Watching the class as it matures
The lesson from five years of Hypercar racing is that manufacturer interest and manufacturer commitment are two different things. Rules that lower the entry price bring brands in quickly, as Ferrari, Cadillac and Genesis have shown, but they do not guarantee anyone stays once budgets tighten elsewhere in a company, which is exactly what pushed Porsche out after three seasons. For anyone following the class from here, the number worth tracking each year is not just how many manufacturers show up on the entry list, but how many of them are still there three seasons later.
