Formula V8 3.5 champion Pietro Fittipaldi wiꦅll make his World Endurance Championship debut in 2018 with two outings for LMP1 squad DragonSpeed.

The grandson of double Formꩲula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi will contest the opening round of ꦆthe WEC 2018/19 superseason at Spa-Francorchamps behind the wheel of DragonSpeed’s BR1 prototype, while he will also race in October’s Six Hours of Fuji. 

Fittipaldi will fill in for regular driver Renger van der Zande, with the Dutchman missing both rounds as he d𝄹ovetails his WEC commitments a🌳longside a full IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign. 

The second clash♈ was caused by WEC’s decision to move the Japanese round to allow Fernando Alonso to contest the race for Toyota, with the Fuji race originওally pencilled in on the same weekend as the United States Grand Prix.

"I am very happy ൩and excited for this opportunity to be racing with Drag🌜onSpeed," Fittipaldi said.

"They are a championship-winning team with solid experiencꦑe in endurance racing. I am lo🙈oking forward to the races.”

The 21-year-old, who will also compete in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:seven IndyCar races in 2018 for Dale Coyne Racing, will join Ben Hanley and Henrik Hedman i🌄n the team for the pair of WEC rounds. 

Team owner Elton Julian added: "In the search for the right driver for the job at hand, we evaluated maཧny options which included Le Mans winners and former WEC champions.

"In the end, we've chosen to back a new generation. You can't findꦰ a better, more prepared young blood than Pietro. He will deliver."