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Paul di Resta joins United Autosports for WEC and Le Mans in LMP2

Ex-Force India and Williams Formula 1 driver Paul di Resta will contest the full World Endurance Championship in 2019/20 with the United Autosports squad in LMP2

The Briton will extend his relationship with the Anglo-American team co-owned by McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown, with which he made his Le Mans debut last year.

Di Resta will race the solo United Ligier-Gibson JSP217 LMP2 car entered in the WEC together with Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson, his team-mates at Le Mans in June 2018, with the trio sharing again at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours.

He also claimed the 2018/19 Asian Le Mans Series title together with Hanson aboard a United Ligier-Nissan JSP2, having joined the team for an assault on the IMSA SportsCar Championship enduros at the start of last year.

"I'm really happy to be continuing with United Autosports at Le Mans and in the WEC," said di Resta, who will also drive for R-Motorsport's Aston Martin DTM effort in 2019.

"I think to continue where we have been with Phil [Hanson] in the Asian Le Mans Series and bringing the first LMP2 championship to the team, the obvious next step is to move into a world championship.

"It's definitely a challenge I am up for. We have a little bit of time to prepare for it, but I think that United are more than capable of taking it on."

Team boss Richard Dean added: "It is a sign of how far we have come to be able to attract drivers of his quality, and now that Paul is such an important team player for United Autosports it made perfect sense to add him to our WEC line-up.

"He works well with Phil [Hanson] and Filipe [Albuquerque], so I'm feeling very positive going into our first world championship season."

Dean expressed disappointment after the team was awarded only one entry for what will be its third Le Mans campaign, despite gaining an automatic slot for its Asian series championship triumph.

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