2016 Ford GT Race

The Ford GT LM GTE is a grand touring racing car built by Multimatic for Ford Performance for use in endurance racing. Styled by Chris Svensson and based on the Ford GT road car, the car marked Fords official return to endurance racing. The car is powered by a 3.5L Ford EcoBoost D35 twin-turbocharged V6 mated to a Ricardo 6-speed sequential; it competed in both the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the World Endurance Championship as a GTE/GTLM homologated vehicle. The cars most notable victory was at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, fifty years after Fords first victory at the race, with the #66 car driven by Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Sebastién Bourdais taking victory; the car also won the 2018 Constructors Championship in the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Ford wound down their GT LM GTE program after 2019, capping off the year with a final victory by a privately-entered car by Keating Motorsports at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, although the win was later rescinded due to the car exc