Team Penske will field a single-car LMP2 entry into the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in preparation for its Porsche LMDh programme in 2023.
The team will field the #5 ORECA 07-Gibson, with Porsche factory drivers Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron set to partner sportscar veteran Emmanuel Collard.
Nasr and Cameron were announced as part of Porsche’s factory LMDh effort last month, which will be operated by the North American stalwarts.
Collard is the Silver driver in the line-up. The veteran Frenchman, who last raced in LMP2 in 2017, was previously a Gold-rated driver but was downgraded for the 2022 because of his age.
Rumours that Penske would be moving into the LMP2 ranks were swirling ever since an ORECA 07-Gibson had been spotted testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in late 2021.
The team has previous history with the Gibson-powered prototype, fielding a single car at Petit Le Mans in 2017 in preparation for its Acura DPi factory effort in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.
That effort would go on to secure back-to-back DPi championships in 2019 and 2020, with Cameron notably winning the title alongside Juan Pablo Montoya in 2019 before Ricky Taylor and Helio Castroneves repeated the feat a year later.
