Penske has revealed that his aspirations to host the North American round of the WEC on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, outlined as early as 2022, remain on hold for at least the next two seasons.
“I cannot say we are ready to do something in the next 24 months,” said Penske, whose team runs the factory Porsche squad in the Hypercar class of the WEC.
“I would like to do it, but we have nothing on the ground right now.”
Penske revealed that the scheduling conflicts that resulted in the North American WEC round going to Austin for this season remain an obstacle to his aspirations to host the series at the venue of the US Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2000-2007.
“At the moment it is a scheduling situation, when Indy is available and their schedule,” he explained.
Indianapolis has available the weekend in mid to late September currently filled by an IMSA SportsCar Championship round, which this year has become a six-hour enduro, but this conflicts with the long-standing Fuji WEC fixture in Japan.
The Fuji 6 Hours is scheduled for 15 September, only one week ahead of the so-called Battle of the Bricks IMSA round at Indy, while Austin will host the WEC on 1 September.
Source: Autosport