Nasr joins Risi for Le Mans

Ex-formula 1 driver and IMSA star Felipe Nasr is heading back to the Le Mans 24 Hours after an absence of two years. The Brazilian has been brought in by the US Risi Competizione squad for its return to the prototype ranks in LMP2 this year.

Nasr, the winner of the 2018 IMSA Sportscar Championship with Action Express Racing, will share Ferrari specialist Risi’s ORECA-GIBSON 07 with Oliver Jarvis and Ryan Cullen in the blueriband round of the World Endurance Championship on 21-22 August. It will be the former Sauber F1 driver’s second Le Mans start after he drove a Villorba Corsa-run Dallara in 2018 alongside a campaign in the European Le Mans Series.

The trio will also race for Houstonbased Risi in the WEC round preceding Le Mans at Monza in mid-july by way of preparation.

“Racing at Le Mans never gets old to me,” said team boss Giuseppe Risi. “We are pleased to add the Risi Competizione name to LMP2 class history at Le Mans with this year’s effort with Ryan, Oliver and Felipe. When the prospect of entering the Monza WEC race became an option, we felt it was an excellent opportunity to have the drivers and crew be able to work together and with the car before such a gruelling race as Le Mans.”

Risi won the GT2 class at Le Mans with Ferrari in 2008 and 2009, and also claimed LMP1 honours in 1998 with the Ferrari

333 SP with eighth position overall behind seven GT1 cars. The team claimed victory in the inaugural Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta with the 333 SP in 1998, and won the SRPII class with a Lola-nissan B2K/40 in the 2002 Grand-am series.