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MEDIABALAP.com (Jakarta) – From 2021, the new top class in the FIA World Endurance Championship – including the 24 Hours of Le Mans – is called HYPERCAR. This new class will feature two types of car, LMH (Le Mans Hypercar, from 2021) and LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h, from 2022).

The ultimate aim of the ACO, FIA and IMSA is for these two types of car to compete against each other in the FIA WEC and in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and, therefore, to race in both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

TWO TYPES OF CAR

LMH

In 2021, for the inaugural year of the Hypercar class in competition, only cars built in accordance with ‘Le Mans Hypercar’ technical regulations may compete.

These regulations leave scope for a wide variety of architectures and allow a front-axle hybrid system to be fitted.

LMDh

In 2022, the Hypercar class will open to manufacturers choosing to compete under LMDh regulations.

In LMDh, the backbone of the car – i.e. the whole car minus the internal combustion engine, the body and the hybrid system – will be supplied by one of four chassis manufacturers: Dallara, Multimatic, Ligier or Oreca.

(24h-lemans/Arl/Wto)