Ford says it might wait till the tip of the yr earlier than finalising the rest of the driving force roster for its 2027 Hypercar programme within the World Endurance Championship.
The American producer has to date signed simply three names for its return to the highest echelon of sportscar racing, with Logan Sargeant, Sebastian Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller main growth of its as-yet-unnamed LMDh challenger. Nonetheless, Ford will finally require as many as six drivers for the longer WEC occasions, together with the Le Mans 24 Hours, along with any reserve drivers.
Discussions are underway with potential candidates, and whereas a number of bulletins stay doable in the summertime, Ford indicated that the complete line-up is probably not settled till a lot later within the yr.
“We hope to have some extra bulletins within the subsequent few months, however the remaining [line-up] may not be in place until in direction of the tip of this yr,” Ford LMDh chief Dan Sayers informed reporters together with Motorsport.com.
“We’re very pleased with how issues are progressing. Because it stands, the three we have got for the time being, we have introduced them already. With Logan, Seb and Mike, we have got an awesome mixture of expertise, youth and velocity, so if we feature on that manner, we’ll have a very good driver line-up, however it will likely be in direction of the tip of the yr for all six.”
Dan Sayers, Ford Hypercar Program Supervisor
Picture by: Ford Efficiency
Ford’s present driver line-up is led by 2010 Le Mans winner Rockenfeller, who additionally has expertise of LMDh equipment because of his time with Porsche clients JDC-Miller and Proton Competitors in IMSA’s GTP division.
Nonetheless, a number of GTD Professional race winner Priaulx comes from a background in GT vehicles, whereas former F1 driver Sargeant remains to be new to sportscar racing.
Sayers admitted Ford is in discussions with drivers with present LMDh and LMH expertise, opening the potential of recruiting from rival producers.
“We’re speaking to plenty of drivers for the time being for the remaining seats, a few of whom do have LMDh and hypercar expertise,” he stated.
“I feel we will attempt to proceed to have a stability of expertise and youth. So, I feel you will note hopefully we’ll make future bulletins in order that’s continued.
“However once more, as a lot as expertise helps with engineers, it helps to have drivers and expertise as nicely, so we will likely be speaking to them.”
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