“And now with this exciting news, we’re going to try and win all three of these big races, and in the same year, we’re up for it. We’re ready. We’ll see you at the track.”
Brown’s United Autosports team currently runs McLarens in WEC’s LMGT3, but now the marque will run in the top class for the very first time.
It is thought that squad will run the Hypercar concern, and that Dallara – who already supplies BMW and Cadaillac – will provide the chassis.
McLaren is the latest manufacturer to join a growing championship which already boasts Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Cadillac, Toyota, Peugeot, Aston Martin and, from next year, Hyundai’s Genesis brand, with Ford coming on board from 2027 also.
This season marks 30 years since JJ Lehto, Masanori Sekiya and Yannick Dalmas secured the win for the Kokusai Kaihatsu team in a McLaren F1 GT car against far faster prototypes.