Mike Rockenfeller will join Vector Sport at the FIA World Endurance Championship season opener at Sebring, standing in for Sebastien Bourdais.
Bourdais is unable to contest the 1000 Miles of Sebring due to clashing commitments with the Chip Ganassi Racing IMSA squad, which is competing in the Twelve Hours of Sebring on the same weekend.
Instead, Rockenfeller will step in and join Ryan Cullen and Nico Mueller aboard the team’s ORECA 07-Gibson.
Notably, while Bourdais has been prevented from doing double duty at Sebring, the deal means that Rockenfeller will be contesting both races. The experienced German is part of Action Express Racing’s crew aboard the #48 Cadillac on the same weekend.
“Sebring is going to be a busy week for me but I’m looking forward to it; I can’t wait to start work and try and get some trophies,” Rockenfeller said.
“Big thanks to Action Express Racing and Ally for giving me the opportunity to do this double-header.”
“The Sebring round is very important for them but I’m very happy to do both and I’m sure we’ll make it work.”
Vector Sport will be making its race debut at the Florida venue. The team was formed ahead of the 2022 season and has not contested a race previously.
“We knew from the start that Seb wouldn’t be able to be with us at Sebring, but we couldn’t have a better replacement for him than Mike and I know he’s going to fit in really well with the team,” said team manager Gary Holland.
“His Sebring experience will be massively important to Nico and Ryan, and we can’t wait to get going during the Prologue weekend prior to the 1000 Miles of Sebring.”
