West Sussex-based TF Sport has announced that Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Hiroshi Koizumi will pilot the team’s #82 Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the 2025 European Le Mans Series.
Eastwood, Andrade and Koizumi drove for the team in the 2024 FIA WEC with Eastwood and Andrade joining forces with Tom Van Rompuy in the #81 car while Koizumi partnered with Dani Juncadella and Sébastien Baud in the sister #82 entry.
The team scored their best finish of the season at the final round in Bahrain where a double podium saw the #81 trio finish 2nd with the #82 crew in 3rd.
Andrade and Eastwood will have a busy season, combining their ELMS campaign with the WEC where they are re-joined by Belgian pilot Van Rompuy.
“I am happy to be back in ELMS,” said Charlie Eastwood. “In the past we had great success with the LMP2 in the championship but I have never raced in the series in GT. I am looking forward to driving the Corvette Z06 GT3.R on some of my favourite circuits, including finally Silverstone. Thanks to last year’s WEC season I know Rui and Hiroshi well and together with TF Sport and Corvette we could achieve great results.”
Having last competed in the ELMS with Inter Europol Competition in 223, Rui Andrade is also looking forward to competing in the series in 2025.
“I am excited to return to the ELMS and to race on some of Europe’s most iconic circuits with the Corvette,” he said. “It is a new challenge for the whole team but with their experience and knowledge, I have no doubt that we will have a great season together. We have a strong lineup: I know Charlie well and I am looking forward to working with Hiroshi. I can’t wait to start.”
The 2025 European Le Mans Series gets underway with the official tests on April the 1st followed by the opening round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on April the 6th.
