With the lack of a 2013 997, the only reason a Porsche team would want to run in GTE-PRO is if they magically found the money for a pro driver lineup. It seems the deck was stacked against ELMS 2013 being anything but GTE-AM.
I find this is disappointing, if only because it makes a new team like RAM have to down-spec their cars in order to compete. Not a problem on its own (though it would have been interesting to see their PRO driver lineups), but it surely reduces their competitiveness in the 'selected other races' they plan on running.
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