It's obviously a rest day before tomorrow's big race with the 89th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But there are still newsworthy items to discuss and peruse. Here's the latest via Sportscar365.
Half a dozen races will be included in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship beginning with the renewal of the 1,000 Miles of Sebring, a race we have not seen since 2019, well before the pandemic occurred.
Sebring to Open 2022 Season in Six-Race Calendar
The inevitable will soon happen as the GTE classes grow long in the tooth. By 2024, GT3 could and will very well be the production car standard for racing at Le Mans and in the WEC. It will also happen in IMSA, beginning next year.
GT3-Based Category to Replace GTE in 2024
What this means is that (since this is part of the GT3 framework already), we will not see full fledged factory backed teams in the new ACO GT class in 2024. So, teams we are seeing compete tomorrow in the Le Mans 24 Hour race from the likes of Porsche, Ferrari, and Corvette, will be obsolete. GT3 is driven by manufacturer participation, but insofar as manufacturers providing cars for customer teams to race.
ACO's Future GT Class Set to Prohibit Factory Entries
Hydrogen Class Launch Delayed to 2025
TotalEnergies to Develop '100 Percent' Renewable Fuel for '22
Porsche Replaces No. 92 Chassis After Estre Crash
Alpine to Make LMH/LMDh Program Decision By End of Year
Corvette Gets Weight Break in Pre-Race BoP Change
See you tomorrow, for wall to wall coverage of all the action in the 89th renewal of the world's greatest sports car race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's Christmas for sports car racing fans! Can't wait. See everyone in the morning.
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