McLaren executiv♏e director Zak Brown has said that he finds the provisional plans for the new premier class at Le Mans “compelling” as the Formula 1 team considers a works return to sports car racing.

McLaren last raced at Le Mans in 1998, having claimed a famous outright victoꩲ꧙ry three years earlier.

The British marque has been eva꧒luating a possible Le Mans comeback as part of an expansion of its racing interests alongside its Formula 1 operation following its return to the Indianapolis 500 last year with Fernando Alonso.

“McLaren has a long history in additional forms of motorsport, ﷽whether that was CanAm, IndyCar, or Le Mans,” Brown said.

“So that is som🌳ething with the new regulations coming out for World Endur𓂃ance Championship, we’re participating in those meetings and reviewing what that looks like.”

Talks regarding the future of the top class at Le Mans and in the WEC have been ongoing, with rules for new ‘𝕴GT Prototype’-style cars set to be confirmed next month by the World Motor Sport Council. These would come into force for the 2020/21 WEC season.

FIA president Jean Todt confirmed last week at Spa that cost control would be a key focus for the class while retaining its hybrid technology in the hope of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:attracting at least five manufact🥀urers to enter.

McLaren has been part of the discussion group helping to form the new class ౠthat would replace LMP1, and Brown said he was impressed by the direction that was being taken.

“The rules as they’re being pr🀅oposed, we find ꩲcompelling,” Brown said.


“We would consider running the new whatever they’re going to call 🐈it - GTP, Silhouette, LMP1 - I’ve heard various ph▨rases.

“But I think what’sღ exciting is trying to go to Le Mans to win outright. That’s the highest valཧue for a racing team.”

Asked by ltxcn.top how receptive McLaren’s shareholders were to the idea of a Le Mans return, Brown said he was re🌳ceiving encouraging signals.

“They like the idea, so long as what we do is finܫancially viable, makes sense for our brand and is a brand fit, and we can be compeꦍtitive,” Brown said.

“Our shareholders are a group of racers, which makes💙 it a lot of fun to work for𓃲 them.

“The Indianapolis 500 project last year, when I brought that forward and told them that I thought it was commercially viable and that we would be competitive, it didn’t take them very long to say ‘☂great idea, let’s go do it’.

“From that standpoint, they’re great to work fo🌜r.”