The US-based Australian turns into the automotive’s sixth completely different driver of 2023, as he pairs up with Esteban Guerrieri and Tristan Vautier for the season-closing 8-hour race on the Sakhir circuit on 4 November.
Briscoe, who entered three races this season with the Glickenhaus-Pipo 007 LMH, replaces Joao Paulo de Oliveira who’s unavailable on account of a clashing Tremendous GT spherical at Motegi.
De Oliveira took over from Tom Dillmann on the Monza and Fuji rounds following the Frenchman’s departure from the staff, whereas Vautier changed Jacques Villeneuve after the 1997 Method 1 world champion was dropped previous to Le Mans.
“I’m happy to be becoming a member of the staff for the ultimate spherical of the 2023 World Endurance Championship,” mentioned Briscoe, a seven-time race winner in IndyCar throughout a five-year stint with Group Penske from 2008 to 2012.
“I’d wish to thank Dr Colin Kolles for the chance and sit up for my first laps within the Vandervell 680.”
Group principal Colin Kolles mentioned: “Ryan is a superb driver with plenty of expertise in prototype racing automobiles.
“With Esteban, Tristan and Ryan now we have a powerful lineup for the final occasion of the 2023 FIA WEC season.”
#4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Group Vanwall Vandervell 680: Esteban Guerrieri, Tristan Vautier, João Paulo de Oliveira
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After narrowly lacking out on the IMSA SportsCar Championship title with Wayne Taylor Racing in a 2020 marketing campaign that yielded Daytona 24 Hours and Petit Le Mans victories, Briscoe joined the Glickenhaus Hypercar venture within the WEC and gave the automotive its competitors debut at Portimao in 2021.
He completed third on his solely WEC appearances with the boutique American producer at Sebring and Le Mans in 2022, however in opposition to stiffer competitors amid the inflow of producers into the highest class in 2023 Glickenhaus struggled to repeat these highs.
The 42-year-old was a part of the lineup that scored Glickenhaus’s greatest results of 2023 at Le Mans, ending sixth, however as in 2022, the choice was taken to not transport the automobiles to the flyaway end-of-season races to place the programme’s future into doubt.
Briscoe beforehand was a stalwart of the Ford GT programme in IMSA and had earlier than that spent two years as Corvette Racing’s third driver for the endurance races, incomes Daytona GTLM class wins with every model in 2015 and 2018.