Pino Joins IDEC for Mugello

Nico Pino will join IDEC Sport in place of Marcos Siebert for this weekend’s penultimate European Le Mans Series round at Mugello.

Confirmed as part of a 43-car entry list issued for the series’ first visit to the Tuscany circuit, the Chilean will pilot the No. 28 Oreca 07 Gibson alongside Reshad de Gerus and Job van Uitert.

Pino, who also competes with United Autosports in the FIA World Endurance Championship, contested the first three rounds of the ELMS season with Nielsen Racing before he was replaced by Benjamin Pedersen.

He previously raced for the likes of Duqueine Team and Inter Europol Competition.

Nielsen, meanwhile, will resort to a two-driver lineup for its No. 27 Oreca as previously outlined due to a clashing business commitment for David Heinemeier Hansson.

Elsewhere, Niels Koolen will return to the No. 30 Duqueine Team lineup alongside Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and James Allen, replacing Rasmus Lindh.

The Dutch racer made his GT3 debut with Comtoyou Racing in last weekend’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup round at Monza and now returns to ELMS after a two-round stint in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

In LMP2 Pro-Am, Oliver Jarvis returns to the No. 21 United Autosports Oreca after missing the previous round due to a clash with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, while Matt Bell rejoins Team Virage alongside Tony Wells and Tristan Vautier.

Louis Stern is the latest driver to slot into the No. 35 Ultimate Ligier JS P320 Nissan alongside Jean-Baptiste and Matthieu Lahaye, while DKR Engineering has one vacancy aboard its No. 4 Duqueine D08 Nissan.

LMGT3 features a lineup overhaul at JMW Motorsport, with Scott Noble and Jason Hart replacing John Hartsthorne and Phil Keen aboard the No. 66 Ferrari 296 GT3.

Noble and Hart will race alongside Silver-rated Ben Tuck, making it the only entry in the class without either a Gold or Platinum driver in the lineup.

The American pairing has competed in the Hankook 24H Series with Herberth Motorsport, most notably winning the recent Hankook 24H Barcelona.