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Originally Posted by paul-collins
But if a strict regimen were followed of choosing entrants for Le Mans based purely upon merit, where would the fundraisers have difficulty?
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Paul that is a very all trueistic Idea. Unfortunituly that is not how racing works.
Professional teams take BIG money to run. Multi millions of dollars / euros / Stering per year. These sponsors what results NOW, not planning in the future.
Some manufactures dont want to sponsor GT racing do the competion from other teams. Chrysler/ MB and the Viper or BMW and the New 6 serires car which was FIA hologized two years ago. These manufactures dont want to compete as they my loose. Loosing a race means loosing sales. If the manufacture does not compete they dont loose.
Event promotions ( races ) are the same way, it takes lots of money to promot the event.
Yes winning teams from diffent classes should get invitations, and for the most part they do.
Event sponosors may also get team invetations, even if their team sucks. It pays to smooze with the big shots of differnt events.
and the event promotor, ACO, has there own choices so French teams ( sorry guys) get in no matter how bad they may be.
Do you think Peugot will get an invitation to the 24 hour?? even if they dont do one race prior to June?? Of course they will. Nature of poltics .
Racing is not only between the Green and Checkard flags, it is 24/7/365.
The ACO has the biggest race, 24 h LeMans, so THEY get to set the rules.
We may not like it, but that IMHO is the way it is.
Tom