Jota team principal Sam Hignett confirmed to Autosport that the British operation has approached Vettel about joining its expanded two-car Hypercar class assault on the WEC in 2024 with a pair of Porsche 963 LMDh prototypes.
Hignett stressed that discussions with the German about a WEC drive and an attack on the Le Mans 24 Hours remain at an early stage and that no deal has been done.
“We are speaking to Seb, there are discussions, but nothing is done,” he said.
“There isn’t any kind of contract signed and he certainly hasn’t tested one of our cars.”
Vettel, who called time on his F1 career at the end of 2022, has refused to rule out the possibility of some kind of comeback.
He declared that he remained race fit earlier this month and said over the course of a visit to Suzuka for last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that he misses “the amazing feeling” of driving an F1 car.
But he poured cold water on a return to F1 in the short-term.
Source: Autosport