The reaction from the Motorsport industry has already been overwhelming with a lot of manufacturers, like Porsche, showing reinvigorated interest in prototype racing. The announcement even caused French prototype constructor ORECA to change away from it’s initial Hypercar course along with Peugeot. ORECA president Hugues de Chaunac said:
“From the ORECA side, we’re going to focus completely on the global platform, which means we will not work on a Hypercar project. We cannot do everything,”
Acura Team Penske Owner, Roger Penske, said: “We have been asking for this for a number of years. We can run here [at Daytona], we can run Petit Le Mans and we can run Sebring. Le Mans is one of the things we’ve never won. I have been there twice. We need to go and be able to race there and race to win.”
Mazda Motorsports Director of Motorsports, Nelson Cosgrove: “It’s super exciting for motorsports in general. It gives us a wonderful runway going into the next 10 years to race competitively and globally. So now it’s going to be incredible to see everybody that comes out and wants to be involved.”
Wayne Taylor Racing Team Owner, Wayne Taylor: “The truth is that with all the discussions about IMSA and the ACO, I can’t think of anything more exciting for me, Max and this team to be able to go with Cadillac and try and win the Le Mans 24 Hours. Somehow we’re going to have to get Cadillac and GM focused on this. We’ll figure that out; it would be good to take this group to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and win overall.”
McLaren CEO, Zak Brown: “Major positive news for global sportscar racing from ACO and IMSA today. Great vision and collaboration to create better racing and therefore better entertainment for fans. The dawn of a new era for sportscars.”
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