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Old 11 Apr 2020, 13:31 (Ref:3970049)   #7
canaglia
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canaglia should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridcanaglia should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Since I follow motorsport, I've always noticed some kind of middle-age/reinassence cycle across the years... it usually follows the same pattern actually....

a little group of manufacturers get their interest in a championship -> the champ attracts other manufacturers for some seasons -> competition between manufacturers rises as costs get to the stars as well -> some manufacturers begin to withdraw since costs are no longer sustainable ->
scenario A: all manufacturers leave and champ slowly dies or turns in something else
scenario B: all manufacturers but one or few of them remain and write the rules of the new transitory phase

In our days, hybrid madness costs killed lmp1-h.
GTE/GTLM is getting too precious and suitable only for manufacturers or a small circle of private teams. Actually as shown by ford and maybe next year by bmw, a GTE program isn't exactly the priority for a manufacturer as well.
DPi idea was great since costs are almost comparable to a gt3 program, but it seems wasn't interesting enough for most of manufacturers.

Honestly don't expect a mass entrance of manufacturers in lmdh, most of all if toyota will lobby to have their hypercar with a more favourable bop/tech.rules.
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