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Originally Posted by Victor_RO
Sounds like the ACO also know of a factory petrol P1 effort on the very near horizon and want it to have a fighting chance against Audi and Peugeot.
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Fighting chance? Ha......double ha.....yeah right. If Toyota has done any sort of homework, they could step right in an waltz away with victory it seems. Typical short sighted regulations by the ACO. Maybe they know Peugeot and Audi are committed so they are trying to shower Toyota with gifts in order to get them to arrive as well.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if IMSA gives the ALMS runners favorable regulations at Sebring. The diesel cutbacks plus favorable ALMS regulations means someone like Cytosport (perhaps with an ARX-03a) can go in and give the diesels the business. How would Strakka feel about that if Cytosport have an advantage over them that allows their competitor with the same car to have an advantage? Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how this potentially all fails out!
The LMP2 rule seems silly as well. I don't get it. So if a particular model (not just manufacturer it seems) isn't run in the WEC, it can't run in the LMS/Le Mans (and ALMS?)? Or can't run as cost-capped? What's the deal? Is the WEC trying to screw over the LMS and ALMS? And the chassis companies? Surely there isn't much interest in WEC LMP2 so this may be a way to get interest, but it just does not make a lot of sense. Is this another "Way to blow" ACO regulation?