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Is WEC's new hypercar shift panic or pragmatism?

The announcement that 'actual' road-based hypercars, rather than just hypercar-styled prototypes, will be allowed in the World Endurance Championship's new era just put a whole lot more complication into an already muddled picture

So, hypercars - true hypercars built for the road - are going to be allowed to race for outright victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the World Endurance Championship.

An Aston Martin Valkyrie slugging it out with some kind of Ferrari and maybe the latest Koenigsegg nutter bastard appears on first thought to be a mouth-watering prospect.

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