2016 Ford GT Efforts By The Numbers

SUMMARY

• Ford will race Ford GT around the world in 2016 – with two cars in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (North America) and two in the

• global FIA World Endurance Championship. All four hope to compete at the 24 Heures du Mans in Le Mans, France in June 2016. See the depth of the effort Ford’s planned in this new video.

• In an exclusive video, team owner Chip Ganassi (Chip Ganassi Racing)

• describes how the two-team, four-car effort will work. VIDEO:

CONTEXT

 / BACKGROUND

Although much of the attention around

 the Ford GT race program has centered around the 24 Heures du Mans, Ford’s efforts to race the Ford GT will be global. In fact, its first race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, kicks off a year-long schedule that will see the Ford GT racing around the world in the

 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (North America) and FIA World Endurance Championship (Global).

IMAGES

  Additional high resolution images of the Ford GT available at

www.media.ford.com

DETAILS

Ford GT Race Program

 in 2016

• Ford launches a four-car Ford GT race program in January

• 2016.

• All four will compete under the Chip Ganassi Racing banner.

• Two cars will race in the full IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar

• Championship series and will be based in the United States. Two will compete in the full FIA World Endurance Championship series and will be based in the United Kingdom.

QUOTES

“We’ve had a lot of success in the U.S.

 and people have said ‘Indianapolis, Daytona, Sebring, you’ve had all these wins, why not Le Mans? The obvious answer is sure, we’d love to. But you want to come back with the right partners, the right opportunity…It’s certainly a tall order. It’s no small

 challenge, but we have a team of people and have support from Multimatic Motorsports. We’re up for the challenge. We accept the challenge. They say the most competitive games attract the most competitive people. That’s why we’re here.”

– Chip Ganassi,

Team Owner, Chip Ganassi Racing