Pierre-Alexandre Jean with AF Corse in GT World Challenge Sprint

Change of team and manufacturer for Pierre-Alexandre Jean. After CMR and Bentley the year, the vice-champion of France FFSAGT Pro-Am in 2019 will run like this for AF Corse and Ferrari in the Sprint Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe 2022. A nice birthday gift for those who have just celebrated their 21st birthday (March 8): “Riding with a Ferrari is already exceptional, but on top of that for one of the best GT teams in the world, I can only be happy. This will definitely lift me up. »

He will be associated with Ulysse de Pauw, who was already his teammate in 2021. “We already know each other and above all we get along well, Pierre-Alexandre Jean told us. This will help us with lots of little details, whether it be driver changes, strategies, etc. It's always better to work with someone you already know and I'm super happy about it. »

With this set, the Habs will aim to join the fight for the first places during this 2022 exercise. “The primary objective is to have fun, because for me, driving a Ferrari is a childhood dream, explains the person concerned. So I'm going to try to live the experience to the fullest without putting any particular pressure on myself, but as a Silver duo we also have the goal of winning the championship. I'm going to do what I know how to do and apply myself, we'll see where that takes us at the end of the year. »

Currently, only the GT World Challenge Sprint is on the Lyonnais' 2022 program, the calendar of which could nevertheless expand in the coming weeks. A new stage in the career of the French pilot, who hopes, one day, to discover the games ofEndurance. In the meantime, he has an appointment at Brands Hatch for the first round of the Sprint Cup from April 30 to May 1.

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