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Illustrations by Andy BlackmoreIt won’t just be LMDh cars competing at Le Mans next year—Le Mans Hypercars (LMH), a joint creation by the FIA and ACO that debuted last year, will also run. LMH and LMDh cars will be balanced against each other in the World Endurance Championship’s top-level Hypercar class, and while LMH cars are eligible to run with IMSA, there are no takers yet. Unlike in LMDh, which relies on third-party chassis suppliers and a common hybrid system, an LMH car is solely the creation of an automaker, and there is no requirement for a hybrid system. While cars from Toyota and Peugeot, plus new entrant Ferrari, have an electrified front axle, the Glickenhaus SCG007 is not a hybrid. Power and weight will be managed, so theoretically, LMH and LMDh will run similar lap times.
This story originally appeared in Volume 13 of Road & Track.
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