“A Competitor wishing to enter in the Le Mans Hypercar category in the FIA World Endurance Championship must enter the homologated car under the name of a car brand.

An automotive brand is not a pizza brand or a telephone brand. It’s the brand of a car,” Beaumesnil said.

“We don’t want to put thousands of criteria around this like production volumes.

“This rule is made to facilitate and not to restrict.

“I use the example of Glickenhaus. Glickenhaus is making some road cars.

“Then, as we don’t want to have thousands of criteria that could create issues in how we manage this, it will be left at the discretion of the Endurance Commission.”

When asked about the potential eligibility of a ByKolles Hypercar, Beaumesnil indicated it would also likely be approved due to the fact that the LMP1 non-hybrid entrant has declared plans to build road cars.