This might have slipped by, but I caught it in the
racer.com article on Toyota deciding to continue
Quote:
Vasselon did admit his frustration in Aston Martin pulling out, especially as the British marque had steered the Hypercar regulations in a direction that matched its own priorities before committing.
“It’s frustrating, because the manufacturer that has somehow steered the regulations and caused delays is gone,” he said. :We just want to be positive and move forward. It would be difficult to estimate (how much money it cost), it cost a lot of time for the people working on the program, that’s for sure.”
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Bolded for emphasis. Pascal Vasselon is basically confirming what we've long suspected about AM's demands and the way the rules were formed.