In 2023, McLaren teams will continue to compete in Formula 1, IndyCar, the Extreme E off-road electric series, and now Formula E will also be added to this spectrum. As the McLaren Technology Group includes McLaren Automotive, the sports car division, in fact, all these commands have factory status.
Woking doesn’t stop there, they continue to expand their sports program and McLaren Racing CEO Zach Brown has started talking again about his interest in endurance racing, particularly competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“I would like to see us at Le Mans, in sports car racing,” the American edition of Racer quotes him as saying. – We have a lot to do, and for this the stars must converge correctly, the right moment must be chosen. That said, we should be happy with how things are going in our existing programs, but if I had a magic wand and I could choose a different racing series, I would choose sports car racing.
I find the prospects exciting. We want to win the world championships that we compete in, we want to win the Indy 500, we want to be IndyCar champions, so there are a lot of challenges for McLaren. We want to communicate as actively as possible with our fans and business partners, so there is a lot of work ahead.
We need to make progress gradually, but I believe we have all the support we need from fans, partners and our shareholders. There are racing teams that can achieve their goals.
Although we have strong opponents, I am starting to dream that we will win victories in all championships. I don’t want to sound too greedy and say this will all happen in a year, although that would be great. I think you should always set yourself high goals, then you will see what you can achieve.”
At one time, McLaren cars not only participated in Le Mans, but also scored impressive victories there: in 1995, Yannick Dalmas, Mizanori Sekiya and Jay-Jay Lehto won the legendary marathon in the general classification in a McLaren F1 GTR sports car with a 6-litre 12 liter BMW cylinder engine.
Source: F1 News
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