Mazda Will Discontinue IMSA Prototype Program At The End Of 2021 Season
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IMSA is getting beat up in the ring lately. With the collapse of its factory-supported GTLM category, the sanctioning body has already had to pivot its GT classes to a more affordable GTD-based program. Friday’s announcement that Mazda would be ending its DPi program at the end of the 2021 season and would not be pursuing a replacement LMDh program in the future has been a serious hit to the series. This leaves only Acura and Cadillac participating in the class in 2022.
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Mazda has been an integral part of the IMSA prototype class since the merger of ALMS and Grand Am in 2014. The series was so well-meshed with Mazda Motorsports that team boss John Doonan left the Japanese manufacturer to be president of IMSA in early 2020. The Mazda program has not, however, been without difficulties. The team has worked with three different supporting partners, finding success difficult until rec
Porsche to return to Le Mans top category in LMDh car
16 December 2020 8:27 pm / 2 comments
It’s been three years since Porsche has been out of top-flight endurance racing, but it’s coming back in a big way. Zuffenhausen has announced that its executive board has green-lighted the development of a new Le Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) prototype, enabling a return to the premier class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the participation in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the first time.
A convergence of the Daytona Prototype International (DPI) and Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) categories, the new regulations will allow Porsche to contest overall victories not just at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but also at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.
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