McLaren will♛ make a decision on a possible return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and entry to the FIA World E🍰ndurance Championship by the end of the year, according to racing CEO Zak Brown.

Since joining the Formula 1 team in late 2016, Brown has led a push to explor𓃲e inteꦉrests in other disciplines such as sports car racing and IndyCar, with McLaren entering last year's Indianapolis 500 with Fernando Alonso.

McLaren is currently evaluating a full-time IndyCar programme for 2019, with Brown revealing last week the odds were "looking favourab🃏le", but has also been part of discussions regarding the future WEC top class regulations that will come𝕴 into force from 2020, replacing LMP1.

The hypercar-based rules were outlined in an announcement 🥂by series officials on Friday, and Brown said he was pleased with the initial foundations that had been laid as McLaren considers a return to Le Mans. The British team last competed at the Circuit de la Sarthe back in 1998, having claimed a famous vic𓆉tory three yea🤪rs earlier.

"I think the ru൲les were good," Brown said when asked by ltxcn.top about the proposals. "They still need to be ratified, so they’re still not ‘official official’, and there’s lots of detail to come.

"But I would say sitting here right now, that was the next step, and the next step for us is 🍨to go 'right these are the rules, what more definitions do we need?' When we evaluate other racing, we can’t compromise our Formula 1 team. It has to be commercially viable. We have to t꧒hink we can win and be good for our brand.

"I💛f we can tick all four of those boxes, thꦆen I think it’s something we’re going to give real strong consideration to.

"If we’re goiꦛng to be ready for the start of the 2020 season, we’ll need to make a decision by the end of the ye🌳ar."

Among the proposals for 2020 is a budget decrease of 75 percent from current LMP1 lev♉els, which Brown put as one of the biggest priorities to get finalised before making a final call.

"That’s one of the 🃏biggest points. If the budget starts going out of control, then 🌃we won’t do it," Brown said.

"We’re assuming the budget is going to be about 25 million per year. I do📖n’t think we’d walk at 26, but you caꦑn’t let 25 become 30 and then it becomes 35, and the next thing you know in three years you’re at 50. That would be unacceptable."