Jarvis will share a McLaren 720S GT3 in all IMSA rounds with manufacturing facility driver Marvin Kirchhofer, with former IndyCar racer James Hinchcliffe becoming a member of the duo for chosen enduros.
It is going to mark the British driver’s first foray into GT equipment since he raced a Ferrari 488 GTE entered by Risi Competizione on the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2019.
Jarvis has principally competed in prototype equipment on each side of the Atlantic since he stepped right into a full-time World Endurance Championship function with the Audi LMP1 workforce in 2015.
“Hiya, it’s Oliver Jarvis right here,” the British driver stated in a video message on Instagram. “Again within the UK after a extremely busy season.
“I’m actually excited to share my information. For 2024 I will likely be becoming a member of Pfaff in GTD Professional and going again to IMSA to combat for the championship.”
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
Jarvis spent the 2023 season competing in each European Le Mans Sequence and the World Endurance Championship with the United Autosports LMP2 workforce, ending second within the former sequence with three victories in six rounds.
He wasn’t named as a part of United’s two-car IMSA line-up after the Anglo-American workforce introduced its transfer to the North American class following the demise of the LMP2 class from WEC.
Previous to his twin WEC/IMSA marketing campaign, Jarvis was a daily in IMSA’s prime class with Mazda and Acura, and received the last-ever DPi title alongside Prime Blomqvist at Meyer Shank Racing in ‘22.
Nevertheless, he wasn’t retained by the workforce following the introduction of the brand new GTP class, with Colin Braun taking his place on the Acura outfit.
Jarvis’ solely 2023 look in IMSA got here on the wheel of an Period Motorsport-run ORECA 07 LMP2 automotive at Daytona.
Jarvis, who turns 40 in January, joins Pfaff upon the workforce’s transfer to McLaren following a highly-successful five-year stint with Porsche.
Pfaff will lead McLaren’s GTD Professional assault subsequent yr with a single instance of its 720S GT3 automotive, which was fielded within the common GTD class by Inception Racing in 2023.
Curiously, Jarvis’ present United Autosports workforce can also be planning to race with McLaren in WEC’s new LMGT3 class subsequent yr, topic to receiving an entry.