McIntosh Jumping into “Exciting” World Finals Double Duty Role

Anthony McIntosh is looking forward to an “exciting” double duty program in the Lamborghini World Finals, where he will be chasing world championship glory in two different classes with two different teams.

The American racer, who captured his second consecutive Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Am title with Glenn McGee on Friday, has been entered into both the Am and Pro-Am categories for the World Finals in Jerez.

In the Am class, he will continue with his Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti co-driver McGee, before joining Brendon Leitch at Leipert Motorsport in Pro-Am.

“That’s going to be exciting because there’s two different cars, two different setups,” McIntosh told Sportscar365.

“They’re very close, but it’s just a European setup, just a little bit different. But both cars are super fast.

“You just have to drive them just to get the speed out of them a little bit differently.

“Both teams are top-notch, though, and I’m excited.”

McIntosh praised his two teams as “very accommodating,” noting that there has been cooperation between WTRAndretti and Leipert to allow him to compete in both classes this weekend.

“The cool thing is that the garage for Wayne Taylor is only five or six doors down from Leipert and both teams are talking together,” said McIntosh.

“They’re coordinating, getting my stuff back and forth. They’ve been very accommodating, so I will get out of one car and get right into another car.”

When asked if he is worried about the intensity of his schedule for the weekend, McIntosh replied: “Not at all.”

“You just get out of the car and go into the next car,” he said.

“Actually, it makes it easier because your brain is already going. You’re still at that point.

“You got your muscle memory, you don’t stop for three hours and relax, your muscle memory’s just built up and it’s go time.

“So you get out of one go time, right into another go time.”

In addition to racing for different teams in different categories, McIntosh will also have to reckon with two different co-drivers and the variations that come with that, something which he says will require “a different strategy for each one.”

“I think honestly the biggest thing though is that Brendon is very calm and he’s just very strategic, and that works really well for me,” said McIntosh.

“Glenn and I, because we’re both Bronze drivers, we just kind of have to get together and just force our way through.

“But I will say this, driving in the Pro-Ams with the Europeans is pretty dicey.

“When we qualify, I’ll qualify into the Pro class, and those guys are there to win, and there’s a lot of Pros.

“The Am class, we just have to stay out of trouble, really. So it’s a different strategy for each one.”

Having already secured back-to-back Super Trofeo North America titles, McIntosh and McGee could accomplish a similar feat in the World Finals as they triumphed in the Am category a year ago in Misano.

“It would be fantastic but I’m a realist,” said McIntosh.

“These guys are good. They’re really really good and that’s why I try and align myself with the best co-drivers I can.

“Glenn’s probably one of the best Bronze drivers I could drive with. Brendon Leitch certainly is one of the best pro drivers I could drive with.

“So to have both of them, it’s a mega lineup all the way across the board. So it’s all up to me.”