Ford's campaign to dominate global motorsport could bring a GT40 successor for endurance racing
Ford is considering fielding a hybrid hypercar in the top class of world endurance racing, which could see it go toe to toe with Ferrari for all-out victory at Le Mans for the first time since 1969. Since the original GT40 bowed out, Ford has not been represented in the upper echelons of sports car racing , but now as the firm dramatically enhances its focus on motorsport, a return to the front of the grid at La Sarthe is possible.
Asked if he would like to see a reprieve of Ford’s successful campaign to beat Ferrari at Le Mans in the 1960s, Rushbrook said only: "We raced them at Le Mans this year and we'll race them again," he said, referring to the Mustang taking on the Ferrari 296 in the GT3 category, but he stopped short of alluding to an ambition to bid for the outright win at La Sarthe.
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