The 32-year-old Spaniard is one of four new drivers to have been added to the American marque’s works pool for the first season of competition for the all-new Corvette Z06 GT3.R, along with Earl Bamber, Charlie Eastwood and Nico Varrone.
Juncadella makes the move to Corvette after three seasons as a factory Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver, and will contest the full eight-round WEC campaign for partner team TF Sport in the new-for-2024 LMGT3 class, including the Le Mans 24 Hours.
He will also contest the Daytona 24 Hours, Sebring 12 Hours and Petit Le Mans rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in one of the two GTD Pro-class Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette entries, alongside full-season pairing Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims.
“I’ve been a witness to what it means to be a Corvette driver in the U.S,” commented Juncadella, who won four IMSA GTD Pro races this year alongside Jules Gounon.
“That means a really big fan base. That’s pretty exciting, to be honest.
“At every autograph session in IMSA that I’ve been sitting next to the Corvette tent, there is a queue of 100 people waiting to get an autograph from their drivers, and we were just sitting around!
“That’s very exciting, I have to say, to see the legacy that Corvette Racing has created in the U.S. and to see the amount of awareness about the brand is very exciting. It makes me proud and it feels quite unique to be a Corvette factory driver.”
Juncadella's departure from the Mercedes fold follows today's confirmation that Raffaele Marciello will also leave the marque after the FIA GT World Cup in Macau.
Source: Autosport