Porsche is open to the possibility of Sebastian Vettel joining the team at the Le Mans 24 Hours in the future, despite the four-time Formula 1 champion being ruled out from this year's event.
Vettel emerged as a late contender to drive Porsche Penske Motorsport's third 963 LMDh at La Sarthe following a successful test at Aragon in March in which he completed around 600km. The German manufacturer delayed the announcement regarding its full Le Mans line-up, initially scheduled for the end of March, as it evaluated Vettel for one of the two remaining seats in its three-car factory programme.
Sebastian Vettel, Porsche 963 Photo by: Porsche Motorsport Asked ahead of this weekend's Spa round as to why Vettel wasn't signed by the team, Kuratle said: 'The situation did not arise. There is no culprit in this question. I think that's actually the case, it didn't happen. That didn't happen.' During the LMP1 era of the WEC, Porsche signed another German driver Nico Hulkenberg for its third car at Le Mans while he was still active in F1 with Force India.
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