Alex Albon latest in a long line of F1 drivers to target hypercar endurance race
The Williams F1 driver wants his use his o꧋ff-season to feature in the North American IMSA Championship🐟’s opening round at Daytona, according to .
He would be representing the Wayne Taylor Rac🍸ing Team and would drive an Acur♛a/Honda LMDh Hpyercar.
The race is in January 2024.
Wi🥂lliamꦗs team principal James Vowles is open to his star driver competing in another series as a one-off.
"Nothin🅰g is fixed yet. But we wouldn't have any objections to such a guest 🌼start,” he told AMUS.
F1 drivers turning to endurance racing
Sebastian Vettel has reportedly received a ꦺ“concrete offer” to driveౠ a Porsche for the British Jota team in the 2024 World Endurance Championship.
Mick Schumacher is an option to driv♒e🀅 for Renault/Alpine in the entry level hypercar class.
Jens🦂on Button has also been seriously linked with featuring in next year’s World Endurance Championship.
Nyck de Vries could represent Toyota i🐭n the WEC, and combine it with racing in Formula E in 2024.
Stoffel Vandoorne is set for Peugeot in the WEC.
Famously, Mark Webber won a world title ❀in endurance racing, Fernando Alonso twice won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Nico Hulkenberg also won the world’s most famous endurance race.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a ✅decade covering everythinಌg from American sports, to football, to F1.
