Pietro Fittipaldi joins Rick Ware Racing in IMSA

A 100% North American crew for Rick Ware Racing at the 24 Hours of Daytona. The team based in North Carolina (United States) will participate in the Florida event ofEndurance for the 4th time in its history with 4 drivers from the American continent. At the wheel of the No. 07 Oreca 51, Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi (born in Miami, Florida) will be at the wheel, accompanied by Eric Lux. Both men will take part in the entire championship IMSA and will be joined by Canadian Devlin DeFrancesco for the Michelin Endurance Cup. Austin Cindric, winner of last year's Daytona 500, will be the 4th driver in the crew for the double-lap in Florida.

We are proud to announce our very talented driver line-up for the upcoming @IMSA @Rolex24 @DAYTONA, with a peak at the delivery on our No. 51 ORECA 7 Gibson car. https://t.co/8SPXl94oT5# Rolex24 #IMSA #ericlux @AustinCindric @PiFitti @DevlinDeFran pic.twitter.com/iE4OGxqlgW

— Rick Ware Racing (@RickWareRacing) January 7, 2023

Pietro Fittipaldi will make his IMSA debut this season with Rick Ware Racing, who was also announced as a starting driver for Jota in LM P2 in the World Endurance Championship. Alongside him, DeFrancesco and Lux ​​will head to Daytona as the reigning LM P2 winner after winning the 2022 edition with DragonSpeed, at the time shared with Colton Herta and Pato O’Ward.

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