We may see Ford vs Ferrari another time within the high class of endurance racing. In line with media experiences, the American carmaker is mulling a Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) or Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) entry, after a profitable stint within the LM GTE class with the Ford GT.
Throughout an interview with Autocar, Mark Rushbrook, International Director of Ford Efficiency, mentioned, “[We] are continually learning or taking a look at the place we will race or ought to race.” When requested if Ford would contemplate getting into the hypercar class, Rushbrook mentioned, “To be liable for what we’re chartered to do, we want to pay attention to all alternatives.”
Rushbrook went on to state, “Motorsports may be very sturdy, total, globally, and all completely different disciplines – they’re all sturdy. However I believe, comparatively, sports activities automotive racing in these final three years has actually come on, and numerous that’s due to world convergence.
“GTE and GT LM converged with GT3 – so now we’ve acquired one focus for GT racing, which helped us make sense out of getting the Mustang GT3 – and the identical at prototype [level], which has not really converged in some ways, as a result of there’s nonetheless the LMdH components, or the LMH components, however no less than there’s the power to race them collectively, in order that convergence has been nice.”
Rushbrook didn’t need to disclose whether or not Ford would go for the LMH class, which permits for the automobiles to be designed and constructed from the bottom up or the LMDh class, which permits producers to make use of off-the-shelf elements.
Supply: Autocar