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Lotterer may proceed with Porsche regardless of shedding Hypercar drive
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Lotterer may 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 wherein 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 doable [to continue with Porsche],” Lotterer advised Motorsport.com.

“There are discussions about what I may 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 may proceed with Porsche regardless of shedding Hypercar drive

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

Picture by: JEP / Motorsport Pictures

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

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

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

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

Lotterer has been linked to a task with Hyundai, which is creating 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, individuals ask what you possibly can do subsequent?” stated 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 up to now included wins in Qatar and at Fuji in addition to an additional three podiums, because the spotlight of a stint with Porsche that started in 2017 after his swap from Audi following its withdrawal from the WEC.

“Final season after we got here again [to the top class of the WEC] was so-so, however this 12 months now we have had a successful automobile and it’s my greatest time with Porsche,” stated Lotterer, who received his first WEC title with Audi in 2012.

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

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

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

Porsche’s manufacturing facility 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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