Racecar Engineering

Consolidation time?

Endurance racing has had its ups and downs in the last couple of decades, much as most of racing, but the highs and lows span a bigger range of dates. Consider the fact that Le Mans is more dependent on factory campaigns than F1, for example, and we have gone from 1999’s five manufacturers to today’s one.

Endurance racing is close to my heart and the announcement that IMSA and the ACO will have a common platform was promising (it’s something I have been promoting for years), much

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