Ganassi intends to keep sportscar program alive

Editor's Note: Will Ganassi keep the Ford GTs running with ridebuyer money in the hope Ford someday returns with the factory buckets of money?

With Ford's factory backing of Chip Ganassi's IMSA and WEC Ford GT Sportscar program slated to end in 6 months, Ganassi hopes to keep the program alive until Ford figures out its next move.

In this rumor, Ford is contemplating an IMSA DPi 2.0 or a WEC hypercar program in 2022. Until then Ganassi hopes to keep running the Ford GTs to keep his sportscar program together until Ford makes a decision.

During a wide-ranging interview with Motorsport.com , Ganassi stated that he would prefer to continue with Ford, but his sportscar team’s future is not contingent on extending that partnership.

“We’re standing by," he said. “We want to be with Ford, so if Ford’s in it, we want to be with them.

“There’s some talk going on about their involvement but has it really taken shape yet? Probably not. Whether they’ll be in it or not, there’s some question about that.

“But I feel confident that we’ll be in it one way or another."

Asked if that might include working with Ford on a hypercar for WEC regs, he replied: “I want to be involved in racing so it could be that. Or Formula E. It could be a lot of things.

“Racing is racing. Show me the rulebook and I [may] want to be involved."