Contemporary off taking an LMP2 class victory at Petit Le Mans with CrowdStrike Racing by APR, he’ll contest his fifth season within the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a full-time dedication with United Autosports.
The 38-year-old Briton spent three races with the crew throughout this previous yr within the FIA World Endurance Championship, scoring a podium in his first race with the squad on the 6 Hours of Portimão – concurrently profitable the Goodyear Wingfoot award which is introduced to the driving force with the quickest common lap instances over a double stint within the LMP2 class.
“It’s nice to be a part of United Autosports’ first full season in IMSA subsequent yr,” Hanley mentioned. “I had an excellent feeling with the crew within the few races I did this yr and I’m actually excited to see what we will obtain in 2024.”
Hanley, a two-time starter within the Indianapolis 500, will crew up with Bronze-graded Ben Keating for a run on the LMP2 championship title.
In 12 IMSA championship begins, Hanley has captured 4 wins and an extra 4 podiums, together with victory within the Rolex 24 At Daytona (2020) and Petit Le Mans final weekend (2023) -putting him at a 67% podium success price.
“Ben (Hanley) is a top quality skilled with a ton of IMSA and LMP expertise,” mentioned United Autosports CEO Richard Dean.
“Now we have needed to work with Ben for fairly a while now and now we have had him in a United automobile sporadically this yr with nice success. We now have the prospect to show that right into a full season working collectively alongside Ben Keating and Alex Quinn.
“It is a formidable line up and underlines how critically we’re taking our full season IMSA program subsequent yr.”
