Tom Blomqvist will become the latest driver to make his FIA World Endurance Championship debut when he joins the Extreme Speed Motorsports team in Shanghai.
The Anglo-Swede, who has spent the last two seasons as a BMW driver in DTM, will line up alongside Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael in the Jagonya Ayam-backed ESM Ligier JS P2, replacing Giedo van der Garde.
Blomqvist, Giovinazzi and Gelael all spent 2014 together as teammates at Carlin in European Formula 3, where Blomqvist finished runner-up in the standings to Esteban Ocon, also beating Max Verstappen.
He has since maintained his links to the Jagonya Ayam organisation despite his BMW tie-up, acting as a mentor to Giovinazzi and Gelael – who made their debuts in WEC last weekend in the 6 Hours of Fuji.
Along with van der Garde, who has raced in LMP2 for G-Drive this season, the pair finished fourth in class, losing time with an electrical problem and a subsequent penalty for pitlane speeding.
A statement from Jagonya Ayam, however, suggested Blomqvist would be unable to keep his place in the line-up for the season finale at Bahrain due to clashing commitments.
