Porsche driver Richard Lietz will miss the Monza WEC round after testing positive for COVID-19, with Frederic Makowiecki drafted in as his replacement.
The Austrian Porsche factory driver will be replaced in the #91 GTE Pro class 911 RSR alongsidefor the Monza 6 Hours on Sunday by Makowiecki, who was the third driver in the car when it took the class win at the double-points Le Mans WEC round last month.
Lietz tested positive for COVID on Wednesday night prior to his scheduled departure for Monza, and after a second positive test on Thursday Porsche approached the stewards of the meeting about bringing in a replacement. The announcement from Porsche on Friday morning of Lietz’s replacement by Makowiecki on Twitter coincided with the publication of a stewards bulletin accepting the German manufacturer’s request to make a change.
Frenchman Makowiecki was understood to be travelling from his home in Montpellier at the time of the announcement and should be in situ at the track for the start of the opening 90-minute session of free practice at 15:30 local time. Makowieki, who has been a Porsche factory driver since 2014, will be making his first appearance in a regular WEC round since last November’s Bahrain season-finale.
Porsche opted to run three drivers in each of its Manthey-run factory cars for the eight-hour race in the Middle East, also bringing in
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