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Lotterer might proceed with Porsche regardless of shedding Hypercar drive
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Lotterer might proceed with Porsche regardless of shedding Hypercar drive

By Miles Cooper October 31, 2024
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Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer has not dominated out persevering with his relationship with Porsche when he leaves its World Endurance Championship Hypercar squad after this season.

The German, who took his three Le Mans wins with Audi in 2011, ’12 and ’14, has revealed that talks with Porsche to increase his time with the marque are on-going.

However he declined to enter element forward of this weekend’s WEC finale in Bahrain through which he can declare a second world championship title along with Porsche Penske Motorsport team-mates Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre.

“There are talks and it’s attainable [to continue with Porsche],” Lotterer advised Motorsport.com.

“There are discussions about what I might do sooner or later; they’ve requested me about what I wish to do after this.

“However I need to do that race first after which see afterwards – there’s a championship to win.

“I don’t need something to intervene with that.”

Lotterer might proceed with Porsche regardless of shedding Hypercar drive

#6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Kevin Estre, Andre Lotterer, Laurens Vanthoor

Photograph by: JEP / Motorsport Photos

Lotterer will probably be out of contract at Porsche on the finish of this season and has misplaced his place within the #6 Penske-run manufacturing unit 963 LMDh because the German producer downscales its full-season line-up from three to 2 drivers per automotive for 2025.

The 42-year-old burdened that he has no plans to retire from driving whether or not he stays with Porsche or not.

“I don’t need to retire,” mentioned the German.

“Once I cease, that’s one thing that I wish to determine myself.”

Lotterer has been linked to a job with Hyundai, which is growing an LMDh to race with the badges of its premium Genesis model, however he declined to disclose whether or not he’s in talks with a marque anticipated to enter the WEC in 2026.

“When one thing involves an finish, folks ask what you could possibly do subsequent?” mentioned Lotterer.

“No matter whether or not I’m speaking to them, there are different different alternatives for positive.”

Lotterer plumped for the present WEC season, which has thus far included wins in Qatar and at Fuji in addition to an extra three podiums, because the spotlight of a stint with Porsche that started in 2017 after his change from Audi following its withdrawal from the WEC.

“Final season once we got here again [to the top class of the WEC] was so-so, however this yr we have now had a profitable automotive and it’s my finest time with Porsche,” mentioned Lotterer, who received his first WEC title with Audi in 2012.

He additionally revealed that he took satisfaction from Porsche’s successes in System E after his departure from its squad after three seasons on the finish of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

“We labored actually laborious to have a powerful basis,” he defined.

“What we’re seeing now’s an evolution of that: it’s good to see the group succeeding.”

Porsche’s manufacturing unit squad received the FE title in 2023/24 with Pascal Wehrlein after Jake Dennis took the crown in ’22/23 with its powertrain in an Andretti entry.

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