Porsche returned to the top echelon of sportscar racing this year for the first time since its wildly successful 919 Hybrid programme came to a conclusion in 2017. And on this occasion, Porsche’s presence goes beyond just a factory team, with a number of privateers running the 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship on a customer basis.
LMDh rules were devised in a way to enable manufacturers to supply their cars to independent teams, and Porsche was very clear from the beginning that it would be a core part of its project. But running a customer car programme is far from an easy task, especially when the factory team takes up so many resources.
