It really depends on how Toyota/Lexus USA views the marketing value vs. cost of GTD vs. GTD-Pro vs. prototypes. They're about to roll out a new GT3 car. But if in 2023 GTD Pro becomes a ghost town and GTD-Am is completely overshadowed by the prototype category (which it will), Toyota/Lexus may see value in joining the big show and offloading the GT3 cars to GTD-Am customers. And at that point, rather than starting to design a Lexus LMDh, it'll probably make more sense to just run the GR010 with a US-based team. And I doubt Toyota would want to just slap Lexus badges on the GR010.
As for Toyota's actual WEC team cherrypicking big IMSA races, I wouldn't expect any rebranding at all, even livery-wise. They'll probably want to do it in 2023, when Toyota in its 3rd year should have a reliability/experience edge over the debuting LMDh cars and the Ferrari.
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Originally Posted by broadrun96
Ferrari I could see in some enduros after year 1
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Didn't Ferrari say they debut the car at Daytona 2023?