Iron Lynx has confirmed that Scuderia Ferrari’s official Formula 1 test driver Callum Ilott will drive for the team at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans next month.
Ilott, who is also the test and reserve driver for the Alfa Romeo F1 team, has driven for Iron Lynx in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS in Monza and Paul Ricard this season. and will compete again for the team at the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa at the end of the month, plus further GT World Challenge races in Barcelona and on the Nürburgring this year.
Now, alongside Rino Mastronardi and Matteo Cressoni, he will make his Le Mans debut aboard the team’s # 80 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
In 2021, Iron Lynx is returning to Le Mans for a third year in the LM-GTE Am class and a second year in a row with three Ferrari 488 GTEs, including their all-female Iron Dames squad, which finished ninth in the class in 2020 .
In another change to the originally expected order, the Belgian Sarah Bovy joins the team, alongside Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting in car # 85, Manuela Göstner is stepping down for Le Mans.
The number 60 car is driven by Claudio Schiavoni, Paolo Ruberti and Raffaele Giammaria.
Iron Lynx team boss Andrea Piccini, who drove for the team at Le Mans last year and finished second in class in the big race in 2006, will retire from his regular driving duties and concentrate on managing the team.
“Callum is a great addition to our driving strength. We have been incredibly impressed with his versatility to switch to GT racing with us and look forward to working hard together in the coming weeks as we prepare for Le Mans. We also enjoyed watching Sarah’s progress with us in the Italian GT Endurance, the Michelin Le Mans Cup and the FIA World Endurance Championship, so she deserves her chance on a bigger stage. ”He continued,“ Me I will of course miss not racing this year, but will be able to concentrate fully on our team. Running Callum at Le Mans further strengthens our relationship with Ferrari and the Ferrari Driver Academy, and since Iron Lynx partnered with Prema just a few weeks ago, there has been a world of opportunities across all racing disciplines. “
Callum Ilott added: “It is a real honor to drive for Iron Lynx and Ferrari in the Le Mans 24 Hours – and an opportunity I just couldn’t turn down! There is a long tradition of British drivers doing well there and I want to make my own contribution to Le Mans history. “
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