LM24: Ford takes BoP changes in stride

The four GTs have taken on extra weight and lost turbo boost for the 24 Hours of Le Mans after qualifying P1-2-4-5. Those changes, along with penalties to the rapid turbo Ferrari 488s, and breaks for the slow Aston Martin V8 Vantages and Corvette C7.Rs, should reduce the sizeable 3.7-second gap that separated turbos from non-turbos.

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"What we do as a race team is we race the race and try to minimize the things that can stop you from being at the front at the end," Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull told RACER. "You win on racecraft, take what's given to you, and the faster you accept that, the faster you can push yourself to find the best strategy."

Although Hull's outlook might not be shared within every corner of the combined FCGR, Ford, and Multimatic factory Le Mans program, the ace race strategist will use all 24 hours to try and overcomeany performance reductions that may appear on the stopwatch.

"What I like about what's happened with the [BoP change] is it's a compliment to what's Ford's done and the team's done and the sanctioning body's done," he said. "They try to make it fair. You have to accept what you're given. It's the most carnivorous class of racing. The race will demonstrate who has the best racecraft."