He won the Monaco F1 Grand Prix in 2003 and is a twice winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2000 and 2015. Now Juan Pablo Montoya will make his 24 Hours of Le Mans 24 debut with United Autosports driving a one of United’s LMP2 class Ligier-Gibson JSP217s in June 2018.
The 42-year-old is currently racing for the Penske Acura squad in the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship and will share the #32 United Ligier with Hugo de Sadeleer and Will Owen, who are contesting the full European Le Mans Series alongside Wayne Boyd with United in 2018.
United Autosports is a well-known GT and sports car race team, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. Founded in 2009 by businessman, Zak Brown and racing driver, Richard Dean, United Autosports have raced in a number of different championships, with a vast range of cars and drivers.
Two-time Monaco F1 Grand Prix winner (2006, 2007) and double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso, who raced for United at Daytona, will also be making his Le Mans debut after signing for Toyota to drive in the 2018/19 WEC superseason. Alonso has made no secret of wanting to win the triple crown after last season missing the 2017 Monaco F1 Grand Prix to race at the Indianapolis 500.
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