Surprise Entry: The ByKolles Vanwall Hypercar to Race at Le Mans

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Surprise Entry: The ByKolles Vanwall Hypercar to Race at Le Mans
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After months of campaigning, an approved entry in the FIA World Endurance Championship means one more manufacturer has unexpectedly joined the most exciting class in auto racing.

Longtime FIA World Endurance Championship privateers ByKolles Racing have been approved for a one-car entry in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season with their Vanwall Vandervell 680 Le Mans Hypercar. The entry will be driven by Tom Dillman, Esteban Guerrieri, and 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve.significant legal and regulatory troubles

over the past year. That makes the approval to race a relative surprise, particularly after the team's entry with the same car was rejected just last season. Given that the class is meant to be restricted to automakers, the approval a year later is still a bit surprising. A car wearing the Vanwall name last raced in 1961. The company's trademark has changed hands many times since, but the company has only produced 2003's short-lived GPR V12 road car and a

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