A golden era of endurance racing is upon us - and it all comes to a head at this weekend's centenary.
makes its Le Mans debut, too, where the hope is its wingless prototype will be untouchable down the Mulsanne straight. Glickenhaus returns with two SCG007s after nabbing its first podium at last year’s event, though Alpine is solely focusing on LMP2 this time around before running an LMDh car at next year’s race. In its place is the ByKolles-run Vanwall team, which hasn’t proven all that competitive this year, but its Gibson V8 sure makes one hell of a racket.
That makes up 16-car field Hypercars, up from a measly five in 2022, all of which have a real chance of taking outright victory. The grid is set to grow exponentially in 2024, with BMW, Lamborghini and Alpine all set to enter LMDh machines.This one’s a tough pill to swallow. Though not dissimilar to a GT3 on the surface, LMGTE was the closest thing we’ve had to a GT1 class since the mid-2000s.
Anyway, I digress. Le Mans 2023 will be GTE’s final outing, though it’s purely an Am-based category this time around. The manufacturer-backed Pro class wound up last year, although Corvette is supporting a sole C8.R entry while AF Corse – the squad running Ferrari’s 499P Hypercar – is also fielding a handful of 488 GTEs in full works liveries.
The best bit? It’s flippin’ rapid. We’re two tests in at the time of writing, and it’s several seconds faster around Le Sarthe than the quickest LMGTE car. It’s even funnier when you see how massive it is compared to the rest of the field, and that it looks like a brick with a few canards glued to it. Hendrick is keen to retain the spirit of NASCAR with its LM-adapted Camaro, so it does without the massive wings you’ll find on the back of the GTE runners.
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