The Le Mans 24 Hours is always a carnival of track action and off-track ‘happenings but the return of a full crowd, and the looming datelines for the explosion of the Hypercar class for the FIA WEC and GTP in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship have combined this year for a few days that should answer plenty of the questions about just what are going to see and when in the very near future.
We already have confirmation that Cadillac will make a significant announcement about their LMDH programme next Thursday (9 June), with a car confirmed to be bound for both the WEC and IMSA, and yesterday BMW confirmed that they too will reveal their LMDH next week (Monday 6 June).
That’s interesting timing from BMW who, to this point, have only confirmed an IMSA programme for the new car.
The German manufacturer are known though to have been courted by multiple WEC players, with WRT understood to be the closest to what is expected to be a wide-ranging deal in the wake of the evaporation of their plans to field the now cancelled Audi effort in the FIA WEC.
More of that later this week.
Elsewhere the new Peugeot 9X8 will be on public display at Le Mans ahead of its race debut next month at Monza and there’s every possibility that Porsche will show their now much-tested LMDH car too.
No confirmation yet that there will be any news from Ferrari but their LMH car is set to test next month for the first time – a further release of information in front of the biggest sportscar audience on the planet would be somewhat timely!
Either way, there will be no shortage of news as the sport hunkers down to prepare for a brand new and very exciting era!
