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Originally Posted by JAG
Is it a little early to start discussing where they will find six, possibly nine, top class drivers with experience of a prototype/downforce car?
Would they consider GT stars from GT500 and GTE?
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I don't think so, I was going to raise this point myself.
If it's a serious project they'll be after proffessional drivers, and that's really not easy to come by with a few dozen currently tied to Porsche, Peugeot, Audi and even BMW, Corvette and Ferrari.
Decent proffesional drivers are n F1, DTM, Indycars or already in Sportscars. So already, they're at a disadvantage. And things could get pretty expensive on the driver side of things if, say, Nissan and Bentley sign up as well. That would be 5 manufacturers demanding 30 pro divers minimum!
In Toyota's case I guess they could have 1 car of seasoned pros, 1 full of drivers from their Indycar project and another with promising young Japanese drivers?