…but is cautious on four-car LM attack for 2023

Porsche has played down the chances of bringing the North American arm of its Penske-run LMDH factory team to next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours to bolster its World Endurance Championship squad.

The marque has suggested that it will be too soon in the programme with the new hybrid prototype to mount a four-car factory assault on the double-points round of the WEC. But Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach stressed that no decision had been made on bringing the branch of the new Porsche Penske Motorsport operation that will contest the IMSA Sportscar Championship to Le Mans in June.

Asked if it was a possibility, Laudenbach told Autosport: “That would be great, but I am not sure if will happen. If it is possible we will consider it; personally I would prefer to do so because it increases your chances.”

Porsche Penske Motorsport managing director Jonathan Diuguid (right) said that the new operation set up to mastermind twin assaults on the WEC and IMSA would not opt for “quantity over quality”, and promised “a focused approach”.