I hope out of this disappointment comes a motivation for McLaren to develop an LMDh car that we'll see in both IMSA and WEC. I do hope the GT cars come back to the IMSA grid though.

I must admit that I don't follow WEC or IMSA, but I would be keeping a close eye on Aston for no other reason than the nature of their entance into the series. Aston's previous modern ventures into the top class of Le Mans racing have been, lets just say lackluster, so when the new hypercar class was announced everyone was a bit apprehensive about Aston saying they would enter the Valkyrie. And they would be right, Aston pulled out. But then the first year of the hypercar class actually happened, and what do you know all of a sudden Aston are joining the grid once again, with a car that they have been developing for years. I think they know exactly what performance they will be getting from their car and are no longer worried that it might embarrass them on the racing stage, and possibly even be up there for the wins. I'm not usually a betting man but I have put £5 on them taking home some glory this year.

IMSA is losing all its GTD manufacturers to the forced EV development... Half the cars on the grid were too old and had to be retired with no replacement in sight. Hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

I’m so sad for McClarin! Gonna keep cheering for them. It’s like having a family member dropping out. At least they’ll be spread out in other races around the globe! 🏎️

I wonder if Pfaff switched to a Lamborghini so that in 26, they're the first customer to run the 26 Temerario.

McLarens problem is that the 720s just isn’t as good as the other GT3’s on the grid.

Mclaren needs to wake up and improve the car! And go to GTP

Womp womp In all seriousness though, its bad for manufacturers to be leaving IMSA. Glad Lamborghini still found a way to race their hypercar in it

Why are they not racing? Why? News is hard.

I think the writing was on the wall when Inception dropped them mid season, and Pfaff had a falling out with the manufacturer as well

The car looks great and it had some success but all in all, it just wasn't that competitive of a package. For the time, money and effort there are better choices.

Lambo had gone, so has my interest.

Unfortunately the 720s is one of the worst GT3s right now, with most manufacturers having already upgraded their cars if not developed completely new ones. The 720s is a pretty old car just like the Lexus and the Lamborghini (which are both getting new models). The thing about the Lexus is that Vasser Sullivan really are geniuses in running it and the IMSA bop is able to make it fairly competitive, but there's a reason If except for the 2 entries in the Wec thanks to Toyota, nobody else is using it. The 720s is just falling behind compared to the other manufacturers and it's a really difficult car to make it work, it does not surprise me that it lost all support in North America

Wow I race this car in sim and have been wanting to see it race irl

Im going with Porsche and Aston in Imsa and WEC Aston

It’s sad not see the 720s GT3 in IMSA this year. I think we will see McLaren in IMSA again.

McLaren's reliability has been abysmal from almost day one, both here and in Europe. Inception I think finally got fed up and for a team to make a car switch mid season is pretty damning. I have also seen posts on a social media about poor manufacturer support from the factory. Pfaff's decision to switch from the reliable Porsches was a head scratcher to me from the get go and now they have left also. I seriously doubt there will be anyone else running the GT3s in America unless the related factory team United Auto Sports does so.

Hate to see any GT team fold the tent and leave the circus..... sorry to hear this.

Lamentable que unos de los gt más hermosos no esté compitiendo

thanks man

Rip. One of the coolest cars on the grid. Hopefully they come back in ‘26

How do you guys watch these races? May seem like a simple/dumb question (and maybe it is) but I wanted to get into this last year but had a hard time keeping up with when the races were happening & where to watch.

It because they dont support their teams and dont have any superstar drivers to give to said teams and the car is hard and expensive to work with so aint attractive no more

Last year I went to CTMP and got a pfaff motor sport shirt with the McLaren, sadly next year imma have to get the new one with Lamborghini 😂 Love you content and your presenting style, you tone and speed in talking is perfect ❤️ keep it up man and hopefully in 2025 you'll get to half a million subs

One of the most beautiful GT3 cars ever, but McLaren fail to make it succeed, shame.

NGL, when inception announced that they were switching to Ferrari, it kinda hurt. I stopped following them, them being the only McLaren in the field is what drew me to them from day one.

IMSA-- You don’t have to beat the competition, just the BOP. Manufactured racing, nose to tail forever unless your pit stop is faster or a driver makes a big mistake.

If Toyota win leman this year, I will buy a Sequoia or the Landcruiser

Wonder if you could shed some light on why McLaren has not entered into WEC and IMSA in Hypercar? Seems to be advantageous for McLaren to join Hypercar now that Aston Martin has joined the class and with McLaren having a nice season in LMGT3? Thanks!

Isn't the engine capacity regulated to a maximum of 5.5 litres or is it just for the lmdh prototypes ??

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I think thats the end for them to build a GTP. Theres a lot of American influence on mclaren motorsport so i cant imagine them building a hypercar for WEC only and also dont think theyd enter imsa with a gtp without running any car the previous season

I suspected this when I didn’t see them on the Rolex 24 grid

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I think it’s a good time for them to develop their rumored LMDH, plus if they do want to come back to IMSA, they should get United to run in GTD Pro and also United would be a good choice to choose them to run their rumored LMDH given how good they are in LMP2

IMSA just doesn’t mean what it use to as far as the European teams IMO. WEC is so awesome and packed that there’s just not the budget for them to be racing at smaller tracks in the states. I’m sad but we got the Valkyrie to spice up IMSA this upcoming season.

Newer fan to IMSA, and mainly know Formula 1... Don't even know who to support. The loss of a manufacturer, no matter the series, is always a shock

McLaren won a lot with the 570S GT4 with MIA and Compass racing.

You are the best when it comes to explaining the series! And, what is going on within the series. You always answer my questions with the in-depth explanations! Keep up the good work in 2025! By-the-way, my initials are WEC!!

It’s sad to see McLaren leave with Phaff not really to blame the car just really bad luck and misfortune

I'll stick with Porsche.

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Great road car, terrible GT3 car.

oh, the aston won't be at Daytona?

Looking forward to the start of the 2025 season in both IMSA and WEC. Check my recap of the 2024 seasons in each competition here www.youtube.com/@TracksideTorque/videos

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