Penske Porsche revises IMSA and WEC lineups for 2025

Porsche has unveiled a new driver roster for Porsche Penske Motorsports’ 2025 FIA WEC and IMSA campaigns with its fleet of 963s.

Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell will pilot the No. 6 Penske-run 963 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP class, while the No. 7 car will be shared by defending champion Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy. Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre will support the full-season drivers in selected Endurance Cup races.

In the WEC, Julian Andlauer has been promoted to the factory Hypercar team after a standout campaign with Proton Competition in 2024. He will share the number 5 spot with Michael Christensen. Number 6 will now be shared by Vanthoor and Estre.

Both cars will run with just two drivers for the entire season, a change from 2023 and ’24, with Jaminet and Campbell joining the squad at La Sarthe.

These changes also include three major departures from the driver stable, as 2024 driver champion Dane Cameron, FIA WEC Hypercar driver championship leader Andre Lotterer and Le Mans GTE Pro and Nürburgring 24 Hours winner Frédéric Makowiecki – a factory driver for 11 years – will all leave at the end of appear the year.

“I would like to thank Dane Cameron, André Lotterer and Frédéric Makowiecki for their incredible work over the past years. All three played an important role in enabling us to celebrate great successes with the Porsche 963 on both sides of the Atlantic in the second year of competition,” said Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President of Porsche Motorsport. “We will compete with a changed line-up in 2025. Our team still belongs to the top of international endurance races.

“Furthermore, we remain committed to our highly successful initiative by supporting another former Porsche Junior to climb to the top of the career ladder. Over the past few seasons, Julien Andlauer has impressed us at the wheel of every Porsche racing car from Weissach. He absolutely deserves this promotion to the factory driver team.”

Urs Kuratle, Director of LMDh Factory Motorsport at Porsche, said: “With the new line-up, I believe we have put together a winning combination for 2025. We will have two very experienced drivers in both series, plus two drivers in sister cars, all of whom have come through Porsche’s junior program and have fully convinced us as talented young people.

“I would also like to thank Dane Cameron, André Lotterer and Frédéric Makowiecki. All three have contributed to the Porsche Penske Motorsport campaign getting to where it is today in global endurance racing: at the top.”

Jonathan Diuguid, managing director of Porsche Penske Motorsport, noted that the 2025 WEC and IMSA calendars opened the door for Porsche to mobilize its driver pairs more often.

“For 2024, we relied on consistency and continuity and made only a few targeted adjustments to the roster,” he said. “This decision turned out to be the right one. Spurred by these successes, we will take a similar approach by 2025. The door has opened for (driver) involvement in both series.”