Ford will compete in the the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and United SportsCar Championship next year with Chip Ganassi Racing building the new Ford GT which include the 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 from Ford's EcoBoost line-up, as used in the USC and Michelin who will be supplying the tyres.
While the Ford GT will make its debut in next January's Daytona 24 Hours.
The reborn Ford GT will mark the 50th anniversary of Ford taking a one-two-three finish at Le Mans with the iconic GT-40 in 1966 with Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon winning the race. While Ford winning three more 24 Hours wins with the GT40 until 1969.
Overall, I think its great news that Ford will be racing with the all new Ford GT at Le Mans and all around the world with a little help from Chip Ganassi Racing, in-which for a team of Ganassi Racing calibre this will be a new challenge for the team, instead of winning races in America now they have to win races around the globe were they have not gone before.
Secondly, it will be a very tough challenge ahead for Ford in 2016, challenging the likes of rivals of Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette and Aston Martin in winning the LMGTE Pro class. But in 2017 they could be fighting for wins around the world.
And finally, the Ford GT has got to live up to with the Ford GT 40 from 50 years. Yes, the old Ford GT 40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times outright between 1966 till 69. This Ford GT will be going for LMGTE Pro class wins only.
The final question is this, will the new Ford GT will outperform Ferrari and Porsche in LMGTE Pro next year at Le Mans like the old Ford GT 40 did 50 years back beating the Ferraris' and Porshces' of past? time will tell if history repeats itself again.
End of blog for now, new post soon, bye.
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