Porsche Eyes LMDh Customers
Porsche is reportedly looking to supply 2–4 customer 963 LMDh cars for the 2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series Hypercar class — a sign it’s leaning into customer racing in Asia. (x.com)
Urs Kuratle told Sportscar365 at Sebring that Porsche is in active conversations with interested teams and has set a mid‑June decision point for whether to proceed with building cars for the Asian programme. (sportscar365.com) Kuratle confirmed any entries would be newly built chassis rather than transfers of existing customer cars, meaning Porsche would schedule fresh production runs if customers commit. (sportscar365.com) Porsche said it would provide customer support broadly similar to what it gives JDC‑Miller in IMSA but that the ALMS winter calendar and three‑event/six‑race format will require adaptations, with spare‑parts logistics still unresolved. (sportscar365.com) Sportscar365 reports Proton Competition no longer retains its two 963s, which have been sold to collectors, removing one potential pool of immediately available customer chassis. (sportscar365.com) JDC‑Miller earlier publicly evaluated an Asian Hypercar programme in mid‑2025 but those explorations have not yet produced a confirmed customer entry for the series. (sportscar365.com) The ACO and co‑promoter SRO have not finalised the technical regulations for the Asian Le Mans Hypercar class, leaving open whether customer cars would be built to 2025 or 2026 specification and affecting Porsche’s customer‑support planning. (sportscar365.com)
