The first flurry of drivers confirmed for next month’s Virtual Le Mans 24 Hours have been revealed, including two current Formula One stars, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.
Norris (who has previous 24-hour race experience in LMP2, at Daytona) and Verstappen will race together with Team Redline in the LMP ranks alongside Atze Kerkhof and Greger Huttu.
👉Who would like to see Max Verstappen and Lando Norris run on the Le Mans track?
Now possible during the #LeMans24Virtual race ! 😍@TeamRedlineSim will race with :
▶️@Max33Verstappen
▶️@LandoNorris
▶️@atzekerkhof
▶️@gregerhuttu #LeMans24 #WEC #RaceAtHome pic.twitter.com/7F4mfgDKhc— 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24hoursoflemans) May 27, 2020
Other teams to confirm their drivers include:
Panis Racing
👉And the second @panisracing car : @TristanVautier / @nico_jamin / Hany Alsabti / Thibault Cazaubon
Have fun guys! #LeMans24Virtual pic.twitter.com/HNlZxlfOzc
— 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24hoursoflemans) May 26, 2020
United Autosports
NEWS: Our driver line up for the virtual @24hoursoflemans race is confirmed. Looking forward to seeing how @AlbuquerqueFil, @AlexBrundle, @JobvanUitert and @TomGamble23 get on. Read the full story here: https://t.co/l49ZkGLABT #BeUnited pic.twitter.com/t6ZUAO2Y65
— United Autosports (@UnitedAutosport) May 25, 2020
ByKolles
👉@ByKOLLES crew! Welcome to the virtual grid @TomDillmann, @eguerrieriok, Jernej Simoncic and Jesper Pedersen! #LeMans24Virtual #RaceAtHome #LeMans24 #WEC pic.twitter.com/CFC8fY319M
— 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24hoursoflemans) May 25, 2020
WRT
👉 One more #LeMans24Virtual lineup revealed!@followWRT will race with @dries_vanthoor, @KelvinvdLinde, Frabrice Cornelis and Arne Schoonvliet!
Good luck drivers ✌️#LeMans24 #WEC pic.twitter.com/8eXExCTFnO
— 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24hoursoflemans) May 26, 2020
Signatech Alpine:
Line Up SIGNATECH-ALPINE ELF #AlpineRacing pour la 1ère édition des #24hDuMansVirtual @FIAWEC.
Bienvenue à notre Sim Racer @NicolasLonguet membre de la @TeamVitality.
RDV du 10 au 14 juin 2020 pour édition qui s’annonce mémorable. pic.twitter.com/ynSkfy8tGh— Signatech Alpine Elf (@SignatechAlpine) May 26, 2020
And Porsche, which will field four factory cars in the GTE ranks as it intended to do in the real-life 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours with a mixture of pro and sim drivers.
André Lotterer, Neel Jani, Mitchell Dejong and Martti Pietilä will drive the #91. Jaxon Evans, Matt Campbell, Mack Bakkum and Jeremy Bouteloup will steer the #92. Nick Tandy, Ayhancan Güven, Josh Rogers and Tommy Ostgaard are due to share the #93. And Patrick Pilet, Simona de Silvestro, Martin Krönke and David Williams have been confirmed in the #94.
“Under the current circumstances, the virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans offers an excellent opportunity to reach many fans around the world,” says Pascal Zurlinden, Director Factory Motorsport at Porsche.
“Le Mans is considered the most traditional long-distance race and the digital version can now attract a completely new target group to professional motor racing. I’m curious to see how the combination of works drivers and elite sim racers will work.”
