Alex Albon latest in a long line of F1 drivers to target hypercar endurance race
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The race is in January 2024.
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"Nothing is fixed yet. But we wouldn't have any objections to such a gue🌃st start,” he told AMUSꦦ.
F1 drivers turning to endurance racing
Sebastian Vettel has reportedly received a “co𝕴ncrete offer” to drive a Porsche for the British 🥀Jota team in the 2024 World Endurance Championship.
Mick Schumacher is an option to d🎀♓rive for Renault/Alpine in the entry level hypercar class.
Jenson Button has a🍨lso been ꩵseriously linked with featuring in next year’s World Endurance Championship.
Nyck d༒e Vries could represent Toyota in the WEC, and combine it with racing in Formulꦡa E in 2024.
Stoffel Vandoorne is set for Peugeot in the WEC.
Famously, Mark Webber won a world title in endurance racing, Fernando Al𝓡onso twice won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Nico Hulkenberg also won the world’s most famous endurance race.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, t🌳o F1.
