United Autosports have confirmed that Naj Husain and Colin Braun will return to the team for a second season this year, to race in the Michelin Le Mans Cup.
The American duo first joined the team at the start of the 2018 season, scoring numerous top-ten finishes and ending the year on the podium with a second place at Portimao. The 2018 season was their first year racing in Europe and learning the tracks so the pair are heading into 2019 more confident with knowing the Ligier JS P3 and having some experience of the circuits the series visits.
“I am very excited to be racing alongside Colin again in 2019, and with United Autosports,” said Husain. “It will help that we already have experience of the majority of the circuits for this year as we had our best result last year at a circuit we tested at. We will work hard to achieve a great result in 2019 while enjoying the challenge.”
Braun is unable to compete in the full season this year though. He will miss the first round at Paul Ricard due to a clash with IMSA, in which he drives CORE autosports’ Nissan DPi. United team regular Wayne Boyd will drive in his place that weekend.
“I am really excited to be back with Naj and United for the 2019 season,” Braun added. “We had a great final race in Portimao at the end of last season and that was the only track we were able to test at before coming back for the race. So, I am really hopeful that in our second year at all these tracks we will really be able to put to use what we learned in 2018 and have strong results at all events. Naj and I both learned a lot over the course of 2018 and feel very prepared to run at the front in 2019. I really enjoyed the overall experience of racing with Naj and being in Europe.”
