Ferrari Le Mans Hypercar to debut Nov. 30

Ferrari’s new LMH race automobile is ready for a debut on Oct. 30, the Italian agency introduced on Wednesday. The debut will happen throughout Ferrari’s annual Finali Mondiali occasion celebrating the top of the motorsport season, which this yr will happen at Italy’s Imola circuit.

Ferrari supplied a primary teasing have a look at the automobile in July and since then we have seen some testing happen, although at all times with heavy camouflage. Ferrari hasn’t supplied any information, although rumors level to a V-6 and hybrid setup much like what’s discovered within the 296 GTB as the ability supply. Rules require a peak output of 670 hp.

As a LMH racer, the automobile is eligible for each the prevailing Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the brand new GTP class launching subsequent yr as the brand new prime class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Ferrari so far has solely introduced a dedication to the World Endurance Championship, whose spotlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, although its LMH might nonetheless seem at choose SportsCar Championship rounds, such because the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Ferrari’s participation subsequent yr within the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship will mark a return for Ferrari to the highest stage of endurance racing after half a century, when the automaker final competed with the 312 PB.

Subsequent yr will even be the primary during which LMH vehicles additionally compete towards vehicles developed to satisfy the separate LMDh rules. LMDh vehicles are additionally eligible for each the Hypercar and GTP lessons, with steadiness of efficiency for use to make sure a stage enjoying subject.

Acura, BMW, Cadillac, Porsche and Alpine have dedicated to LMDh, whereas ByKolles, Glickenhaus, Peugeot, Toyota, along with Ferrari, have dedicated to LMH. Audi had agreed to affix LMDh in 2023 however introduced in August it had canceled these plans to deal with a deliberate F1 entry in 2026. Lamborghini will be part of the LMDh fray in 2024.

Ferrari is not working its marketing campaign alone. The automaker’s Competizioni GT sports activities automobile racing division has partnered up with AF Corse for the marketing campaign, forming the brand new crew Ferrari – AF Corse. AF Corse is an impartial Italian racing crew based by former racing driver Amato Ferrari (no relation to Enzo Ferrari or his son, Piero) in 1995. It is labored intently with Ferrari since 2006, and lately has represented Ferrari in GT competitors, most notably within the GTE class of the World Endurance Championship.

Following the Prologue occasion at Florida’s Sebring Worldwide Raceway on Mar. 11-12, the primary spherical of the 2023 World Endurance Championship will kick off on Mar. 17 with the 1000 Miles of Sebring.