Cadillac Racing has added Jack Aitken to its driver roster for next weekend’s FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
The British-South Korean racer, who won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Action Express in its V-Series.R back in March, will join Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande in the #3 Cadillac Racing entry. The #3 is joining the Hypercar field in Belgium as a guest entry ahead of its Le Mans run alongside the full-season #2 V-Series.R.
“Chip Ganassi Racing is excited to have Jack join Sebastien and Renger in sharing driver duties for the #3 Cadillac V-Series.R at the Spa WEC race next week,” said Mike O’Gara, director of operations for Chip Ganassi Racing that runs the Cadillac Racing entry.
“This is just another example of the ‘One Team’ concept that Cadillac Racing is all about. We value Jack’s feedback in the car, and hope that this strengthens the preparation for Cadillac Racing’s assault on the 24 Hours of Le Mans this June.”
In addition to this outing at Spa, Aitken is confirmed for Le Mans, where he will race alongside Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims in the #311 Whelen Engineering Action Express Cadillac V-Series.R for the team’s debut in the race.
“This further expands our opportunity to learn and work as one team going into Le Mans,” said Chris Mitchum, director of operations for Action Express Racing.
“Driving at such an incredible circuit with the Cadillac V.Series R will be an invaluable addition to our prep for Le Mans,” Aiken added.
“It will be a pleasure to integrate with Chip Ganassi and work together to push the Cadillac program forward, as we have a great deal of respect between us. Partnering up with Seb and Renger will be great for me personally, as I’ll be learning off two great guys.”
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