Robert Wickens is staying put at DXDT Racing and can contest the dash rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, starting with subsequent month’s Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside.
The 37-year-old Canadian revealed the announcement on Tuesday throughout an IMSA-hosted Zoom media session. He’ll reprise his function behind the wheel of the crew’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, with Mason Filippi – his teammate at Bryan Herta Autosport from 2022-24 in Michelin Pilot Problem – as his co-driver within the GTD class occasions at Lengthy Seaside, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), Virginia Worldwide Raceway (VIR), and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
#36 DXDT Racing Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Robert Wickens, Alec Udell
Picture by: Brandon Badraoui / Lumen through Getty Pictures
“Yeah, so for 2026 we’re completely happy to announce that we’re persevering with with DXDT Racing and Corvette and Normal Motors in the identical calendar as we did in 2025,” Wickens mentioned. “I’ll be doing all 5 of the dash rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports activities Automobile Championship alongside a former teammate and good buddy of mine, Mason Filippi, so it’ll be an thrilling season.
“I am hoping to proceed the momentum that we began to create in 2025, though it looks like a lifetime in the past now since I final drove the automobile in VIR, however actually simply excited to proceed with DXDT Racing, Corvette and most significantly, with Bosch with my digital braking system and my hand controls that make the entire thing doable.
“It isn’t going to be straightforward. In a approach I virtually felt extra ready final 12 months regardless that it was my first race within the Corvette as a result of the final time I’ve pushed the automobile was at VIR in early August. We’re assured now we have the precise individuals to stand up to hurry shortly and hopefully we will have extra success in Lengthy Seaside.”
Wickens, who captured the TCR title in Pilot Problem in 2023, made the bounce into IMSA for the dash rounds final season, recording three high 10s in 5 races that was highlighted with a greatest results of fourth (CTMP).
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