Oliver Jarvis with United for the 6h of Fuji

Paul di Resta being unavailable for the 6 Hours of Fuji due to a clash of dates with the DTM, it will be Oliver Jarvis who will support Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 07 United Autosports Oreca 22 on the weekend of October 6.

Currently engaged in IMSA with Mazda Team Joest, Oliver Jarvis will reunite with team boss Richard Dean with whom he worked at Team JLR during the 2003 Formula Ford Festival season. The 35-year-old Briton knows the plateau well WEC for having evolved there notably with Audi in LMP1.

“Even though this will be my first time driving for United Autosports, I already know the team from the Formula Ford Festival, recalls Oliver Jarvis. It will be a pleasure to see them again after all these years. I am convinced that they will be title contenders given their very professional work, their choice to switch to the Oreca chassis in the WEC and after following their progress. »

“We stayed in touch and I always wanted to see him return to one of our cars, especially with United. He has had a very great career in recent years and his CV is impressive”, adds Richard Dean.

Oliver Jarvis will travel for the second round of the season, returning to the wheel of the Oreca 07 with which he defended the colors of Jackie Chan DC Racing in 2017 in the endurance world championship.