The first category of the IMSA SportsCar Championship will be called Grand Touring Prototype from 2023, the year in which the new LMDh will make their debut.
For the advent of the new generation prototypes ‘Le Mans Daytona h’, born thanks to the agreement drawn up by the American series with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest to make them race with Hypercars and take the place of the current DPi chose a high-sounding name that takes you back to the past.
The GTP Class was in fact in vogue in the 1980s and until 1993 featured US racing with many brands represented, such as Porsche, BMW, Ford, Jaguar, Nissan, Toyota and Chevrolet, who brought their cars equipped with ABS. and traction control for the first time to compete.
Porsche LMDh
Photo by: Porsche Motorsport
“If you were a racing fan in the 80s and early 90s like me, you will probably have fond memories of those awesome IMSA GTP cars, drivers and teams,” said IMSA President John Doonan. .
“We are at the dawn of an incredible new era of competition, with a real opportunity to do even better than the previously hugely successful GTP Class. We look forward with so many things to come for everyone.”
IMSA also unveiled the new GTP logo, which will appear on cars entered in the category from 2023.
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