We reported earlier this year on a process being undertaken by the ACO to determine a potential set of future regulations to support existing LMP1 Privateer entrants and to encourage new entrants to come forward.

It’s seemed likely for some time that the announcement of those new regulations are set to be unveiled next week at the ACO’s annual Thursday press conference during race week for the Le Mans 24 Hours and that plan was confirmed to DSC during the Test Day weekend by a senior ACO source.

Piecing together information from several sources though it looks certain that the package of measures designed to secure the future of the sub-class is somewhat less than radical with a modest reduction in minimum weight, a bigger rear wing and some minor cost saving measures on a short list of changes to the current class specification.

Will that be sufficient to encourage an increased take up for the sub-class, and if not will the rulemakers have anything else up their sleeves? Time will tell.