Bruni to race JDC-Miller Porsche in IMSA after factory departure

Gianmaria Bruni will race a Porsche 963 LMDh in 2025 regardless of losing his factory deal with the German manufacturer after signing with JDC-Miller MotorSports for the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

The four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner will contest the total season with the US group in its solo buyer 963 alongside Tijmen van der Helm instead of Richard Westbrook, who called time on his driving career at the end of last season.

They are going to be joined within the GTP class entry for the season-opening Daytona 24 Hours on 25/26 January by 2023/24 Formula E world champion Pascal Wehrlein.

IndyCar driver Bryce Aron was additionally listed within the automotive on the discharge of the primary entry listing for Daytona in December, with a affirmation of JDC-Miller’s full line-up for the IMSA curtain-raiser anticipated within the coming days.

Bruni is shifting over from the Proton Competition privateer Porsche with which he raced in IMSA and the World Endurance Championship over the previous two seasons, throughout which era he didn’t have a seat in a manufacturing unit Porsche group.

The 43-year-old Italian took half within the official IMSA take a look at at Daytona in November with JDC-Miller.

Workforce boss John Church mentioned: “We’re extremely excited to have Gimmi within the JDC-Miller household.

“His spectacular monitor document and deep understanding of sportscar racing communicate for themselves.

“We consider his expertise and talent can be instrumental in our pursuit of success.”

Bruni added that he’s “very motivated” and “expects to see nice outcomes” with the group in 2025.

He contested the second half of each the WEC and IMSA collection in 2023 with Proton earlier than concentrating on North America final season.

It’s potential he might proceed with Proton with a drive within the WEC this 12 months.

The German group has thus far solely confirmed Neel Jani, one other former Porsche manufacturing unit driver, for its 2025 world championship marketing campaign.

It should area its second 963 within the 5 long-distance races that make up the IMSA Endurance Cup relatively than the total schedule.

Jani is listed within the automotive for Daytona and is predicted to contest all 5 enduros.