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Originally Posted by canaglia
what's so strange?
LNT (basically ginetta itself) can grid the 2 cars only because of paying drivers. No paying drivers, no budget.
Consider also that according some rumors, lnt is struggling to pay the aer engines leasing...
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It's basically the same business model as with cheap penny Aston Martin Racing and their pay drivers, but unlike AMR, Ginetta weren't able to sell cars to even few private teams as there's just one series where they can be run, behind Toyotas
Furthemore, other than individuals like Chris Dyson, who's really gonna invest in a class which has had questionable future ever since ACO scrambled for panic button in the wake of Porsche exit. The private teams arriving for the 2018 season with new LMP1 nonhybrid cars did receive vague promise of eligibility for next couple of years at Le Mans, and there was always a chance of embarrassing Toyota failure at 24 Hours as had been the case for forever beforehand, but as usual, they were left in the cold in the end. Oreca-Rebellion, Dallara and Ginetta LMP1 chassis had eligibility of 2 plus "sort of" 1 seasons which is fairly terrible. At least ByKolles didn't waste quite as much money as others since CLM was just the old 2014 model mildly remodded, but still