WEC's Dries Vanthoor to make British GT debut at Silverstone 500

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World Endurance Championship driver Dries Vanthoor is set to make his British GT debut at the Silverstone 500 alongside reigning champion Darren Leung.

Vanthoor will contest the three-hour race as a one-off for Century Motorsport aboard its BMW M4 GT3 on the 26-28 April, amid WEC duties for the German manufacturer in the hypercar class. The drive was originally for Dan Harper, but in March Leung’s former co-driver secured a last-minute call-up for the British GT season in one of Century’s other BMWs - so, Vanthoor was eventually selected for Silverstone.

“Circumstances changed and we had to assess other options. Fortunately, BMW has a very deep pool of factory drivers and Dries was available for Silverstone.” Vanthoor should still bring a lot of qualities though as the 25-year-old is a three-time GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup champion and 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours winner in the LMGTE-Am class. Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images “Speed-wise, he’s top tier,” added Leung. “But I’ve always admired his approach.

 

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