Glickenhaus Will END Their WEC Hypercar Program...

[@YupThisIsFico]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened Thank you Glickenhaus, thank you for making a great looking car ❤

[@fyfyi6053]

great looking? I seriously don't like any LMH if we're talking about looks. I'm waiting for Valkyrie.

[@siniyden]

@@fyfyi6053 it looked like porsche 917 of this century

[@BB_Sebring]

A damn shame to see them go. I still don't get why IMSA has their 2.5k road car rule other than to specifically exclude privateer entries

[@asymsolutions]

That's why, GTP is a manufacturer championship class.

[@BB_Sebring]

@@asymsolutions But I thought the whole point was that GTP and Hypercar were identical? Convergence of Regulations so that any team or manufacturer could compete in either series or even both seamlessly

[@asymsolutions]

@BB-qc4vu no and NO. They allow the same two technical regulations to compete and that's it.

[@satyakisil4289]

@@BB_Sebring GTP and Hypercar are identical in terms of performance regulations, not manufacturing/homologation regulations.

[@geoffheard5768]

Corporate interests HATE competition. They've never got over being humbled in F1 by a small team from Australia with the Repco Brabham. They just love monopolies.

[@sdx3918]

The only alternative i can see for them is that if they manage to get their SCG004 homologated they could make a comeback in GT3 championships and maybe make appearances in imsa and wec again.

[@stephencurry8552]

Amazing he got as far as he did given the money constraint. Shame.

[@johnvandeventer8668]

Rest in peace Glickenhaus. You will be missed😔

[@Андрей-е2х2д]

007 will most likely appear at some track days, like many other cars that no longer race.

[@FriendlyCroock]

@@Андрей-е2х2д or even race in historic racing but you'll have to wait a while for that to happen.

[@Calibra95]

Thank you Glickenhaus. My goal now is to see one of this cars in person. Will cheer for their next projects, specially on the Nürburgring.

[@Botmeister37]

Most beautiful prototype on the grid. Hopefully we'll be seeing the SCG007 in the upcoming Le Mans Ultimate simracing game, so we can enjoy it for a long time

[@wald_emar]

You will be missed, very original entry. I'd rather see Vanwall go though :P

[@snake-lu6sh]

Jim Glickenhaus should run a engine deal program with a manufacture like Nissan, Ford or Mazda where they promise to run a certain engine in their road cars as long they can use the brands name to qualify for IMSA requirements

[@albertomegapro]

1st brand to leave WEC. RIP Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, now, let's remember all the podiums and their amazing performance in this year edition

[@siniyden]

not the last. It is continuous process. If some manufacturer team will not get sucsess, they will push off

[@albertomegapro]

Vanwall...@@siniyden

[@siniyden]

@@albertomegapro Peugeot...

[@Rainman...]

RIP to one of the most beautiful endurance cars of all time😢

[@moosenugget7]

It's sad to see Glickenhaus end their run. Being perfectly honest, I'd prefer them being in WEC compared to Vanwall.

[@johnsullivan937]

Same.. as much as I like how the vanwall sounds, at least the glickenhaus's were somewhat competitive. The vanwall gets beat by freaking lmp2 cars, its just embarrassing.

[@Kaufman55]

Sad to see the car and team not in WEC. I do understand the reasoning.

[@keithchung2501]

Without the support from the prominent manufactures, WEC is a hard nut to crack. But Scuderia Glickenhaus gave them the run for their money. Job well done.

[@v12ts.gaming]

Considering that Glickenhaus has a GT3 car, they could return to WEC by bringing over the SCG004 GT3 to the LMGT3 class, and potentially, they could enter IMSA's GTD class if their rules is not as strict as GTP.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

No no, he’s got a point

[@fyfyi6053]

@@mrsoisauce9017 He does NOT have a point. You can NOT enter GT cars like 004 or 003 in Le Mans or anything FIA.

[@fyfyi6053]

@@mrsoisauce9017 The Nurburgring series are different because of their very lax regulations. And it's the same with many european GT racing series. British Endurance used to run an Aston Martin Vulcan AMR PRO up until the spring of this year. In Danish GT they're still running the old Aquila CR1 GT3 that was banned from British Endurance and the British GT Cup because it doesn't even have a road version. FIA and SRO used to be like that once but they're not like that anymore.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

@@fyfyi6053 ummm… yes you can starting in 2024. LMGT3 is basically the GT3 regulations with very little changes. The 004 was homologated to GT3 spec. Therefore, it should be eligible to compete. Just because the European series can differ in certain ways does not mean it differs in every way

[@fyfyi6053]

@@mrsoisauce9017 The 004 is not FIA GT3 homologated. Don't you understand?

[@hayo919]

7:55 the fact I like to mention in your group every ones in a while 😅😊

[@DouglasKirk-u4w]

I will MISS SEEING THEM ON GRID. GORGEOUS PROTOTYPE RACECAR. CREATED A LEGEND OVER 3 YEARS AS AN INDEPENDENT RACER, QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT IN THESE TIMES. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE EVO CAR SOON AS CUSTOMER CARS . . .

[@Maverick9k]

This sucks to hear, always loved the look of the Glickenhouse car

[@Patrique2001]

it's joever 😭

[@bcsa]

Offtopic, but do you plan to make a video on the H2 category of WEC from 2026? Toyota, BMW and Hyundai are rumoured to enter cars in the hydrogen prototype category as far as I know.

[@asymsolutions]

Not much to make a video on yet. If you paid attention to hypercar since 2019, you should know that the regs will change 5-6 timed till about a year out.

[@FormulaJonah]

I am planning on making a Hydrogen Class video one day, there is just so many videos to do! Plus I am waiting for more info on the category. I did however, talk about the Toyota Hydrogen car in Episode 7 of Hypercar Updates. I’ll like the video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6aooo2keL6Umbssi=U39htV02YtX0DTqz

[@bcsa]

@@asymsolutionsIf you paid attention, I asked Jonah, not you...

[@snakebitten6967]

Best looking car on the grid. Loved it. I really hope a privateer picks it up. Such an original and beautiful design.

[@brianmelo6130]

Noooooooooooooo 😭😭 . I’ll miss the team it was my fav and rooting for them to make podium in the 24h of leman

[@anthonyleo6819]

Very sad to see them go àll the best

[@phildunne7260]

Thanks FJ. It kinda baffles me why such a popular personality as Jim Glickenhaus couldn’t secure the finance required to continue running his WEC program via sponsorship.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

I hope Alfa Romeo decides to join with Glickenhaus (and it seems likely if it does happen, given that their only modern motorsport project that I know of is just to rebadge a Sauber and next season a Haas as an Alfa Romeo), but unless and until that happens, rest in peace. You will forever be remembered

[@mrsoisauce9017]

@@tts8361 I wouldn’t say they’ve just started cutting motorsport. You have to remember that Maserati was completely detached from racing before the Stellantis merger despite the brand’s strong motorsport heritage and pedigree. Then once Stellantis was formed, Maserati went back to racing, first with Formula E, then with GT2 and potentially GT3 and GT4 in the future with the MC20 and GranTutismo respectively. That’s the thing: Stellantis is looking at each manufacturer and making sense of what each manufacturer is at their core. They understand their brands and what they are supposed to mean. Maserati is racing. Alfa Romeo is also racing. They can’t pull either one out, and if anything, they have more of an incentive to get them more involved because that’s what their brand revolves around. Most other Stellantis manufacturers can live without racing, but Maserati and Alfa Romeo aren’t the same without it. That’s why I believe Alfa Romeo in WEC is at least somewhat likely: it gets their brand more into racing, which is what Alfa Romeo thrives on

[@matteosiefert846]

This will forever be THE story of this ruleset. What a journey!

[@LeeePowers]

Too bad. I think it was the best looking car,and most reminds me of Group C.

[@terenceramroop]

Fully agreed. It was one of the best looking cars on the grid. Sad to see them go.

[@ryandavis6864]

I wish imsas rules were closer to the wec, would be awesome to see them run in the us

[@htwm012]

Man I hope we can see Glickenhaus SCG 007 come back.

[@siniyden]

we will not see this

[@runstibble]

Boo, I'm sad to see them leave. Thanks for all the great vids.

[@FormulaJonah]

It is sad to me too! Glad you like the videos!

[@asymsolutions]

I just cant see porsche dropping penske for joest. Joest is not as big of a team as they used to be. Penske is a litteral powerhouse compared to them.

[@FormulaJonah]

I definitely don’t think Porsche will drop Penske. Penske isn’t going anywhere. I wonder though if Joest could run a customer Porsche? Like how JDC Miller runs a customer car in IMSA.

[@asymsolutions]

@FormulaJonah idk it depends on their funding and man power. From my understanding (due to the rumor mill so take it how you will), joest was forced to finally size down at the tail end of their involvement with the Mazda progra, before multimatic took it over. I can't imagine their involvement with glick being good for maintaining Financing and staff either after this year.

[@asymsolutions]

​@@FormulaJonah would also like to state that my comment on them "finally being forced to" is not a comment on how I feel about Joest, but a statement of fact based on that the team burnt through tons of cash while in between the audi and mazda programs to keep all the staff employed even without sufficient programs. Which does bring mad respect from me. A team is only as good as it's staff, the same with many companies. I hope they do get a comeback and some well earned success.

[@MouseEvil]

Their rear diffuser will live on, on the Alpine

[@pikusienty2707]

Everything is temporary but glick is forever 😭

[@GabrioSanJuan]

😢😢 RIP STUDEBAKER 1923-2013

[@sanachristian4577]

Big change!!

[@Calibra95]

I've been thinking about a "wild card" in Le Mans. Can this happen?

[@Mirimius]

No more Clicken in the house.

[@thomastartu9597]

They were lucky just to make it to the grid. I don't think they were given a fair chance against the factory teams like Toyota.

[@agonzo626]

I didn’t know joest was running their cars. Wow makes them leaving suck even more. But at least there’s more/plenty of competition now.

[@alexisbrisseau9766]

But can they still run at Le Mans ? Their car is homologated until 2025 so it's still possible for them just to participe at the 24h of Le Mans ?

[@siniyden]

just why? Everyone hates some kind of BoP. But it`s needed, but will not performed

[@DBerwick]

I'm 100% convinced that papa stroll resurrected the LMDH program as a way to get Lance out of F1.

[@Xiphactinus]

Jimsabros it's so over

[@jacksonbarinowski3966]

Glick in peace 🥺

[@alandrakeswara5907]

It's so sad that Glickenhaus is leaving the WEC in just 3 seasons. I would pray that this team could raise just enough money to get back in the 2025 season. All I got to say is, R.I.P Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus - 2021 - 2023 - You will be Missed.

[@SPMinerva]

Sadly they never win a race, they came really close when they dominate Monza but that Turbo failure

[@johnsullivan937]

What a damn shame, I wanted just one solid year where we'd have the upcoming 4 manufacturers joining WEC along with all the current year manufacturers making up a huge grid together. Thanks a lot IMSA...we could have at least kept glickenhaus around, letting them possibly prove themselves and pick up a sponsor in the american series. But you idiots are so set in your stubborn ways of restricting the gtp class and refusing to let it grow. Making all the smaller hypercar manufacturers ineligible due to not making enough road cars... for a PROTOTYPE CLASS. It honestly feels like IMSA has fumbled their prototype classes for like a decade. Unlike the WEC they just will not let the series grow.

[@tripplegracing8276]

This is Sad news.

[@siniyden]

They abandoned not because of lack of money. If they could compete 3 seasons, they could last more. They have a lack of fan support, too more people have ferrari, porsche, bmw or peugeots and they`ll be their fans, not for unfamous Glickenhaus against toyota anymore. Also fia , when they managed to attract so many factory team, they now play another game. So there is no reason to be the last and pay a minor cent for this.

[@geoffheard5768]

The current world financial system is about to go tits up, not before time. Lets see what happens when it all gets sorted out. Maybe we could tempt them back down the track, with a crowd funding effort?

[@davidclarke7728]

Shame nice to see independents taking on the big boys

[@rexthewolf3149]

They weren’t takin on anything.

[@charlesyoung8600]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@Ismaeelellahiracing]

get redbull to invest duh

[@paulreilly3904]

Isn't Jim Glickenhaus a multi millionaire? I understand that race teams have to make their activities stand alone, but having got this far I'm a bit surprised he hasn't got his wallet out.

[@johnsullivan937]

Hasnt he been privately funding it this whole time? I'd imagine he's already been dipping into his bank account quite a bit

[@paulreilly3904]

@@johnsullivan937 you may well be right John. I've no idea just how deep his pockets are, and you really need a hybrid system which is extra expense. There doesn't seem to be an off the shelf customer version available. I just enjoyed seeing him race. I'm English and we love an underdog. Thank you for your reply.

[@JamesHoffa1]

Sucks for them but interesting to watch. Like 90s F1 that I missed.

[@Jaydem2805]

Bring back Bykolles!!!!!