Gelael and Leung move to United’s McLaren for 2025 WEC season

World Endurance Championship class race winners sean gelell And darren leung Moving from BMW to McLaren for a second LMGT3 campaign together in 2025.

The pair, who won the Imola WEC round last April aboard the WRT BMW M4 GT3 Augusto FarfusWill race the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo for United Autosports In the coming season.

Gelel and Leung will be the silver and bronze-rated drivers respectively in the line-up of the #95 United McLaren, along with gold. merino satoWhose return to the car was confirmed in November upon the release of the first draft of the 2025 WEC entry list.

Ex-Formula 2 driver Gelael is leaving WRT after three seasons, the first two of which he raced in LMP2 before the secondary prototype class was dropped from the full WEC schedule.

“After being a competitor for a long time (in P2 and then LMGT3) I am very excited to get in the car with United Autosports,” said the 28-year-old Indonesian.

“I am looking forward to racing with Marino for the first time and, of course, working with Darren again after some great highlights in 2024.

“I think it will be a really good experience and a strong opportunity to win the championship after finishing second twice (in P2 with Jota in 2021 and with WRT in 2022).”

Leung, a 37-year-old Briton, will be running his second WEC campaign in what will be only his fifth season of racing.

The 2023 British GT Championship title winner described United and McLaren’s commitment to the WEC as “truly inspiring” and said he is “looking forward to contributing to the team’s efforts on some of the most prestigious circuits in the world”.

“As a proud Yorkshireman, racing with a Yorkshire-based team makes this opportunity even more special,” said Leung, who tested the McLaren at the official WEC rookie test in Bahrain in November.

United boss Richard Dean called Leung “a driver you want in your side”.

“His rise in motorsport over the last four seasons has been amazing to watch, so we are extremely proud that he is now part of United Autosports and the McLaren Automotive team,” he said. “Plus he’s a fellow Yorkshireman, which is always a good thing!”

United have not revealed their team-mates yet gregoire saucyWhose continuity with the team was confirmed upon the publication of the WEC entry list, in the sister #59 car.

WRT has so far confirmed only one driver for its LMGT3 squad, which it runs alongside its factory Hypercar class operation with a BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh.

Farfus would remain in the #31 car as a full professional, this was confirmed upon the release of the series entry.

maxime martin Was named #32 in M4 in November, but later moved to mercedes and will race one of these iron links AMG GT3s in the WEC this year.

Belgian linked with motorcycle racing legend at 2024 WEC valentino rossiThe schedule of the upcoming season has not been confirmed yet.

The Italian wants to reduce his racing activities and compete in only one championship, either the WEC or GT World Challenge Europe in which he competed in a full Endurance Cup schedule and two Sprint Cup rounds in 2024.

Rossi said at last season’s WEC finale in Bahrain in November that he was keen to remain in the WEC On orders from BMW.