Albuquerque sticks with United Autosports for Le Mans
Former Audi LMP1 driver Filipe Albuquerque has been retained by the United Autosports LMP2 squad for its maiden Le Mans 24 Hours assault in June.
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Albuquerque made a winning start to his European Le Mans Series campaign in the team's Ligier-Gibson JS P217 at Silverstone last month, and has now been confirmed by the Anglo-American squad for the double-points FIA World Endurance Championship round on June 17/18.
The Portuguese driver will share the LMP2 Ligier with regular ELMS teammates Hugo de Sadeleer, a race winner in last year's Formula Renault Eurocup, and Pro Mazda graduate Will Owen.
Team boss Richard Dean said: "We had a great start to our debut ELMS LMP2 campaign at Silverstone, so I really wanted to keep the three drivers together for Le Mans.
"We wanted to go into it with the strongest line-up we could and I think that’s what we have achieved here."
Albuquerque added: "I am really happy to race again this year at Le Mans - it’s a very special race that every racing driver wants to take part in."
The 31-year-old, who parted company with Audi at the end of last year, has contested Le Mans on three previous occasions.
He raced for Audi in LMP1 in 2014-15 and drove for the RGR Sport Ligier squad in last year's event as part of a full-season WEC campaign that yielded second place in the LMP2 points standings.
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