With the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship over, Corvette Racing now has the freedom to turn its attention to
other things, such as the FIA World Endurance Championship. That’s why the team
is packing up and heading to China this month, to run one of its Chevrolet
Corvette C7.R race cars (No. 64) at the 6 Hours of Shanghai.
Today, Chevrolet and Corvette Racing unveiled the flashy
new livery that will be worn by the No. 64 car, which was designed to garner
attention for Chevy’s Redline sub-brand in the Chinese market. We dare say it
ought to succeed at that, boasting a sharp-looking, mostly silver color scheme
with splashes of red and black.
The 2018 6 Hours of Shanghai will mark Corvette
Racing’s first-ever race at the 16-turn, 3.4-mile Shanghai International
Circuit, ringing in the official close to the factory outfit’s twentieth season
of competition. The No. 64 Corvette C7.R will be driven at the event by Oliver
Gavin and Tommy Milner – both drivers of the No. 4 C7.R during the IMSA
SportsCar Campionship season, who placed third in the GTLM-class team standings
this year.
Gavin and Milner also managed to nab Corvette Racing’s
only victory of the season, at Long Beach. “I’ve driven three generations of
Corvette – C5-R, C6.R and C7.R – all in yellow,” says Oliver Gavin. “To see it
now in the Redline livery is fantastic. It’s cool, it’s new and it’s sharp.
Certainly looking out over the hood for the first time when it’s silver and not
yellow is something to get used to. To see the car in that silver Redline
livery is fantastic. The crowd in Shanghai certainly will be taken aback by
seeing a Corvette in the Redline livery! It’ll be great for us and great for
the fans.”
The 6 Hours of Shanghai is the final race of the
2018 calendar year in the first-ever FIA World Endurance Championship Super
Season, which spans from 2018 to 2019. It is scheduled to take place on November 18th.
