Former Williams System 1 reserve Aitken will companion Pipo Derani for the whole 2024 marketing campaign on the wheel of AXR’s Whelen Engineering-branded #31 Cadillac V-Collection.R.
He takes the place of Alexander Sims, who’s shifting again to Corvette Racing after becoming a member of AXR for the beginning of 2023.
Aitken was chosen because the ‘additional’ alongside Derani and Sims for the 4 races that make up this 12 months’s IMSA Endurance Cup, making his bow within the Rolex 24 at Daytona earlier than serving to his team-mates to victory within the Sebring 12 Hours.
The 27-year-old Briton was additionally a part of the staff’s Le Mans 24 Hours line-up, though a gap lap crash consigned the squad to a distant seventeenth on the end.
“Jack got here to the highest of all of the classes late final 12 months after we had been researching the assorted drivers who could be obtainable for our endurance position,” commented AXR staff supervisor Gary Nelson.
“He has confirmed to be quick on the observe, a quick learner of the GTP automobile and an asset to the staff. We see Jack being an incredible pairing with Pipo in his expanded position subsequent season.”
“Ever since I began this program with Cadillac Racing and Whelen Engineering, all people has been extremely variety and passionate in serving to push me and the staff ahead,” stated Aitken, who has mixed his IMSA commitments with racing within the DTM this 12 months.
“This is among the causes I’m extremely excited to turn out to be a full-time member of the staff subsequent 12 months.
“The competitiveness of IMSA and the standard of the calendar are one other couple of causes, and I totally benefit from the fashion of racing I’ve skilled already this 12 months in my endurance outings.
Aitken’s alternative as AXR’s endurance-only driver might be named at a later date.