The FIA Motorsport Council, at its meeting today in Geneva, discussed and approved the general principles of the proposed convergence between the FIA WEC and IMSA top-class prototype regulations. Their communique reads as follows:

The Council approved the general principles of a convergence platform forming the basis of the top prototype class in endurance racing.

The platform will maintain the existing FIA WEC Technical Regulations, including the Le Mans Hypercar. The Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh cars would be brought together under a single and unique FIA WEC top category.

The LMDh cars would be based on a new chassis, common to both WEC and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship top class.

Parameters such as power unit performance, aerodynamic characteristics and weight will be aligned for both the Le Mans Hypercars and the LMDh cars in order to ensure both will operate in the same performance window.

We now expect further details of the technical process for the convergence to be released during the week of ‘Super Sebring’ in around 2 weeks ahead of the introduction of the new joint class from the start of the 2021/22 WEC season.

There is still no decision on whether IMSA will accept any cars in Le Mans Hypercar into their top class from 2022