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Originally Posted by JAG
They've yet to win a single race, and dropped further behind the pace last year.
They can also support the customer Autocon Team.
Supporting Asian manufactuers/teams and the new, big budget, Epsilon program has to be a higher priority than giving Creation chassis three entries.
The second Charouz Lola was the quickest petrol entry for much of the 2007 LMS season, while Chamberlain have supported Le Mans through the up's and downs since the Group C era.
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If winning is the basis of entry, there are many on the list that don't meet that requirement. In terms of privateers, Creation have collected more podiums than anyone outside of the number one Pescarolo...and by the end of the season, the Creation had the edge over the Pesca at Interlagos even with a pro-am line-up.
This list is not supporting Asian 'manufacturers'. One car uses a Courage tub with an ancient engine and the other car is also a courage that has been unable to finish sprint races.
The Charouz Lola was quick...even without the illegal restrictor it ran for the early part of the season. It also had problems a lot of the time. It won't be the same with the Cytosport line-up.
Creation always said that 2007 was a development year and the improvement was there to see. To have a second entry that ranks behind teams that are either: 1) unknown, 2) have no experience in the class in which the will be running, 3) have yet to turn a wheel with an unknown/untried car, 4) have yet to race a car or 5) all four above, must be galling . I only hope they get through this disappointment and not decide to do something drastic as I would imagine both the team's owners and their Japanese sponsor/engine development partner must be absolutely livid.
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