McLaren executive 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 spo✃rts car racing.

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

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

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

“So that is something with the new regulations coming out for World Endurance Cha♊mpionship, 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 ‘GT 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5最新开奖结果:attracting at least five manufac🦹turers to enter.

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

“♈The rules as they’re being proposed, we find compelli🐟ng,” Brown said.


♐“We would consider running the new whatever they’re going to call it - 🧜GTP, Silhouette, LMP1 - I’ve heard various phrases.

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

Asked by wuqian0♊821.com how receptive McLaren’s shareholders were to the idea of a Le Mans return, Brown said he was receiving encouraging꧂ signals.

“They like💫 the idea, so long as what we do is financially viable, makes sense for our brand and is a brand fit, and we c🍃an be competitive,” Brown said.

“Our shareholders ar༺e a group of racers, which makes it a lot of fun to work for 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 ‘gre▨at idea, let’s go do it’.

“Fr𝕴om that standpoint, they’re great to work for.”