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Wynn’s Livery for Keating-Led Team Project 1 Porsche

Wynn’s to sponsor No. 57 Team Project 1 Porsche for next two FIA WEC rounds…

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Team Project 1 has unveiled a new livery for its No. 57 Porsche 911 RSR that will be run in the next two FIA World Endurance Championship races featuring the iconic Wynn’s colors.

The automotive additive company, which has been a backer of Ben Keating’s motorsports activities for more than a year, will sponsor the German squad’s GTE-Am entry, co-driven by Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Felipe Fraga in this weekend’s Lone Star Le Mans as well as the 1000 Miles of Sebring in March.

The predominately purple livery, made famous on the Hotchkis Racing Porsche 962 in the 1980s, was rekindled last year during IMSA’s 50th anniversary celebrations that resulted in Keating joining forces with Wynn’s for its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mercedes-AMG GT3 program.

Wynn’s also sponsored Keating’s Ford GT at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which lost its class win to Project 1 due to technical infractions found post-race.

Sportscar365 understands that the No. 57 Porsche could also be in Wynn’s colors for the season-ending round at Le Mans this year.

Keating and Bleekemolen enter this weekend’s fifth WEC round tied for the lead of the GTE-Am drivers’ championship following a class win last time out in the 8 Hours of Bahrain.

John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John

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