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Tincknell returns to WEC in Proton Porsche alongside Priaulx Jr

Tincknell returns to WEC in Proton Porsche alongside Priaulx Jr

The 30-year-old will team up in one of two Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSRs entered in the GTE Am class together with Seb Priaulx.

He is the son of touring car legend Andy Priaulx, with whom Tincknell drove during his previous WEC campaigns with Ford in 2016, 2017 and 2018/19.

Tincknell, who will be the full professional in the car, has moved into a full-time drive with Proton after making a one-off with the team at last year’s Le Mans WEC round.

The third driver in the car will be team boss Christian Ried.

The two Britons have been placed at the German Proton squad by Multimatic Motorsports, with whom they both have long-term relationships.

The Ford GT Tincknell raced under the Ganassi banner in the WEC was run by the Canadian-headquartered organisation, while the Mazda RT-24P Daytona Prototype international in which he competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2018-21 was developed by and, for the final two seasons, run by Multimatic.

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