The brand new rule is underneath analysis as a part of a deliberate growth of the WEC grid to a minimal of 40 vehicles from the present 37-strong subject for 2025, Autosport has realized.
It could take away the power of a manufacturing unit workforce to run a single automobile as Cadillac Racing has carried out since final season, Iron Lynx Lamborghini is doing this 12 months and because the Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin squad has introduced for subsequent season.
The rule stopping Hypercar producers from working greater than two manufacturing unit vehicles would stay in place.
Solely on the Blue Riband Le Mans 24 Hours WEC spherical are greater than two vehicles permissible, though further entries don’t rating both producers’ or drivers’ factors.
The transfer would no less than partially convey Hypercar in keeping with the new-for-2024 LMGT3 class, which mandates that every producer is represented by a single two-car workforce.
WEC promoter and co-organiser, the Vehicle Membership de l’Ouest, has declined to touch upon the prospect of a two-car rule, which seems to be nearly 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 unit programmes with the Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh in each WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship will come to an finish on the conclusion of 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 collection in North America, however Coronary heart of Racing left the door open to larger presence in both or each collection on the launch of the programme final October.
Garagiste Isotta Fraschini has additionally talked overtly in regards to the prospect of working two vehicles, both a second Tipo 6 LMH Competizone run by the French Duqueine squad or a further automobile by one other workforce.
Isotta had aspirations to be represented by two vehicles this 12 months, one run by the British Vector Sport workforce 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 together with Duqueine on monetary grounds.
The brand new ruling might have implications on 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, but it surely might cut back house for privateer entries.
On the presumption that the grid expands to not more than 40 vehicles and the WEC sticks with 18 vehicles in LMGT3, additional vehicles from Cadillac, Lamborghini and Isotta and a two-car Aston squad would depart solely two grid spots for buyer groups in what could be a 22-car Hypercar subject.