Alex Kapadia and Karun Chandhok are to join Murphy Prototypes for the first round of the European Le Mans Series at Silverstone next weekend.
The pair will join the already confirmed Rodolfo Gonzalez after the originally slated Tor Graves was forced to pull out after falling victim to shingles.
Chandhok has become a regular on the sportscar racing scene and has raced before for Greg Murphy’s squad whilst Kapadia showed great pace in the final two races of the 2013 season while racing for Boutsen Ginion Racing.
Kapadia said:
“I am extremely grateful to Greg for this opportunity. The team have shown themselves to be on top of their game recently and I am very much looking forward to being part of that and helping them get a strong result at Silverstone. I am playing catch up a little as I did not test the car at Paul Ricard last week but I am a quick learner and in Karun and Rodolfo I have two great co-drivers to learn from.
Team owner Greg Murphy said:
“When I found out that Tor could not race at Silverstone my first thought was to call Alex as he is one of the quickest silver drivers around. I was extremely impressed by Alex’s pace in the Boutsen car last year and think he is definitely a driver to watch for future. I think we have a very strong line up for Silverstone.”
