Pietro Fittipaldi says his subsequent profession transfer could be to climb the sportscar racing ladder and safe a seat within the Hypercar or GTP lessons, moderately than make a return to IndyCar.
The Brazilian has established himself within the LMP2 division in the previous few years, combining a programme within the IMSA Sportscar Championship with a drive within the European Le Mans Sequence.
Whereas he beforehand deserted his sportscar racing ambitions to race in IndyCar with Rahal Letterman Racing in 2024, the 30-year-old says he now has no plans to return to single-seaters and be a part of his youthful brother Enzo Fittipaldi, who presently leads the Indy NXT championship.
“Clearly, in a great world, each brothers racing in IndyCar could be an insane actuality, however proper now, I am absolutely centered on sportscar racing; that is the place my profession is correct now,” Fittipaldi informed Motorsport.com.
“Enzo must get a shot at IndyCar and I am positive with the precise alternative he’ll ship.
“I raced with my brother at Daytona this yr as team-mates for the primary time. That was a dream come true already and we had the automotive to combat for the win, however sadly, we could not do it.”
#26 Vector Sport Oreca 07 Gibson: Ryan Cullen, Vladislav Lomko, Pietro Fittipaldi
Photograph by: Rainier Ehrhardt
Fittipaldi first eyed a transfer into the highest echelon of sportscar racing when the brand new breed of LMDh and LMH vehicles turned eligible to compete in IMSA’s new GTP class in 2023.
That yr, he drove an Oreca 07 for Jota within the World Endurance Championship, opening up the opportunity of stepping as much as the British group’s Hypercar programme.
Any fast transfer to both WEC’s Hypercar or its equal GTP class in IMSA didn’t materialise, as the previous Haas System 1 reserve pivoted to IndyCar.
After gaining additional expertise in LMP2 in latest seasons, together with a number of ELMS podiums with Vector final yr, Fittipaldi says Hypercar and GTP are as soon as once more firmly on his radar.
“That is the aim, actually. Earlier than I selected to go to IndyCar in 2024 with Rahal, I had just a few GTP alternatives,” mentioned Fittipaldi who scored a category win on the WEC’s Monza 6 Hours in 2023.
“I went to IndyCar and now I am again to sportscars and all of these seats are already crammed, so it is form of getting that momentum again now to have the ability to get that Hypercar/GTP shot once more.”
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