3 points with the squad last year.
The ELMS seat for Ye is part of a programme put together with Porsche Motorsport’s Asian arm designed to prepare him for a potential drive in the German manufacturer’s new LMDh in 2023.
Ye is kicking off his career as a Porsche driver in the Asian Le Mans Series, which he won last year with G-Drive Racing.
The programme aboard a Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R begins this weekend in Dubai.
Cool has also confirmed that it has put in an application for a Le Mans 24 Hours entry.
Ye, who tested for Cool at the end of the last year, said: “Racing in LMP2 again this season will help towards my goal to race in LMDh in 2023…
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