New Porsche Factory Driver Nico Muller will start his sportscar with German marketers in 12 hours of the IMSA Sportscar Championship in this weekend.
Muller, who is placed by Porsche in Andreti Formula E team for the 2024/25 season, will run the customer 963 LMDH by JDC-Maller Motorsports Squad with full-season drivers. Gianmaria bruni And Tijmen van der Helm.
IMSA in the second round of 2025, drives Muller in dispute with the vacant seat Nick tandi And Felip Naser in the third factory Porsche Penscay Motorsport 963 Le Mans entered for 24 hours World Dheeraj Championship round.
The 33-year-old follows the fellow factory Porsche driver Pascal Vehrlin in racing for JDC-Millar this year: 2023/24 FE World Champion contested a 24-hour election by season-opening Detaona.
Porsche is a vacancy for its laryn mans squad as it has reduced its LMDH squad from 10 to eight drivers for 2025.
Muller, who moved to Porsche from Puzo’s WEC squad later last year, described his sebring appearance as the “final-project”.
“I can’t wait to turn on my first laps in Porsche 963 and compete in my first iconic sebring 12 hours,” Swiss said, who ran for puzzo in WEC stability on the IMSA bill in Florida Circuit in 2023 and in 2022 with a vector Sport LMP2 team.
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“I loved to follow IMSA action during 12 hours – it is known as the most difficult race on the IMSA calendar.”
He expressed confidence that he would quickly get caught with the LMDH of Porsche with the support of JDC-Miller, Bruni and Van Der Helm.
“This strong foundation will speed up my 963 learning process,” Muller explained, the previous previous IMSA started in 24 hours in 2022 Detona, with high -class racing with LMP2 squad.
JDC-Miller Boss John Church said: “With Tzman and Gimmi, we are coming by our very strong run in Detona (in sixth place).
“Thanks to our friends in Porsche, for all his efforts in doing so.”
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