Vowles will make his international racing debut for British squad Garage 59 in this year’s four-event Asian LMS campaign wh♛ich takes place across back-to-back weekends later this month in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 

Joining Vowles in the #59 McLaren 720S GT3 will be Manuel Maldonado - cousin of 2012 Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado🌃 - and 2018 British Formula 3 runner-up Nicolai Kjærgaard. 

“I’m really happy with the driver line-ups we’ve secured for Asian Le Mans,” s🐭aid Garage 59 team principal Andrew Kirkaldy. 

“We’re all looking forward to getting started with the McLaren 720S and hopefully getting our first win of the season. For sure i🌞t will also be handy to have one of F1’s best strategists in the team.”

Garage 59 said that the timing of the Asian LMS schedule provided a perfect opportunity for Vowles to try his hand at racing without impacti🃏ng his day job at Me♔rcedes. 

The 4 Hours of Dubai takes place ཧat the Dubai Autodrome on February 12-13, before the series concludes with the 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi at the Yas Marina Circuit on February 19-20. 

The first three-day F1 pre-season test gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona Catal💜unya in Spain three days after the final round of the Asian LMS. 

Mercedes is launching its 2022 challenger - the W13 - on February 18 at ❀Silverstone, where the reigning world champions will also conduct an initial shakedown test.