Canada-based Pfaff will area a sole 720S GT3 Evo because it chases a 3rd title within the collection, with a driver line-up that has but to be finalised.
Pfaff’s transfer to McLaren follows a profitable five-year run in IMSA’s premier collection with Porsche, which resulted in championship titles within the 2021 GTD and 2022 GTD Professional lessons, plus a complete of 12 race victories.
The transfer follows sizzling on the heels of McLaren becoming a member of the World Endurance Championship’s new LMGT3 class with United Autosports subsequent season.
It additionally signifies McLaren’s first full season within the GTD Professional class, and Pfaff has an extended historical past with the model.
Pfaff Automotive Companions is the official importer for McLaren in Canada, and it owns and operates McLaren retail areas in Toronto and Vancouver.
Pfaff and McLaren have additionally partnered beforehand in IMSA’s decrease ranks and received the 2022 Sports activities Automobile Championship Canada GT4 class for the model in 2022.
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
“Pfaff has been proud to signify McLaren in Canada since 2012; our partnership with the model has spanned street and monitor for a few years,” mentioned Chris Pfaff, Pfaff Automotive Companions president and CEO.
“Adopting the 720S GT3 Evo platform for the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship demonstrates our confidence in McLaren as a enterprise, a racing companion, and retail companion.
“We’re enthusiastic about the way forward for the McLaren model, and excited to be a part of constructing that future with them.”
Ian Morgan, director of motorsport, McLaren Automotive added: “We’re delighted to have Pfaff Motorsports onboard as considered one of our racing companions. The IMSA collection is among the highest-profile GT championships on this planet, and to be working with a crew with whom we now have a robust and established historical past, each on and off the race monitor, is improbable information.
“We sit up for supporting the crew with their GTD Professional marketing campaign and constructing on the robust relationship, in addition to the McLaren model in North America.”
McLaren has been represented within the IMSA SportsCar Championship this season by Inception Racing’s pro-am GTD 720S entry for Frederik Schandorff and Brendan Iribe.