WEC promoter the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and IMSA have issued simultaneous statements announcing that they have agreed the final strand in the process of convergence between the two series that began with the announcement of the LMP2-based LMDh class in January 2020.
LMDh was announced on the eve of last year’s Daytona 24 Hours IMSA series-opener as a category for both the North American series and the WEC.
But it was left open whether the LMH machinery that has come on stream in the WEC this season would be allowed to race against LMDh prototypes at the front of the field in IMSA.
Friday’s announcement comes, according to the ACO statement, after “a high-level technical technical meeting bringing together the ACO, the FIA , IMSA and all the manufacturers officially involved in LMDh and LMH programmes”.
“The parties came to an agreement that aims to balance the performance of these different types of car, most notably the powertrain and the four-wheel-drive set-up [of LMH], so that LMH cars can compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship,” the statement read.
“The specifics for four key technical elements – tyre fitment [size], acceleration profile, braking capability and aerodynamics – were converged and agreed upon by ACO, FIA, and IMSA prior to being approved by the World Motor Sport Council on July 8.”
This was referenced in Thursday’s WMSC bulletin, with a line reading: “The WMSC has now approved technical regulations amendment in order to achieve performance…
