Dan Goldburg Marino Sato Paul Di Resta United Autosports IMSA 2024
Today, a triple dose of IMSA news as Daniel Goldburg, Marino Sato and Paul di Resta are revealed as United Autosports teammates in a competitive line-up for the 2024 season.
Post-edit: Marino Sato's upgraded Gold driver categorisation reopened the IMSA Silver-graded seat, with Bijoy Garg announced as part of the #22 line-up with Goldburg and di Resta on 6th December 2023 (read more).
“For our team’s first full season in IMSA, we find ourselves in a pretty strong place with our driver signings,” says United Autosports CEO Richard Dean. “Dan, Marino and Paul will be super competitive from the outset and are all here to challenge for wins. We now have both cars that will be front runners and that’s a great place to be from a data and development position. We have a new base in the Jr III facility we can now call our USA home in Charlotte NC. It’s been a busy few months putting our IMSA programme together and I couldn’t be happier with where we are today.”
Dan Goldburg, multi-race winning IMSA VP Racing Sportscar Challenge driver, and President and Majority Owner of Floridian structural shell contractor CSCI, is a familiar face in the IMSA paddock having raced LMP3s in the VP Challenge (formerly the IMSA Prototype Challenge) since 2020.
Dan Goldburg IMSA 2023 Daytona
“I am thrilled to earn the opportunity to drive for United Autosports in WeatherTech LMP2 in 2024,” says Goldburg. “I began talking to Richard [Dean] early this year and I'm ecstatic for it to all come together and finally announce our intentions.”
In 2023, Goldburg has won at Daytona Speedway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, and celebrated on the podium in Sebring, Lime Rock Park and VIRginia International Raceway. Next year, he will return to many of the tracks where he’s earned success – but this time, driving an LMP2 ORECA 07.
“For my first full season in LMP2, I can't ask for a better possible setup. The United Autosports operation is second to none and I know they will help me get up to speed quickly,” says Goldburg. “Richard helped pair me with a killer line-up … along with Marino and Paul, I think we’re really ticking all the boxes. We're going to come out swinging in Daytona!”
Paul di Resta - former F1 driver, 2020 WEC champion and established member of the United Autosports team - will join Goldburg in the United ORECA 07, alongside his full-season WEC Hypercar seat with Peugeot.
Paul di Resta 2024 IMSA with United Autosports
“We mean business, we’re going there to tackle the championship and I want to be part of it,” says di Resta. “It’s going to be a good move for Dan Goldburg, stepping up to LMP2, and Marino Sato has integrated with the team this year in the ELMS paddock so I think it should make for a good line-up. I’m excited to get started, combining this new venture with my WEC commitments. Thanks to Peugeot for giving me the opportunity to join the United team … now, let’s see what we can do.”
The third name on the car door will be Marino Sato, who will contest the Michelin Endurance Cup races on his IMSA debut.
“I’m grateful to continue with United Autosports for a second season - thank you to the team for their trust in me,” says Marino Sato. “This will be my second season in sportscars, and my first in the US … I’m really looking forward to the challenge. I’ve always wanted to race in America so it’s really exciting.”
Marino Sato wins European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon
After progressing through the ranks in single seaters (find out more), Sato turned his attention to the world of prototypes. He signed with United Autosports for the 2023 European Le Mans Series, drove his first laps in an LMP2 car in April and, two months later, contested his first endurance race at the 4 Hours of Barcelona. Three races into the season and he has already celebrated his first prototype win, taking victory at the 4 Hours of Aragon with co-drivers Olly Jarvis and Phil Hanson (read more).
There are plenty more IMSA announcements in the pipeline – stay up to date on social media @unitedautosports.