Stefan Wendl, head of customer racing at Mercedes-AMG, admitted that the German manufacturer’s attempts to secure entries for what is expected to be an oversubscribed class “so far look not so promising”.
But he stressed that that work is still on-going to lay the groundwork for a two-car entry of Mercedes-AMG GT3s run by one of its customer teams.
“We try and we prepare; we are preparing with more than one team that would have the financial background to finance such a project,” said Wendl, who did not name the teams.
“I am still in hope mode; we do not have confirmation that we will not participate.”
When it was suggested that there may not be room for Mercedes on the WEC grid next year, he said: “This is my assumption how it looks, but you never know.
“It will depend on the number of Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh entries [in the Hypercar class] - we can’t do more than wait for a final answer.”
Mercedes appears to be a long way down the list of manufacturers looking to join LMGT3.
WEC organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest have stated that priority will be given to those manufacturers racing in Hypercar.
Source: Autosport