IndyCar drivers in action this weekend at Virtual LeMans

It won't be the real thing, but the next best given the pandemic

Some NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers are heading back to the sim racing world for a virtual version of one of motorsports’ Triple Crown events.

Felix Rosenqvist, Simon Pagenaud and Tony Kanaan are among the drivers entered in the virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday. The endurance race around the virtual version of the famed Circuit de Le Sarthe will feature 50 cars racing in two classes, a prototype class based on P2 cars and a GT class. Lineups are made up of pro racing drivers with up to two sim racing pros joining each team.

Pagenaud will be part of Team Penske’s all-pro driver lineup in the prototype class alongside two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya and sports car drivers Ricky Taylor and Dane Cameron, while Kanaan teams with INDYCAR race winner and steward Max Papis, Pietro Fittipaldi and sim racer Sido Weijer in a prototype fielded by MPI-Zansho.

Rosenqvist is teaming up with Formula E’s Antonio Felix de Costa and sim racers Kevin Siggy and Rudy van Buren in a Team REDLINE prototype.

In addition, Robert Wickens and Fernando Alonso are in the field, which also features Formula One and sports car stars from around the world.