We reported some months ago that Larbre Competition were set to replace Paulo Ruberti for the flyaway FIA WEC races with a GM placed driver as part of a driver development programme.

DSC sources now confirm that Corvette Factory Driver Ricky Taylor is set to drive the #50 Corvette for at least three of the five races in North America and Asia though any plans to either extend that trio of appearances or place a second development driver are not yet known.

Larbre are known to be attempting to put together a GTE Pro programme with Corvette for the FIA WEC.

It will be the second time that the younger of the Taylor brothers has appeared in WEC six hour races after a one-off single car Corvette effort at COTA in 2014. Taylor has also raced at Le Mans previously for Larbre in both Corvette GT cars and a Morgan LMP2.