United Autosports

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United Autosports

Founded	2009[1]
Base	Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Team principal(s)	Zak Brown, Richard Dean
Current series	FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series Le Mans Cup 24 Hours of Le Mans Extreme E IMSA SportsCar Championship Asian Le Mans Series Supercars Championship Super2 Series
Former series	British LMP3 Cup Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup GT Cup Championship British GT British Touring Car Championship GT4 European Series
Current drivers	Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Will Owen Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Paul di Resta Alex Lynn Tom Gamble Duncan Tappy Josh Caygill Finn Gehrsitz Bailey Voisin Andrew Bentley Kay van Berlo James McGuire Guy Smith Max Lynn Shaun Lynn Andrew Haddon Andres Latorre Garnet Patterson Wayne Boyd John Schauerman Daniel Schneider Andy Meyrick Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen Chaz Mostert Lee Holdsworth Zach Bates Ryan Wood
Website	unitedautosports.com

United Autosports is a sports car racing team^[2][3] based in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, founded by businessman Zak Brown^[4] and former driver Richard Dean.^[5]

United Autosports has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Class) twice - in 2020^[6] and 2024^[7]. In 2020, United Autosports became the first ever team to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Class)^[8] and two other endurance sports car championships in the same year – the FIA World Endurance Championship (LMP2)^[9] and the European Le Mans Series.^[10]

In 2023, the team contested the FIA World Endurance Championship,^[11] European Le Mans Series^[12] and Michelin Le Mans Cup.^[13]

United Autosports also prepares and races a range of historic race cars in events across the world, such as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion^[14] and the Le Mans^[15] and Silverstone^[16] Classics.

Since the team's founding in 2009, United Autosports has competed in high-profile races around the world, including the Spa 24 Hours,^[17] the Bathurst 12 Hour,^[18] the Gulf 12 Hours,^[19] and the Dubai 24 Hour,^[20] along with entering championships such as the British Touring Car Championship,^[21][22] GT Cup,^[23] European Supercar Challenge,^[24] Ginetta GT4 Supercup,^[25] FIA GT3 European Championship,^[26] and Blancpain Endurance Series^[27] and the British GT Championship.^[28][29] The team has also raced in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona,^[30] Intercontinental Le Mans Cup,^[31] Macau GT Cup,^[32] and Petit Le Mans.^[33]

United Autosports has partnerships with two other motor racing teams, Walkinshaw Andretti United in Australia and US-based Andretti Autosport.^[34] Andretti and United also co-operate the Andretti Altawkilat team in the Extreme E off-road racing series.^[35]

United Autosports has frequently signed accomplished guest drivers to compete for the team at key events, including Fernando Alonso, Mark Blundell, David Brabham, Martin Brundle, Eddie Cheever, Paul di Resta, Johnny Herbert, Stefan Johansson, Arie Luyendyk, Juan Pablo Montoya, Bruno Senna and Markus Winkelhock. The team's line-ups have also featured some of the top up-and-coming professional racing drivers, such as Brendon Hartley, Alex Lynn and Lando Norris.