While currently supporting a pair of factory DP entires in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Ford hasn’t ruled out a return to the global stage amid talks of a new-for-2017 worldwide Prototype platform and GT convergence.

Ford Racing director Jamie Allison has voiced his support of the FIA, ACO and IMSA’s plan to develop a single set of prototype regulations that would be eligible for the TUDOR Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as the European and Asian Le Mans Series.

The platform, widely believed to be an evolution of the current LMP2 regulations, with added safety measures and cost containment, could be formally announced by as early as this June.

“Whenever you have a platform that’s applicable to be raced around the world, the scale is so appetizing,” Allison told Sportscar365 in an exclusive interview.

While Allison would not confirm reports of a factory Ford Mustang program having been evaluated for GTE, but later scrapped, he admitted the ACO and FIA’s convergence talks for a common GT base platform has also been appealing to the Detroit automaker.

“Having that global application of these specifications, especially when Mustangs will be available globally, it gives us that scale,” he said. “All of the development we put into one activity, to make sure that effort is applied around the world as the world races to common standards.”

Ford has previously supported customer Mustangs in various European championships, including the FR500C and a version built for the initial set of GT3 regulations in 2006.

As for either of the potential or rumored programs leading toward a return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Blue Oval, Allison has also remained tight-lipped, but admitted it’s not at the top of the manufacturer’s priority at this given time.