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A Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) is a type of sports prototype race car that competes alongside LMDh entries in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. It also competes in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship .
LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) [1] is a set of sports prototype regulations used alongside Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) in both the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
GTP is the flagship class of the championship, and consists of two sister technical regulations: Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh), and Le Mans Hypercar (LMH). The former regulation allows developing a bespoke design from a base chassis with a specification hybrid system on all cars, with freedom on aerodynamics and engine configuration.
The following are a list of Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) race cars, running today, and in the past. This does not include DPi, LMH and LMDh cars, as they appear in lists contained in their own articles. (Note: Some car chassis may have raced in multiple LMP classes through its lifetime or through different setups by teams.
Most time between successive starts: 21 years: Jean Alesi (1989 – 2010) Most races between first and last start: 36: Jan Lammers (1983 – 2018) Most starts without finishing one race: 14: Hans Heyer [Note 8] Most starts without winning (overall) 30: Bob Wollek: Most time in the car during 24 hours: 24 hours: Edward Ramsden Hall in 1950 [Note 9]
A group of Le Mans Prototypes competing in the American Le Mans Series, 2007 Audi R10 TDI in the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring, 2008. A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le Mans Series.
The Porsche 963 (Type 9R0) is an LMDh sports prototype racing car designed by Porsche and built by Multimatic, to compete in the Hypercar and GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) classes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, respectively. [7]
GTP is the new flagship class of the championship and consists of two sister technical regulations: Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh), and Le Mans Hypercar (LMH). LMDh allows choosing from a base chassis, of which there are four choices, from Dallara, Ligier, Multimatic, and Oreca, as well as a specification hybrid system on all cars, with freedom on ...