McLaren He has announced another step in his process of expanding the world of competition and career: he will return from 2027 to the highest category of 24 hours from Le Mans (Hypercar) and participate in Resistance World (WEC). Great news for motting the world in having these historic races in the queen class of a wec who in the new era of Hypercar He has only announced the entry of legends that have been signature in recent years.
Far away is the World Cup with only Toyota as an official team thanks to entering more and more powers. After that, in the next 24 hours of Le Mans, in Queen Class, Toyota, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac, Alpine, Peugeot and BMW will be measured. And In 2027, besides them is McLaren with the aim of recovering Le Mans’ victory In the highest category earlier than the latter, such as the Ferrari in the last two years, returning to Triumph in 2023, 58 years later, the return of Italians to the maximum class of five decades later.
In addition, in 2026 Genesis (Hyundai) will also join and in 2027, like McLaren, Ford will come, To restore his historic film rivalry with Ferrari.
Another step in McLaren’s expansion: 5 competition
The announcement of McLaren is the clear example of The massive expansion that his CEO has wanted to rule, Zak Brown, in recent years. Besides being in F1, McLaren reached the Indycar in 2021 The purchase of 75% of the equipment at Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports, then renamed McLaren SP, and completed the entire purchase on December 31, 2024. It also joins the murdered intense andas well as to Formula E and the F1 Academy. Thereafter, another step of McLaren came, announcing his arrival in WEC The 24 hours of Le Mans with a hypercar from 2027.
Thus returning a historic Le Mans to queen class, a firm who 30 years ago he won a historical success in the 24 -hours of Le Mans of 1995 with the F1 GTR Yannick Dalmas pilot, JJ Lehto and Masanori Sekiya.
Objective: Triple crown
McLaren’s dreams of occupying the Triple Crown the same year, which participated in F1 at the Monaco GP, in Indycar that would go for victory in the 500 miles of Indianapolis, and finally, to Le Mans.
Source: La Verdad
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