In 2020 Roman joined The Heart Of Racing Team to compete in the IMSA WeatherTech GTD Championship in there #23 car. The team got progressively better throughout the year and finished with a season best second place finish at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. In 2021 Roman was back again in the #23 car and now joined by new teammate Ross Gunn. The duo put together an amazing season which saw them capture 3 race wins, the IMSA Sprint Cup championship and a 3rd place finish in the overall GTD championship. Roman and the them earned their victories at the Detroit Grand Prix, Northeast Grand Prix and a season capping win at Petit Le Mans.
In 2022 Roman was joined by teammate Maxime Martin for most of the year, driving the #27 Heart of Racing car in the IMSA Weathertech GTD Championship. Roman built upon his excellent rookie debut in the class by capturing the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar GTD Championship at the last race of the season in Atalanta. Roman followed up his stellar 2022 season with runner-up finishes in both the IMSA GTD Championship and the IMSA GTD Sprint Cup in 2023 while also competing in the Pirelli GT4 America Series and the 24H Series throughout the season.
Roman will be back again with The Heart of Racing for 2025 competing in the Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar in both the IMSA Weathertech GTP division as well as the World Endurance Championship.
A CHAMPION. A true champion in the definition of the word; a champion on the track, a champion of the brands that back him, a champion of the fans, a champion of great causes.
It’s not often that a driver comes along who can deliver wins on the track and wins off the track for the brands they represent.
De Angelis will pilot the Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class in IMSA WeatherTech competition, with the debut being the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March. Roman's also set to drive the hypercar internationally in the FIA World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class as part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans along with other select WEC events.