Hanley called in as replacement for injured Vaxivière

TDS Racing’s Matthieu Vaxivière will miss the WEC 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps due to a foot injury sustained in a training accident. His place in the No.28 LMP2 car will be taken by Briton Ben Hanley.

TDS Racing’s Matthieu Vaxivière will miss the WEC 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps due to a foot injury sustained in a training accident.  His place in the No.28 LMP2 car will be taken by Briton Ben Hanley.

The young Frenchman finished third in class at the 6 Hours of Silverstone alongside Emmanuel Collard and François Perrodo, and was also due to take part in the Monza round of the ELMS the week after Spa.

Matthieu has fractured his foot and got suffered ligament damage but is seeing a foot specialist with the aim of being back in the cockpit for the third round of the WEC, the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 17-18 June.