Briscoe and Jones will join Bret Curtis and Marcos Gomes on the wheel of a Ferrari 488 GT3 for the gap spherical of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, in a separate effort from the car scurry for the beefy season closing year beneath the WeatherTech Racing banner.
“I surely imagine this lineup has a likelihood to take hold of,” Scuderia Corsa owner Giacomo Mattioli said. “They’ve the ride, the rate and the fervour to succeed.
“This scurry picks its winner, however you comprise need to prepare. The group has been working all low season for the return to racing. Our partners TOTAL, Aero and Pacific Western are all enraged to be serve at Daytona. 2021 feels hopeful and we are searching to capitalize on the actual momentum.”
Briscoe used to be one of Wayne Taylor Racing’s beefy-season drivers closing year within the DPi ranks, however each and every he and teammate Renger van der Zande possess been each and every axed for the group’s change from Cadillac to Acura machinery in favour of an all-fresh line-up.
It marks a return to the GT ranks for Briscoe, who used to be segment of the Chip Ganassi-scurry works Ford effort from 2016 to ’19, and a first outing within the GTD class.
“I’d love to thank Giacomo for the chance to hitch Scuderia Corsa for this coming Rolex 24 at Daytona,” Briscoe said.
“This would possibly well possibly be a fresh declare for me racing within the GTD class in a Ferrari. I’m very grateful and can comprise my segment to fight for the victory and can’t wait to hit the note in a pair of weeks!”
Ed Jones, Ed Chippie Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet
Picture by: Geoffrey M. Miller / Motorsport Photos
The Rolex 24 meanwhile will trace the first scurry outing for Jones since the conclusion of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season, as shuttle restrictions forced him to desert plans to contest the DTM closing year on the wheel of a WRT-entered customer Audi.
“First, or now not it is huge to be serve with Scuderia Corsa because I surely possess an infinite relationship with the group and each person there,” said Jones, whose 2019 Ed Chippie Racing IndyCar entry used to be scurry beneath the Scuderia Corsa banner.
“I stumble on forward to going serve stateside after a rough 2020 for each person. I judge now we possess the likelihood to inaugurate 2021 off the trusty draw with an infinite end result at Daytona.
“I judge the group now we possess around us moreover drivers is a proper lineup. It wants to be the fitting opportunity to acquire an infinite end result. The purpose as continually is to take hold of. I judge if we display masks the efficiency that Scuderia Corsa had closing year, we are in a position to surely be in intention to comprise.”
