Sébastien Baud joins McLaren and United Autosports in 2025

A new team and a new adventure for Sébastien Baud. The Frenchman is changing creameries for the 2025 season of WEC : after a convincing campaign with Corvette and TF Sport in 2024, crowned with a podium at the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the Annecy native joins McLaren and United Autosports for the upcoming campaign. He will drive the #720 McLaren 59S Evo alongside Gregoire Saucy and James Cottingham, who has been re-signed for another season with the British team.

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In 2024, Sebastian Baud celebrated on the podium at the 8 Hours of Bahrain 🏆 and won the @goodyear Wingfoot Award for setting the fastest stint average in the 6 Hours of Imola. Now he's joining the… pic.twitter.com/xJ8jOlqXj6

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“I am very proud to join United Autosports, a great motorsport team with a wealth of experience, and McLaren for my second year in the FIA ​​World Championship.Endurance, the French driver rejoices. With already a year of discovering this fabulous championship at the highest level of motorsport, I am ready to give the best of myself for this team and my teammates. I really look forward to this new season starting. Thank you to the United Autosports team, to McLaren and to all the people who are behind this fabulous project.

The crew of the two McLaren United Autosports is now complete in WEC. The McLaren n°95 will be driven by the trio Darren Leung – Sean Gelael – Marino Sato. First meeting for the British team: February 21, for the WEC Prologue in Qatar, one week before the 1812 km of Qatar, opening round of the 2025 season.

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