Ben Hanley will join United Autosports for the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech campaign, partnering with teammates Ben Keating and Alex Quinn in one of two Oreca 07s.
The Brit has prior experience with the United Autosports team, after contesting three rounds of the World Endurance Championship in place of Filipe Albuquerque’s IMSA clash and Tom Blomqvist’s IndyCar duties.
At the 6 Hours of Portimao, he finished on the LMP2 podium and also claimed the Goodyear Wingfoot Award, which is awarded to the driver with the quickest lap times over a double stint.
With the two Oreca 07 LMP2 entries for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Hanley is the final announcement as he will join Keating to make up two full-season drivers, as Quinn will take part in the endurance rounds.
Hanley said: “It’s great to be part of United Autosports’ first full season in IMSA next year.
“I had a great feeling with the team in the few races I did this year and I’m really excited to see what we can achieve in 2024.”
United Autosports CEO Richard Dean added: “Ben [Hanley] is a quality professional with a ton of IMSA and LMP experience.
“We have wanted to work with Ben for quite some time now and we have had him in a United car sporadically this year with great success.
“We now have the chance to turn that into a full season working together alongside Ben Keating and Alex Quinn.
“This is a formidable line-up and underlines how seriously we are taking our full-season IMSA programme next year.”
In the sibling Oreca, Dan Goldburg, Marino Sato, and Paul Di Resta were previously announced as United’s IMSA drivers.
While the Anglo-American squad have never raced a full season in IMSA before, United did compete in the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring last year, where they finished in sixth and fifth positions, in classes of 8 and 10 LMP2 cars.
As the 2024 IMSA entries were confirmed last week, United will enter with their #2 and #22 Orecas, against 10 other entries.
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