Ford GT wins 1st race of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship

[Parkway Ford Lincoln SVT]

The #67 Ford GT won the GTE Pro class at Silverstone England last week in the first round of the FIA World Endurance Championship

https://cdn-5.motorsport.com/images/amp/Y9vBvr86/s6/wec-silverstone-2016-67-ford-chip-ganassi-racing-team-uk-ford-gt-marino-franchitti-andy-pr.jpg

Race recap here:

https://www.at.ford.com/en/homepage/news-and-clipsheet/news/2017/4/ford-wins-first-race-of-the-wec-season.html

[Not4you]

I was rooting for the Aston Martin team where a guy from iRacing was in the #95 car, but its great to see this FGT continue to dominate since it joined the endurance racing.

Although, how long before they make a new class for cars like this? Like a GT Prototype class or something. This GT is really blurring the lines between where the GT cars end and the Prototype cars begin. Yes, this is a production car, but it was specifically designed for this type of racing, much more so than its competition (Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin) where there cars are much more street oriented.

Regardless, this car has put a lot of life into the GT1/GTE category and it is producing some great racing!