Christian Ried at the wheel of an Oreca 07

If there is anyone who regrets the abandonment of GTE for GT3, it is him. Proton Racing driver Christian Ried has been driving Porsches all his life with great success, but a few days ago he tried something new.

Indeed, earlier this week, the 43-year-old German was spotted on the Paul-Ricard circuit at the wheel of an Oreca 07-Gibson run by Algarve Pro Racing.

Just for fun? Presumably, even though we heard for a while that his Proton Racing team might start its 2023 campaign in the LMP2 class while waiting to receive its Porsche 963, which won't arrive before April. It is true that this would have been an effective way of breaking in his team and even one or two drivers to the Prototype.