That’s 11 top-flight cars for the 1000 Miles of Sebring.
Porsche and Cadillac field LMDh cars, while Toyota, Peugeot, Vanwall and Glickenhaus join Ferrari in LMH. The rules were rolled out from 2021 but this year they’re coming on boost. LMDh runs to the same weight and power restrictions as LMH, and for the first time Balance of Performance aims to level the playing field across WEC’s premier class. Called LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid), their ‘spec’ carbonfibre chassis and hybrid systems are the more affordable common building blocks on which teams put their stamp. The new rules also largely dovetail with America’s domestic IMSA series, so while LMH is applicable Stateside, new top-tier IMSA racecars are likewise eligible for WEC entries.
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We’re in Florida to shadow Ferrari’s return to top-flight endurance racing 50 years since it campaigned the 312P, as well as take the pulse of a reinvigorated WEC ahead of Le Mans – 24-hour jewel in the WEC’s crown celebrating its centenary this June.įerrari? Here because new Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) rules lower costs for prototype racing versus the previous LMP1 category and allow scope for less homogeneous designs.Īt 1030kg minimum and 671bhp max, LMH cars are substantially heavier, less powerful and around 10 seconds slower over a Le Mans lap than their LMP1 predecessors, cold facts that substantially undersell the spectacle – witness Cadillac driver Alex Lynn’s predatory overhauls of the Porsche 963 during the race as edge-of-seat proof.
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