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Tower Motorsports has announced two-time Petit Le Mans winner Sebastien Bourdais amongst their 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship driver lineup.
The most recent winner of the iconic Petit Le Mans event has joined the LMP2 racing outfit for the 2025 season, participating in his 12th IMSA season in the secondary Le Mans Prototype category. Team owner John Farano will co-drive the #8 Oreca 07 LMP2 with the four-time IndyCar champion Sebastien Bourdais. Sebastian Alvarez will assist the duo at the Endurance Cup rounds, with Job van Uitert joining as the fourth driver at the Daytona season-opener. Bourdais expressed his excitement about joining Tower Motorsports, looking forward to racing with the team in the high-level program. Farano expressed his thrill about the driver lineup assembled, aiming to compete at the front and claim the Jim Trueman Award once again, elevating the team’s performance to new heights in the LMP2 field for 2025. Bourdais, a four-time IndyCar champion, has shifted his focus to the competitive LMP2 class after previous successful partnerships in IMSA with Chip Ganassi and Cadillac.
