Sean Gelael and Rui Andrade with Team WRT in 2022

The victorious team 24 Hours of Le Mans and reigning LM P2 champion has announced its first two drivers for the 2022 campaign of WEC. Team WRT will line up Sean Gelael and Rui Andrade. The Indonesian arrives from Jota where he played his first full season in the world championship ofEndurance in 2021 with second places during the Le Mans classic and in the championship, behind the team he is joining this year. “ I'm super excited to join WRT, enthuses the 25-year-old pilot, with all their history and after such an incredible debut in motorsport where they swept everything! I hope I can contribute this season to winning the title again, that's also my goal, after being so close against Team WRT last year... I know their passion and I'm very happy to be with Vincent (Vosse. Editor’s note) and his guys. The work begins now, so let's get started. » He will drive number 31.

LM P2 vice-champion, Sean Gelael joins the defending team (Photo Xavi Bonilla / DPPI)

Rui Andrade will discover the WEC this season with Team WRT in the No. 41, after a year in Asian (third in Abu Dhabi) and in the European Le Mans Series (third in Austria) with G-Drive Racing. “I am extremely happy to join Team WRT for the entire 2022 FIA WEC season, rejoices Andrade. Moving up to the World Championship level was one of my dreams and what better way to do it than to join the reigning LM P2 champions and Le Mans winners? I am proud to represent my home country, Angola, at the highest level of motor racing and thank my sponsors for their continued support. I can't wait for the season to start. »

Rui Andrade (left) will also ride with WRT in 2022 (Photo Paulo Maria / DPPI)

While waiting for the rest of the line-up of the Belgian team, which will therefore field two Oreca in the championship this year, Vincent Vosse, the Team Principal, spoke about his first two recruits and the season to come: “ Having a fantastic first season in LM P2 is great but leaves us with a huge challenge: to match the same level of results next year... We are already working hard on it, on all fronts, and we are preparing as best we can. , with the determination and motivation that we always demonstrate and also the necessary humility, knowing that we cannot control everything. We are pleased to confirm that we will have two cars entered in the 2022 FIA WEC, including one in partnership with Realtime Racing. It is a pleasure to start this cooperation with Esteban Garcia and his team; he is a true racing enthusiast and I thank him for his support and passion. Today we can also announce that Sean Gelael and Rui Andrade, two great young talents on the LMP2 scene, are joining us. We welcome them and are sure that they will help us grow further. » 

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