How GTE is nearing the end of its road
Just a year ago, there were five factory GTE programmes in the World Endurance Championship and the class was even considered a possible saviour for the series. But now, as Porsche quits IMSA, GTE has an increasingly uncertain future
Even before last week's news that Porsche would be ending its factory GT Le Mans programme in the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the end of the year, it looked as if the GTE platform in general was on a firm decline.
Yes, last year Porsche brought in the new RSR-19 for use in both IMSA and the World Endurance Championship, and Corvette rolled out the all-new C8.R to replace the ageing C7.R at the start of this year. But the obvious fact remains that there were no new manufacturers queuing up to join a class that, on both sides of the Atlantic, was realistically down to the minimum number of factory entrants needed to keep it viable.
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