Why true WEC/IMSA convergence is a long way off yet
Sportscar fans have been dreaming of the same cars being able to fight for victory at Le Mans and Daytona for a long time. Such a scenario got a step closer to reality last week, but unfortunately it may be a vision - and nothing more - for some years yet
I've been dreaming about this for years: the same cars competing for overall victory at the Le Mans and Daytona 24-hour races.
It's never really happened during my time on the sportscar beat over the past quarter of a century or so, but that was the vision outlined last Friday at a joint press conference hosted by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and IMSA.
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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.
Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.
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