Isotta has joined forces with Duqueine, a regular in LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the European Le Mans Series, after parting company with the British Vector Sport operation that was scheduled to run its solo Tipo 6 Competizione LMH in 2024.
The link-up with the Vector LMP2 squad was revealed in December 2022, but the team announced ahead of the publication of next season’s WEC entry list on Monday that it will be taking a year out of the series after two seasons in LMP2.
Duqueine Team, part of wider group specialising in automotive and aerospace industries, subsequently made a short announcement that it would be collaborating with Isotta and the Michelotto Engineering organisation masterminding development of the Tipo 6 in the WEC in 2024.
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Isotta motorsport boss Claudio Berro told Autosport that the change of team had been made for financial reasons.
Berro said: “Duqueine, the global company, came with a sponsor to support the car.
“As a small company we had to go with some realistic support.”
He added that it “was not an easy decision” and that Isotta is “still open” to working with Vector in the future.
Vector team principal Gary Holland confirmed to Autosport that there had been an attempt by Isotta to change the terms of its agreement.
He said: “There was a ‘we need some more money’, and we said that is no problem, can you release this data and we would like you to perform these fairly simple requests, and it was, ‘absolutely not’.
Source: Autosport