It’ll be the second-last round in the final FIA World Endurance Championship of 2019-2020, before a return to the annual schedule and the dawn of the Le Mans hypercars in 2021. The 2020-2021 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, will usher in a new premium category – Hypercars. Le Mans Hypercar regulations were created jointly by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, as a successor class to the Le Mans Prototype LMP1 class from the 2021season. Yes, some 15 months after the last running, the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans is finally upon us. The 2020-2021 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, will usher in a new premium category – Hypercars. (Mentioned in Ginetta’s press release as a reason for skipping the race: “New COVID cases in France are at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic…”).There are 24 cars in the Le Mans Prototype 2 class, eight in the Le Mans GTE Pro class, and 22 in the Le Mans GTE Am class.The LMP1 cars are the fastest, led by a pair of defending-champ.LMP2 is a mix of cars built to a very comparable specification, made by Oreca, Ligier, Aurus, Alpine and Dallara, though all but six of the entries are Orecas. The event will be held behind closed doors. A Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) is the type of sports prototype race car used as the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, alongside the Le Mans Daytona h class. Peugeot announces a return to endurance racing at Le Mans for 2022 in the new Hypercar class. It is considered one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world and has been called the "Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency". After obtaining the agreement of those involved the FIA Endurance Commission has adopted the following measures:Thus, during the coming Le Mans 24 Hours non-hybrid cars will cover 10 laps per stint and the Toyotas eleven with 33% less fuel. LM GTE Pro has attracted no fewer than six manufacturers from among the biggest names in the motor car industry: Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin with its new car, the AMR Vantage, Ford, Chevrolet Corvette and BMW making its return to endurance with the fabulous M8. The five regular WEC LMP1s have been boosted only by the addition of the second Rebellion R-13, which last raced at the Silverstone series opener back in September.They join the two Toyota TS050 Hybrids, Rebellion's regular entry and the pair of factory Team LNT Ginetta G60-LT-P1s on the list for the 88th running of the French enduro on June 13/14 published by race organiser the Automobile Club de l'Ouest on Friday.ByKolles had been planning a return but has only been given second place on the 10-car reserve list with the ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson that last raced in the WEC in 2018/19, while tentative plans for a third Ginetta have also failed to materialise.The LMP1 entry is down two cars on the eight that contested Le Mans last year and equals the six-car low that took part in the race in 2017.Meanwhile, the GTE Pro field has fallen to 11 cars from last year's high of 17 with the disappearance of Ford and BMW from the WEC.Five cars from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, two Corvette C8.Rs, two Porsche 911 RSR-19s and a single Risi Competizione-entered Ferrari 488 GTE, bolster the six-strong WEC contingent.French sportscar stalwarts Sebastien Bourdais and Olivier Pla are listed to drive for Risi.The LMP2 entry has gone up from 20 cars that started last year's race to 24 this year.This figure includes the eight WEC cars and a further seven cars with guaranteed entries gained via the European and Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA.Newcomers in LMP2 include Nielsen Racing and Carlin, with Oreca and Dallara chassis respectively. It includes the prototypes without energy recovery systems (ERS) and prototypes with ERS. The pandemic and a commitment to IMSA are the reasons why the team won’t make the trip for the first time in 20 years, said GM president Mark Reuss in response to,The main absentees: The usual six-figure crowd. The event was originally scheduled for 13 to 14 June 2020 but was postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pand… Engines are all V-8 Gibsons, built by the small manufacturer in England.LM GTE Pro cars are mostly factory-backed, with the field consisting of four Ferrari 488 GTE Evos, a pair of.The largest class, LM GTE Am, which factors in heavily the participation of (usually deep-pocketed) amateurs, has two Aston Martins, and the rest of the class is a mix of Ferrari 488s and Porsche 911s.The FIA and WEC, as well as IMSA, rate drivers based on age, experience and success into Bronze (pure amateur), Silver (amateur but experienced), Gold (a professional driver) and Platinum (the top rating), and the LM GTE Am class requires at least one Bronze driver, but two cars have all three-out-of-three Bronze drivers, and may best be passed at 3 a.m. in the rain with care.Speaking of rain, some is expected this weekend—though the 8.5-mile track is so big it can be raining at one corner, dry at another—but the often-hot temperatures of the usual June running should be avoided. Said FIA president Pierre Fillon: “The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans will go down in the annals of history as, sadly, the world’s greatest endurance race will be run this year with no spectators trackside.