IMSA – ESM back in 2017

2017 will mark the return to the country for Tequila Patron ESM. As we tell you in AUTO issue 2081hebdo, available in digital version, and from tomorrow on newsstands, the American team will rely onIMSA Sportscar Championship next year. Apart from a presence at the IMSA events at Daytona and Sebring (and Watkins Glen in 2016), ESM focused on WEC and in 2015 2016.

The main program for the team of Scott Sharp and Ed Brown will be contested with two Ligier JS P217s in the DPi category, the partnership with Oak Racing, which will manage the operation, and Onroak Automotive, which develops the Ligier, having been renewed. On the engine side, Nissan Nismo will be there by supporting the program.

“We made an incredible story this year with the double victory at Daytona and Sebring, but 2017 will feel like a new beginning, indicates Philippe Dumas, Team Principal of Oak Racing.

This new program will be a huge responsibility and challenge for our group. As usual, we will put all our determination, our joie de vivre, and our will to win into it. »

“The DPi program is going to be really exciting, and it will be fantastic to be able to compete not only at home, but also for the overall victory. » said boss-pilot Ed Brown.

While waiting for this return to basics, ESM will modify the crew of the No. 30 Ligier entered in the WEC, with the arrival of Giedo van der Garde, Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael for the last rounds of the season.