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The catch for running a grandfathered car....
"Art. 19 - CONDITIONS FOR THE ELIGIBILITY OF CARS BUILT ACCORDING TO THE ACO TECHNICAL
REGULATIONS FOR LMP AND LMGTP ABOVE
Cars built before 01/01/2004 and completely complying with the ACO technical regulations for LMP and LM GTP
cars above, are admitted until 31/12/2005.
However, the ACO wish to ensure the competitiveness of the cars built in compliance with the 2004 ACO
technical regulations for Prototype. Consequently, the ACO, in addition to the measures already applied and after
the first results of the new cars in racing conditions, will enforce in 2005 for the car built before 01/01/2004 a part
or all the following modifications :
− Minimum weight : 950 kg (LMP900), 720 kg (LMP675) ;
− Addition of a skid block : thickness 10 mm ;
− Reduction of the restrictor area by 5% ;
If necessary, additional measures could be applied."
Other things I noticed, if you were to build a closed car in LMP1 you can run 16" width wheel, but if you were a grandfathered GTP, you'll be sticking with 14". The thing that limits the new car to have a full width rollover bar is that it has to be symmetrical when viewed from the front?
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