[WEC] Ferrari Hypercar Discussion

[Mike E]

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/0...from-2023.html

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...urance-racing/

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...y-lmh-program/

[Mike E]

I wonder if AF Corse will run these cars.

And imagine all the driver managers going crazy right now...

[FIRE]

Great news!!!

[Cinghio44]

Years and years of speculation about a possible Ferrari team in WEC and finally it's gonna happen!! Just wow

So it will be and Hypercar just like Peugeot, Toyota and Glickenhaus. Audi, Porsche and Acura opted for the LMDH concept. Who knows how these two philosophy will clash together ...

[Bcarr6]

I imagine F1 will now be magically able to avoid a clash with Le Mans

[NaBUru38]

Mamma mia!!!

[Mike E]

Bad news, guys. This car is gonna be red. Maybe not red, white and black. But definitely red.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Mike E

Bad news, guys. This car is gonna be red. Maybe not red, white and black. But definitely red.

Red? Now how did you jump to that bizarre conclusion?

[Mike E]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Red? Now how did you jump to that bizarre conclusion?

Well, it's just a hunch really...

[JoeW04]

Fantastic news

[CTD]

Well:

[canaglia]

I think this is the natural consequence of f1 budget cap and 2022 PU freezing that will let f1 manufacturers and teams save a lot of money given also by considerable restrictions of available hours spendable on aero development as well.
2023 is still too far and a lot of things may happen in the meantime but ferrari stepping in LMH will likely obliterate VW brands influence on ACO making a really hard life for lmdh in WEC/LM.

Curious about the engine that will be used for the lmh, likely a f1 derivated enlarged V6 turbo.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by canaglia

I think this is the natural consequence of f1 budget cap and 2022 PU freezing that will let f1 manufacturers and teams save a lot of money given also by considerable restrictions of available hours spendable on aero development as well.
2023 is still too far and a lot of things may happen in the meantime but ferrari stepping in LMH will likely obliterate VW brands influence on ACO making a really hard life for lmdh in WEC/LM.

Curious about the engine that will be used for the lmh, likely a f1 derivated enlarged V6 turbo.

They could easily use the motor from the gte car or its successor

[WyldStallion]

Well I hope theirs actually looks hypercarish and not lmp1'ish...Toyota warming up to me some though....Ferrari out of anybody has the best chance of achieving that.

[hondafan37]

I just hope it's a V12, it would be unforgettable magic and maybe the last one in history.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by WyldStallion

Well I hope theirs actually looks hypercarish and not lmp1'ish...Toyota warming up to me some though....Ferrari out of anybody has the best chance of achieving that.

I think the reason why Ferrari are doing this whereas they havent previously - is that they can make money from it

Ferrari are probably the only Brand that could build a run of say 100 or 2 hypercars like the FXX-K and sell them for fortunes (£5 million or above) to collectors - so I think something that can be sold as a track only Hypercar is the most likely

[Mike E]

Originally Posted by Mal

I think the reason why Ferrari are doing this whereas they havent previously - is that they can make money from it

Ferrari are probably the only Brand that could build a run of say 100 or 2 hypercars like the FXX-K and sell them for fortunes (£5 million or above) to collectors - so I think something that can be sold as a track only Hypercar is the most likely

I would like to think that is not the only reason but it is easy to imagine a couple of LMH Ferraris ending up here in the near future:
https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/corse-clienti/f1-clienti

[GingerPixel]

Aston who? I'm sure Ferrari will have already had a phone call or two from wealthy people wanting their own.

Absolutely huge news for Le Mans and the class.

[Adam43]

Yes, as well as providing work for the engineers etc in a budget cap era F1 it could add another opportunity for the team’s drivers.

[Simmi]

The driver market is going to be fascinating. You can imagine a lot of quality drivers trying to get in the sportscar mix ASAP - especially if the likes of Audi/Ferrari try and get their desired drivers under contract towards the end of this year.

Then there's guys with budget who you could potentially build a privateer effort around.

I'm assuming Porsche possibly have enough contracted drivers to test and source from within. But maybe not.

[Mike E]

Neel Jani has moved to Porsche's GTE team. He will be a useful guy to do LMDh development work.

[Sodemo]

Is Allan McNish or Tom Kristensen too old to be tempted out of retirement? I think a Ferrari program could use their development talents.

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Sodemo

Is Allan McNish or Tom Kristensen too old to be tempted out of retirement? I think a Ferrari program could use their development talents.

Since Tom Kristensen is on the Audi books till he dies, I do not see him throwing that contrat away for joining Ferrari .

Audi is another matter, but for Tom Kristensen side I believe that he rather see young guns taking the reins than himself.

Besides Audi did have younger experienced drivers like Lotterer who would be ideal!

[blankfile]

I see Raikkonen getting one of the seats

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by blankfile

I see Raikkonen getting one of the seats

That would be interesting to see. Bearing in mind his dalliance with rallying, I suspect he'd be quite interested as an alternative to tooling around at the back of the F1 grid.