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Kubica set to return with buyer Ferrari Hypercar in 2024 WEC
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Kubica set to return with buyer Ferrari Hypercar in 2024 WEC

Motorsports November 5, 2024
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System 1 race winner Robert Kubica is wanting more and more sure to stay with the AF Corse buyer Hypercar group within the World Endurance Championship subsequent yr.

Kubica advised Motorsport.com that he “did not come right here for only one yr” when questioned after final weekend’s 2024 WEC finale in Bahrain about whether or not he would race the yellow-liveried Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar once more.

However he harassed that “there’s a number of work to do” for subsequent yr at a group that claimed victory at Austin in September however didn’t persistently match the manufacturing facility arm of the AF group over the season.

“It isn’t a straightforward choice, so we’ll see,” he mentioned.

Kubica, who partnered Ferrari manufacturing facility drivers Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman in AF’s satellite tv for pc entry in 2024, had discussions with group boss Amato Ferrari over the course of the WEC finale in Bahrain final weekend.

Ferrari defined that he was hopeful that Kubica will stay with the group subsequent yr.

“The whole lot is constructive and all of us need Robert again, however no deal is completed,” he mentioned.

Antonello Coletta, Ferrari’s head of sportscar racing, additionally expressed hopes that Kubica will keep, saying “Our dream is to keep up Robert with us”.

#83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson, Yifei Ye

Photograph by: JEP / Motorsport Photos

Kubica remained with AF on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on the day after the WEC race for Phil Hanson’s first take a look at within the Ferrari he’ll race within the WEC subsequent yr.

The Briton, who’s swapping over from the British Jota buyer Porsche group when it turns into Cadillac’s manufacturing facility WEC squad, is the primary driver to be introduced for the #83 AF entry for subsequent yr.

Shwartzman is leaving Ferrari on the finish of this yr, Coletta confirmed.

He defined that the 25-year-old will depart each the line-up at AF and Ferrari’s roster of manufacturing facility drivers after he “determined to make one other selection”.

Shwartzman, who has been a Ferrari System 1 reserve since 2023 after graduating from the Italian producer’s academy programme, might be introduced because the team-mate of the already confirmed Callum Ilott at Prema’s new IndyCar group imminently.

Ye, who turned a manufacturing facility Ferrari driver for this season, is anticipated to stay within the line-up of the #83 automotive.

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