Ford announces Hypercar engine and first three drivers

Ford’s LMDh engine, I am pleased to report, is a naturally aspirated 5.4-liter V8, so it will be at least the third-best sounding car on the grid. What is notable, but not surprising, is that the architecture is shared with the Mustang GT3. This really suggests to me that the LMDh car is going to be named Mustang, and I for one would appreciate it being dubbed the new Mustang GTP. Or “Mustang Dark Horse GTP” or whatever they have to do to get past the whiz kids.

As for drivers, I don’t find that announcement very surprising, either, but it is impressive how pitch-perfect it is. They’ve got the Return of the Rocky, they’ve got the second Priaulx, and they’ve got — and I quote — “fresh from the F1 circuit” Logan Sargeant. So I guess that explains why he quit the Genesis program.