United Autosports has confirmed that John Falb and Sean Rayhall will return to the team and defend their ELMS LMP3 title in 2018.
Falb and Rayhall joined the team for the 2017 season and scored three wins, including a win on their debut at Silverstone and a win at the prestigious Road to Le Mans race. They also took a total of seven trips to the podium throughout the 2017 season, finishing the year as ELMS champions by 22 points.
They will also be aiming to repeat their Road to Le Mans race win in 2018, by joining the team for the special event in June.
“We had a lot of success with United Autosports last year and it’s like a family over there, so it made sense to go back. We had other offers and we considered LMP2, but being back with United is definitely where we want to be long term,” said Rayhall. “I’m excited to keep the group together. We have some things we can improve on, but I’m sure we can fix those with the hard work I know the team will invest in the programme.”
Falb added: “I’m super excited to be back with the United Autosports family. We had an unbelievable 2017 winning the championship and I’m excited to be able to keep the team together with a solid programme and be able to build on all the work we did last year. We know we have to work hard as everyone will be upping their game and I know where I need to improve to become a better driver. I can’t wait to get back to the team and contest another championship in the European Le Mans Series.
The 2018 European Le Mans Series begins on 9-10 April with the official Prologue at Paul Ricard. The first round will follow that weekend with the 4 Hours of Le Castellet.
United Autosports will field two Ligier JS P3s in the 2018 ELMS with the second line-up still to be confirmed. It will also enter two Ligier JS P217s into the LMP2 class of the ELMS.
