Credit: Photo Copyright 2023 FIA WEC / FocusPackMedia – Harry Parvin
D’station Racing has selected Liam Talbot to replace Satoshi Hoshino at the World Endurance Championship 2023 season finale which will be the 8 Hours of Bahrain.
The Australian FIA bronze-rated driver will take over from Team Owner Hoshino to compete in the eight-hour Bahrain race.
In his WEC debut, Talbot will join Casper Stevenson and Tomonobu Fujii in the #777 Aston Martin Vantage GTE for the final race, both in the 2023 season and for the GTE category.
In an official statement, the team described the reason as “unavoidable schedule conflicts” for Hoshino, which has led them to select Talbot.
His sportscar campaigns this year have been in the Asian Le Mans Series, 24 Hours of Spa, and the GT World Challenge Australia, all of which were competed in Mercedes-AMG GT3 machinery. He currently leads the latter series’ championship, and took a Pro-Am win at the 12 Hours of Bathurst in February.
D’station Racing sit at the bottom in the standings with just four points, having endured a demanding WEC campaign this year.
The seventh and final race of the 2023 FIA WEC season will take place on 4 November in just over two weeks time.
Keyword: Talbot to replace Hoshino for WEC Bahrain after ‘unavoidable schedule conflicts’