I just found this old old thread and thought I'd resurrect it. The ACO is debuting a new automatic BOP system this season - all done by computer so that the politics are taken out of it:
http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/f...s-of-auto-bop/
It doesn't apply to Le Mans, and they won't touch anything until after the first 2 races, so it will be a while before we see how this works.