Ferrari Announces LMH Factory Program!

When is the next Ferrari test?

 

For what it's worth, it looks incredibly fast around Fiorano. They need to get on a bigger track. Next up Mugello?

 

Ferrari vs Porsche vs Cadillac vs Peugeot

 

I still think the Peugeot is the most interesting looking and has the nicest side profile. Cadillac sounds the best followed by the Porsche. The Ferrari sounds like a Porsche Turbo , go figure

 

Is it me or the Lmhd look like they are less aerodynamically sophisticated compared with the Hypercars ?

 

https://www.funoanalisitecnica.com/2022/07/f1-wec-ferrari-red-bull.html?refresh_ce=4400

 

The LMDh are less sophisticated in everything than Hypercars: no posibility to have AWD, less electric power and so on. They´re made to be cheap and will have to BOP them to get them in the fight. And as usual, nobody will be happy with their BOP.

 

I heard the Ferrari is AWD

 

As they chose lmh they can use awd unlike lmdh

 

If I understand it properly, the Hypercars will be eligible to race in the World Endurance Championship only (6 races at most).

The LMDhs will race in the IMSA series AND be allowed in the WEC as well.

Hypercars will be factory run; LMDhs will be marketed and run by private teams.

 

The conditions in which power on the front axle is are allowed to be used almost negate the advantage of AWD.

We saw that at Le Mans this year.

 

lmh’s are also allowed to race in imsa as long as they’re considered a large manufacturer. Generally it’s a difference of philosophy rather than whether or not someone allows a customer team. This was part of the unification efforts between the aco and imsa. So far however no lmh manufacturer has announced an official us program though Ferrari is interested in racing in imsa.



“He also once again hinted at a future involvement by Ferrari in the top class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship after the North American series cleared the way for LMH machinery to compete in its series in the middle of last year.

“For Ferrari, the US market is crucially important,” he said.

“But in 2023, we will be involved just in the WEC.” -Coletta

 

Yes, it's difficult to understand why Glickenhaus, the only Hypercar American team, is nor allowed to race in IMSA on its own soil.

There is no obligation to sell LMDh cars to private teams, but I gather that's why Porsche, Lamborghini and a few others have chosen that route to build cheaper cars affordable to private teams.

Ideally, a united championship should include star events like Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans in the USA, and Spa, Monza and Le Mans in Europe, like it was in the "old days".

 

I understand that lambo’s lmdh decision came at a time when lmh’s approval in the wec wasn’t finalized yet. I guess Glickenhaus’s exclusion from imsa doesn’t matter to them as they have Cadillac in the top class.

 

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The current DPi's were something like 2 seconds a lap faster than the Hypercars when they shared the Sebring weekend this year. Sadly they are slowing down the LMDh cars so they will be more inline with the Hypercars. You are correct though, BoP is going to dominate the headlines.

 

The Glickenhaus exclusion has to do with how the sporting regulations define a manufacturer. They must build over 2K cars per year. It isn't something that is specifically aimed at SCG. Heard a recent interview with John Doonan (maybe during Le Mans?) where he mentioned that the sporting regulations for next year weren't finalized. That will be announced during the State of the Series press conference at Road America. I wouldn't be surprised if it is revised to let them run if they meet all the other requirements.

 

Actually, we could say the LMH were slowed to the pace of LMDh, because all LMH are capable of 800hp or more, like in the draft of 2019

 

Didn't the Hypercar technical regs come out first with a target LM lap time?

 

They came first, yes, but target laptimes have always been essentially ******** in ACO terms. LMH was slowed down to LMDh and not the contrary

 

Why would a team have to be a manufacturer and produce 2K cars a year in IMSA? Where is the logic?
Anyone who builds a car that respects the technical rules SHOULD be allowed.
Jim Glickenhaus claims that IMSA sporting regulations were specifically aimed at him, and I believe that. He is allowed in WEC , FFS !!!

It's also not serious not to have the sporting regulations for the following year ready 6 months before.
An Amerivan team not allowed to compete with an American car on American soil, when Acura, Mazda and else can ??
I call that deliberate obstruction ... I wonder who's pulling the strings here.

 

Yes, the ACO that runs the WEC wanted to keep Le Mans lap time around 3 min 25/30.

If a car is capable to go below that target, it will the slown down by the BoP.

 

http://www.radiolemans.co/2022/06/11/john-doonan-at-le-mans-2022/

GTP conversations starts at 22min. SCG specific at 25min.

 

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John Doonan didn't have any explication to give to exclude Glickenhaus from racing in IMSA.
He only invoked a constructors rule in the sporting regulations written before he was in charge, without commiting himself.
The whole issue stinks, IMO.