The 24-year-old Briton will contest all 5 2024 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup occasions, beginning with the Daytona 24 Hours in January.
Hanson turned the primary driver to win the FIA World Endurance Championship’s LMP2 title, European Le Mans Sequence crown and rating P2 class victory on the Le Mans 24 Hours all in the identical 12 months in 2020.
He has already contested a number of IMSA occasions, together with Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and Six Hours of The Glen with United Autosports in P2.
“I am very excited to be becoming a member of JDC-Miller Motorsport for the 2024 IMSA endurance races,” mentioned Hanson, who has pushed solely for United since 2018.
“After my first style of IMSA again in 2018, I’m thrilled to be again within the IMSA paddock and above all, to be making my debut within the GTP class with JDC’s 963 Porsche.
“I can not wait to see what we will obtain.”
Hanson can also be the youngest driver ever to win a WEC title, the youngest Asian Le Mans Sequence LMP3 champion, and the youngest ALMS and ELMS outright race winner.
Up to now he has seven class wins within the WEC, and 11 wins within the ELMS, together with two final weekend at Portimao to complete runner-up within the standings.
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#22 United Autosports Oreca LMP2 07: James McGuire, Man Smith, Phil Hanson, Will Owen
“We’ve been following Phil’s profession for fairly a while and his accomplishments are very spectacular,” mentioned John Church, managing companion of JDC-Miller MotorSports.
“He’s a confirmed winner on the prime ranges of sportscar racing and will likely be an amazing addition to the workforce.
“It is going to be enjoyable to see what Phil can accomplish in a Porsche 963 GTP. JDC-Miller MotorSports is happy to take Phil to success on the subsequent stage of his already spectacular profession.”
JDC-Miller was named as the primary buyer workforce chosen to run the Porsche 963 in IMSA. After its belated arrival as a result of provide chain points, Mike Rockenfeller and Tijmen van der Helm scored 4 top-five finishes this season.
Rockenfeller has dominated himself out of returning to the workforce subsequent 12 months by signing with Ford’s Mustang GTD Professional squad for 2024. The workforce’s third driver for Petit Le Mans was Jenson Button, who’s eyeing a full-time sportscar program subsequent 12 months – both in IMSA or WEC.