MC Tubarão confirms plans for the future

2021 will be a complete turnaround for Império Endurance Brasil powerhouse MC Tubarão, as a more scaled down program will be in place while the team works in bigger things for the future.

The multiclass 2019 program with four cars gave place to a two car lineup in the P1 and GT4 classes, and while the tintop side will stay in the same class with a new machine, the BMW M4 GT4, the prototype side will stay in the P3 class to race with an undisclosed machine and lineup.

MC Tubarão is well known for doing its own thing in Brazilian motorsport, especially when it comes to prototypes, but as the Endurance Brasil competition got strong in the P1 class, instead of taking time to build the successor of the race-winning MC Tubarão X, the move was to get a JLM Racing AJR in 2019, but the good results can be limited to a win at the 4 Hours of São Paulo last year and a handful of top-5s, so the idea of getting back to its roots came again.

It's quite understandable the devotion to their own thing, not only for their long time commitment into building their prototypes, but also for the fact that their last win at the 12 Hours of Tarumã was still with their in-house machine under the old multiclass regulation that lasted until 2018, and some Endurance Brasil wins can be added, like when the Tubarão IX beat the Stuttgart Porsche 911 GT3R at the 2017 3 Hours of Tarumã.

According to a team statement, time is already being devoted to the MC Tubarão XI project, and while there's no confirmation if the new machine will race in the P1 or P2 class, it's known that the project is for an open top car that will debut in the 2022, season, a bold move considering the competition around MC Tubarão is going in the closed top route, like the AJR itself, the Sigma P1 and the DTR.

The 2021 Endurance Brasil season starts on 3 April at Interlagos, with at least Henry Visconde and Tiel Andrade confirmed to drive the GT4 class entry under the Eurobike banner. 

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