Maldonado exits Jota LMP2 line-up ahead of new WEC season
Pastor Maldonado has quit Jota’s LMP2 line-up in the week leading up to the new FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Ex-Formula 1 driver and one-time grand prix winner Maldonado had been due to continue to race alongside Roberto Gonzalez and Anthony Davidson following a first campaign together through the 2018-19 WEC ‘super season’.
The trio moved from the closed DragonSpeed LMP2 squad to Jota’s in-house effort, running the #38 Oreca 07 Gibson, with the new season starting this Sunday at Silverstone.
Pastor Maldonado has quit Jota’s LMP2 line-up in the week leading up to the new FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Ex-Formula 1 driver and one-time grand prix winner Maldonado had been due to continue to race alongside Roberto Gonzalez and Anthony Davidson following a first campaign together through the 2018-19 WEC ‘super season’.
The trio moved from the closed DragonSpeed LMP2 squad to Jota’s in-house effort, running the #38 Oreca 07 Gibson, with the new season starting this Sunday at Silverstone.
However, Maldonado will not feature in the line-up after confirming in the week prior to the race that he had withdrawn, citing a failure in “reaching a balance agreement between the parties”.
Now without a racing programme, Maldonado said he hoped to “give news about my future soon”.
The Venezuelan driver will be replaced in Jota’s line-up by Antonio Felix da Costa, who previously raced in the WEC with BMW through its single season GTE-Pro factory programme in ’18-19.
Felix da Costa is reportedly in line to take up a drive with DS Techeetah in Formula E for the series’ sixth season, which would require a complete split with BMW.
The new WEC season gets underway with the 4 Hours of Silverstone on Sunday.
