McLaren has revealed that its Formula 1 driver Lando Noris and Oscar Piastry have expressed interest in racing for the team in the future 24 hours in future.
McLaren will return to the top eclon of sportscar racing in 2027 Participated in partnership with United Autosports with a Dalra-based LMDH claimant as part of a new hypercar program at the World Dheeraj Championship.
No driver has been selected for the program, but what is naturally conspired about McLaren You can call your F1 duo for the race in the centerpiece round of WEC.
While McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown made it clear that it would be impossible Noris Or Piastry To perform a full WEC season, both drivers have shown a desire to run in the top class of Le Mans after the team’s new hypercar program.
“I don’t think they could be in a hypercar program,” Brown told reporters Crash.“Will they take care? I have talked about taking men’s men with both of them. They would like to live in one of the one of the one. [our cars],
Late at the end of this week, Le Mans’s 93rd Running F1 struggle with Canadian GP and the 2026 race also comes on the same weekend that is in Barcelona GP, which prevents any crossover outings between the two chains.
Brown admitted that it was becoming increasingly difficult to avoid calendar conflict between major championships.
“You know that these schedules are difficult with extended programs of all racing series and then knock-on effects,” he explained.
“If you move that date, that date can work, but then another show has a knock-on effect. I do not want to be a person responsible for the calendar.
“I think Formula One way will do everything they can’t struggle with Le Mans. Obviously, it now struggles with Indy [500] Next year, but I think it will be one of my understanding every five years, so I think they will try and avoid a struggle. ,
McLaren is not spreading himself very thin
When the hypercar comes on the project stream, McLaren racing parallel – will run three major racing programs in Formula 1, Indycar and WeC.
It has also been participating in Formula E since the 2022-23 season, but will bring down the curtain for its participation in the all-electric series after the conclusion of London in July.
However, Brown is not worried about McLaren, which is spreading very thinly, saying that it will be able to ramp its operation to include another high-profile project.
He said: “Some things. One, of course we are leaving Formula E because we don’t want to live in more than three racing chains at any time, so we are creating capacity.
“The second way is the way you go about racing. Indycar team does not touch the Formula 1 team and vice versa. The same thing with WeC.
“Everyone is very devoted and you know that a racing team sitting in Indianapolis does not come to any resource.
“So where it puts more pressure in the system, more around my time, my commercial team, my finance team, my HR team, but then you are just on the scale accordingly.
“I am not worried about this at all, but also comes back for time. You don’t want to cut more than you can chew. So we feel comfortable that it is not a commitment that is a stretch for us.”
Why McLaren chose now to join WEC
The hypercar class was introduced in WEC four years ago, while currently the currently competing competing in 2023 joined the category in 2023, which coincides with the arrival of LMDH rules.
McLaren said that there were many reasons that it was concluded that now was the right time to join the hypercar category.
“So our motor vehicle business has now been excluded from Abu Dhabi by Cyvn Holdings LLC and we have a strong interest to racing together with automotive,” he said. “They are now in a great position [and] Forward-loving.
“Our Formula One and Indycar team has definitely an element in the strength of the team, and then also the success of this new platform, so you are like this that everyone has good time together.”
McLaren said that an expansion discussion is going on in the GTP category of the IMSA Sportscar Championship, but such a program will not come on stream until 2028.
