LMDh

Acura's really played a massive part in IMSA, as well as with the current regulations that we have for the top class of sports car racing, the GTP or L- LMH ranks.

Acura being one of the early committers to the LMDh formula, as well as participating in the DPI class, which is well known to be sort of the precursor to the current LMDh regulations and really inspiring them.

Acura, of course, have won multiple championships across IMSA, have brought many drivers into the spotlight, and continue to do so.

Unfortunately, it's been announced that they're gonna be taking a break from sports car racing for now.

And that's nothing.

Like, I was over at Long Beach Grand Prix looking at, like, the Penske group running the ALMS, or the, sorry, the G3, or sorry, the LMDH car, and then the...

And the Indy car, yeah.

Yeah, and so I thought we were, like, moving mountains here.

Final few comments there from Sebastian Buemi being inter- interviewed by Bruce Juani and saying, "We just need to do the best we can at this stage." They aren't necessarily fighting for a race win, because the Alpines look so strong, and that will be all the more galling for Toyota wanting to do well at their home race.

Um, but it's interesting that, again, the officials are trying to balance the LMDh way of building race cars versus the LMH.

The Toyota is an LMH car, whereas at the moment, two LMDh derived machines, the Alpine A424s, are first and second.

But the, the Hypercar, the LMH Hypercars, not that far away.

Aston Martin third, Toyota fourth, the other Aston Martin is fifth, and then another LMDh car in the form of Seb Bourdais' Cadillac running in sixth position.

But yes, Johnny Edgar thoroughly enjoying a bit of weight being shed from the 33 TF Sport Corvette.

To lead GT by one and a half seconds away from Timur Boguslavsky, and Johnny Edgar can be the, the only driver now who will take the driver's championship, unless of course he all of a sudden starts missing races, maybe through illness or other things.

Yeah, I know.

I had a conversation last year with David Salters, the head of Honda Racing Corporation US, about what they were doing on their LMDH car.

And he talked a lot about, you know, because in the LMDH rules, they have a common hybrid system that they all have to use.

They are allowed to use whatever internal combustion engine they want.

But they're free to use – the software is free, so they can modify the software.

McLaren said that he was keen to take part, but also for them it's an opportunity to get the 2025 F1 champion's feedback on the car.

But the car itself is an LMDh prototype.

It's developed by Dallara, and it's got a V6 hybrid mid-engine, and it produces just under 700 horsepower.

Mm.