Sébastien Loeb in McLaren at the GT Sprint Series

Sébastien Loeb announced its program for the 2013 season during the presentation of the Citroën WRT in Abu Dhabi. In addition to its four participations planned next year in WRC, the nine-time world champion has announced that he will enter a GT Championship “in order to prepare for the future”. The Citroën driver will be entered in the GT Sprint Series based on the FIA ​​GT1 World with a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 prepared by his team, Sébastien Loeb Racing.

The GT Sprint Series season will consist of nine events and will have regulations welcoming the Blancpain teams Endurance Series. “I will do the World GT Championship”, assured the Alsatian on Autosport. “I like the format of the races in this Championship which offers two one-hour events over a weekend. Two drivers are named and tire changes also come into play. »