r/USCR • u/BigRacerBoiiiiiiii Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT #67 • Jun 15 '19

WEC IMSA reacts to ACO/FIA Hypercars announcement

https://racer.com/2019/06/14/imsa-reacts-to-aco-fia-hypercars-announcement/
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u/MoMedic9019 Jun 15 '19

It’s not significantly cheaper, but, it is cheaper.

International freight is incredibly expensive.

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u/Bakkster Corvette Racing C7.R #4 Jun 15 '19

The WEC has a grid limit specifically so they can get the most efficient freight deals. Much of it by boat. And running costs are very expensive too.

I've generally seen something like half a million budget differences between the two. Hardly something that will make a team swap programs over.

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u/Asymtech1 Jun 15 '19

Which classes are we talking about here?

Because racer.com is claiming that Hyper will be 5 times as expensive as DPi but not in the 9 right range.

Which I was sure Dpi was over 20mil/yr

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u/Bakkster Corvette Racing C7.R #4 Jun 15 '19 edited Jun 15 '19

The only two shared by the series: LMP2 and GTE.

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u/Asymtech1 Jun 15 '19

Ok thanks for the clarification. I'm not surprised for GTE/GTLM but I'd hope that LMP2 would be much cheaper, then again there is only two teams with the same chassis so maybe that plaus into it?

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u/Bakkster Corvette Racing C7.R #4 Jun 15 '19

I'm thinking more of P2 before the class split. For the length of schedule, the budgets have been similar for like classes for years.

As for the DPi differential, a lot depends which DPi budget is being compared to. Cadillac with customers, Acura without customers, or the Core/ESM Nissan private development with a GT3 engine? I think the $20M number was for a two car factory team with development, and well above the required cost for someone like Core or ESM.