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Originally Posted by Adam43
IIRC the problem (or at least the theory) was that those constructors, because of market forces, struggled to keep going. The limitation was to help the remaining constructors be sustainable (profitable), not to make it cheaper for the teams.
In addition it allowed for a controllable increase in speeds.
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Interesting theory considering that before these rules Oreca was making cash not only with majority of field in LMP2 (both 05 and old Courage 03R) but also LMP1 (R-One), LMPC (FLM09) and LMP3 (engine and electrical spec parts), while Onroak had large presence in LMP2 (JSP2 and old Pescarolo) and almost the entire LMP3 chassis field. Now with LMP2 going almost entirely to their spec deals, their already astronomical market share grew to even bigger heights.
Meanwhile Dallara and Riley weren't even involved anywhere except Daytona Prototype yet were handed the supply rights :-D you know while people like BR and HPD were told to get out (Zytek got the spec deal for engines so I guess they were happy enough)... So how does the reasoning of "helping remaining constructors" work in these contexts lol