At the start of last year, Ford Motor Company announced that it once again officially had the 24 Hours of Le Mans in its sights. During the 2027 World Endurance Championship season, in which the contest at France’s Circuit de la Sarthe is arguably motorsport’s most fabled competition, the marque will be campaigning a new Hypercar-class LMDh racer.
“We are entering a new era of performance and racing at Ford,” noted the stateside automaker’s executive chair Bill Ford in the news release at the time. He went on to add: “And there is no track or race that means more to our history than Le Mans. It’s where we took on Ferrari and won in the 1960s.”
This example of what to expect from Superformance‘s Championship Season Series wears the livery of the GT40 MK II raced by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
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Hollywood told the story of that victory in the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari, but the entire 1966 calendar of endurance races could be the fodder for at least a couple more sequels starring the indomitable Ford GT40 MKII. That year, the winning trifecta also included first place finishes at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Fittingly, the oft-commemorated model is being given attention again in the form of a 60th anniversary, limited-edition tribute from Superformance dubbed the Championship Season Series.
