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Originally Posted by joeb
Or will there be pressure to allow Hypercars in ELMS and possibly ALMS?
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I think giving LMP2 continued headliner stratus in those series is the ACO's way of making up for kicking them out of WEC and to ensure that there will be enough LMP2 entries around to have a viable class at Le Mans.
On the other hand, it would really make sense to open up ELMS to Hypercars for at least two different reasons:
1. there's more demand for WEC races than spaces on the calender, especially in Europe. So allowing Hypercars in ELMS would give Porsche and BMW a chance to race their cars in front of a home audience (assuming ELMS would go back to the Nürburgring or another German track).
2. The Hypercar class will be more stable in the long term if older cars can be sold on to privateers and if there is a pipeline for new teams to come into WEC. Granted, LMP2 can play the role of that pipeline to a certain degree as well, but its still a big jump to go from what is essentially a spec class to the much more open and hybrid-powered LMH or LMDh cars.