IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented
By Mazda Returns To Sebring
With New Endurance Race Format
durance format allows teams in both the LMP3 and Mazda
Prototype Challenge (MPC) classes to run a single or
two-driver combination with a required minimum-time
pit stop.
The new format made its debut back in January with the
series’ inaugural season-opening race at Daytona International
Speedway.
In a weekend of fi rsts for the IMSA
Prototype Challenge Presented by
Mazda, 16-year-old Roman De Angelis
scored an historic fi rst of his
own, winning the series’ inaugural
race at Daytona International
Speedway in his series debut in the
No. 4 Ligier JS P3 for ANSA Motorsports.
ANSA Motorsports returns to Sebring,
but with a new driver as De
Angelis now moves to the Porsche
One year after celebrating the debut of its new LMP3 class,
the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda returns
to Sebring International Raceway with a loaded entry list
of aspiring future IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
drivers and veteran drivers alike.
The series continues to feature two classes, blending the
closed-cockpit LMP3 prototypes from a variety of constructors
with the longstanding, Mazda Prototype Challenge
(MPC) class that uses the Élan DP02 chassis powered
by Mazda engines.
The multi-class series does; however, feature a signifi cant
enhancement for the second consecutive season – a new
1-hour, 45-minute endurance race format. The new en-
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