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ByKolles ready to race Vanwall LMH in WEC next year if it receives “welcome”

ByKolles ready to race Vanwall LMH in WEC next year if it receives “welcome”

Team owner Colin Kolles made the statement after the release of images of the completed car, which is scheduled to begin testing next month.

It follows the rejection in January of the stalwart WEC team’s entry under the Vanwall Racing banner for this year’s championship.

“If we receive a welcome, we will be ready to race,” Kolles told Autosport.

Asked if he believes the WEC organisation will make room for the Vanwall in the Hypercar class next year on the arrival of Porsche and Cadillac, he replied: “That is not for me to discuss because it is not in our hands.

“All I can say is that we have built a product to a very high standard.”

Kolles explained that the new prototype, which has been christened the Vanwall Vandervell LMH, will begin testing in the first week of April.

It is likely that its first runs will take place at the Most circuit in the Czech Republic.

Kolles said that a decision on who will undertake the first laps in the car had yet to be taken, but it is…

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