Both Acura and Cadillac have completed their first full tests with their new hybrid LMDh contenders as they gear up for the 2023 season. Story and pictures: IMSA WEC
were again called to test the successor to the title-winning ARX-05, having also shaken down the car on Friday at Paul Ricard.
The images released by Acura mark the first time the front-end of the car has been shown to public, having been cleverly hidden from sight in a teaser video published last weekend. The hybrid-powered ARX-06 will go up against new LMDh cars from Cadillac, Porsche and BMW among others in IMSA's new-for-2023 GTP class, and will also be eligible to compete in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship against the series’ own LMH machinery.and WTR, which currently sit first and second in the DPi standings respectively with just the Road America and Petit Le Mans events yet to run.
“Of course, it is still early days, but I would have to say we’re quite pleased with the results of both the initial shake-down runs last week at Paul Ricard; followed by two days this weekend, which ran into the night both on Saturday and Sunday,” said David Salters, HPD President and Technical Director.
“Everyone on our team from Oreca, HPD, the Wayne Taylor and Meyer Shank organizations – worked together extraordinarily well in preparing for and conducting these initial runs. Now the truly hard work begins.
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