'DPi was an important stepping stone to the great position in which sportscar racing finds itself today.' We pay homage to the Daytona Prototype international class after its Petit Le Mans swansong. 👀
The Daytona Prototype international class bowed out at Petit Le Mans with another humdinger. The 10-hour IMSA SportsCar Championship finale at Road Atlanta had everything we’ve come to expect: high drama in the last hour, that dash to the flag from a late yellow, and a margin of victory measured in single-digit seconds.
Without the ground laid by DPi, the list of manufacturers already signed up would be much shorter. The idea that a manufacturer could take an off-the-shelf chassis, stick its own engine in the back and give the thing to its styling department for a light dusting set us on course for LMDh. The Daytona announcement was important because now manufacturers could get even more bang for their buck: they could race the same car in the two major sportscar arenas of the world and chase glory in both the Le Mans and the Daytona 24-hour classics. But it was DPi that had shown that this concept was a viable way forward, a category based on a philosophy compatible with the modern era that became even more appropriate in the straitened times that have followed courtesy of the ravages of COVID.
DPi was an important stepping stone on the road to the great position in which this branch of the sport finds itself today Balancing DPis, for all their different engine formats, was a much more straightforward proposition, and it should become even more so in the new era. Remember LMDh and LMH cars are designed to fit into so-called performance windows laying down maximums and minimums for downforce and drag.
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