Vanthoor turns down G-Drive WEC seat for Nurburgring 

Lynn will miss the German WEC race to take part in the New York Formula E double-header with DS Virgin Racing.

Vanthoor drove the #26 G-Drive LMP2 entry in the Le Mans 24 Hours test day, but pulled out of a possible deal to race the team’s Gibson-powered Oreca, which is run by TDS Racing.

The 26-year-old Belgian will now focus on his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship duties with Porsche.

"Among other things my condition [to race at the Nurburgring] was to take part in Le Mans, which didn’t happen,” Vanthoor told Motorsport.com.

"It’s my goal to prepare the second half of the season as well as possible with Porsche in IMSA, so I want to focus on that now. 

"At the end of the day my future is with Porsche, not with G-Drive. I chose to race in America, so I’m happy to stay in IMSA.”

From next weekend's Watkins Glen race, Vanthoor will team up with new Porsche recruit Gianmaria Bruni, who will make his debut for the Weissach marque after a long-drawn-out switch from Ferrari.

John Martin had originally been pencilled in to fill Lynn's vacant seat alongside Roman Rusinov and Pierre Thiriet at the Nurburgring, although it remains to be seen whether the Australian will get the nod.

The #26 crew faces a three-minute stop-and-go penalty as a result of Rusinov's incident with the #88 Proton Porsche of Khaled Al-Qubaisi during in the second hour at Le Mans.