The brand new rule is underneath analysis as a part of a deliberate enlargement of the WEC grid to a minimal of 40 automobiles from the present 37-strong discipline for 2025, Motorsport.com has discovered.
It could take away the flexibility of a manufacturing facility staff to run a single automotive as Cadillac Racing has completed since final season, Iron Lynx Lamborghini is doing this yr and because the Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin squad has introduced for subsequent season.
The rule stopping Hypercar producers from operating greater than two manufacturing facility automobiles would stay in place.
Solely on the Blue Riband Le Mans 24 Hours WEC spherical are greater than two automobiles permissible, though extra entries don’t rating both producers’ or drivers’ factors.
The transfer would no less than partially convey Hypercar consistent with the new-for-2024 LMGT3 class, which mandates that every producer is represented by a single two-car staff.
WEC promoter and co-organiser, the Car Membership de l’Ouest, has declined to touch upon the prospect of a two-car rule, which seems to be virtually sure to be carried out for the brand new season.
Information of the plan follows the admission from Chip Ganassi Racing earlier this month that its deal to run one-car manufacturing facility programmes with the Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh in each WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship will come to an finish after 2024.
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It’s identified that the Normal Motors model’s negotiations with potential replacements for the WEC centre on a two-car operation.
Iron Lynx has made no secret of its intent to step as much as two Hypercar entries within the second season of the Lamborghini SC63 LMDh.
Aston Martin introduced plans to run a single Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar in every of the WEC and the IMSA sequence in North America, however Coronary heart of Racing left the door open to larger presence in both or each sequence on the launch of the programme final October.
Garagiste Isotta Fraschini has additionally talked brazenly in regards to the prospect of operating two automobiles, both a second Tipo 6 LMH Competizone run by the French Duqueine squad or an extra automotive by one other staff.
Isotta had aspirations to be represented by two automobiles this yr, one run by the British Vector Sport staff and one by Duqueine.
It was solely allowed by the WEC organisation to make a single entry because of constraints on the dimensions of the grid and opted to go along with Duqueine on monetary grounds.
The brand new ruling might have implications for the independents in Hypercar, which compete in what is called the FIA Endurance World Cup for Groups relatively than scoring world championship producers’ factors.
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Groups competing within the World Cup would, it’s understood, not be topic to the two-car rule, nevertheless it might cut back house for privateer entries.
On the presumption that the grid expands to not more than 40 automobiles and the WEC sticks with 18 automobiles in LMGT3, additional automobiles from Cadillac, Lamborghini and Isotta and a two-car Aston squad would go away solely two grid spots for buyer groups in what could be a 22-car Hypercar discipline.